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Wildfires in Guangdong
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 50,820 km² of Guangdong at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,530 km², ranking 14th 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 2014, with 11,050 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 2,020 km². The 2021–2025 average is 58% lower 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.
January, February and March together hold 34% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 April 2015, with detections in 1,744 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 50,820 km² with at least one detection, 11% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 34,630 | 68% |
| 2 years | 10,700 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,960 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 410 | 0.8% |
| 11 years or more | 128 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 24.25, 113.25 and holds 5.2% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,980 | 6,472 |
| 2013 | 9,080 | 12,012 |
| 2014 | 11,050 | 13,956 |
| 2015 | 9,490 | 11,852 |
| 2016 | 5,520 | 8,194 |
| 2017 | 7,780 | 11,035 |
| 2018 | 5,180 | 8,140 |
| 2019 | 4,130 | 7,486 |
| 2020 | 3,400 | 6,564 |
| 2021 | 5,340 | 8,867 |
| 2022 | 3,260 | 6,265 |
| 2023 | 2,320 | 4,958 |
| 2024 | 2,020 | 4,258 |
| 2025 | 3,900 | 6,423 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Guangxi405 km
- Hunan417 km
- Jiangxi417 km
- Fujian418 km
- Quảng Ninh, Vietnam699 km
- Taichung City, Taiwan709 km