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Wildfires in Chongqing
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 5,460 km² of Chongqing at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 798 km², ranking 26th of 31 regions of China.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2022, with 1,150 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 462 km². The 2021–2025 average is 9.2% higher than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
June, July and August together hold 50% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 June 2014, with detections in 242 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,460 km² with at least one detection, 17% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,900 | 71% |
| 2 years | 606 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 504 | 9.2% |
| 6 to 10 years | 304 | 5.6% |
| 11 years or more | 145 | 2.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 29.25, 106.25 and holds 14% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 462 | 1,101 |
| 2013 | 791 | 2,098 |
| 2014 | 805 | 1,998 |
| 2015 | 765 | 1,867 |
| 2016 | 1,010 | 2,439 |
| 2017 | 932 | 2,414 |
| 2018 | 952 | 2,519 |
| 2019 | 633 | 1,727 |
| 2020 | 631 | 1,986 |
| 2021 | 635 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 1,150 | 2,901 |
| 2023 | 784 | 2,185 |
| 2024 | 784 | 2,021 |
| 2025 | 829 | 2,430 |
Other regions of China
- Heilongjiang37,120 km² in an average year
- Jilin16,470 km² in an average year
- Yunnan15,170 km² in an average year
- Inner Mongolia11,850 km² in an average year
- Guangxi9,620 km² in an average year
- Liaoning8,350 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.