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Wildfires in Shanghai
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 1,760 km² of Shanghai at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 222 km², ranking 31st 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 2013, with 577 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 121 km². The 2021–2025 average is 49% 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.
March, April and May together hold 30% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 April 2012, with detections in 103 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,760 km² with at least one detection, 15% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,170 | 66% |
| 2 years | 322 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 213 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 38 | 2.2% |
| 11 years or more | 19 | 1.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 31.25, 121.25 and holds 66% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 407 | 963 |
| 2013 | 577 | 1,292 |
| 2014 | 250 | 678 |
| 2015 | 227 | 610 |
| 2016 | 189 | 590 |
| 2017 | 176 | 560 |
| 2018 | 164 | 593 |
| 2019 | 126 | 521 |
| 2020 | 140 | 391 |
| 2021 | 121 | 384 |
| 2022 | 124 | 431 |
| 2023 | 169 | 391 |
| 2024 | 179 | 326 |
| 2025 | 256 | 367 |
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.