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Wildfires in Cyprus
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 1,250 km² of Cyprus at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 146 km², ranking 156th of 200 countries.
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 250 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 76 km². The 2021–2025 average is 18% 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.
April, May and June together hold 39% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 19 April 2025, with detections in 94 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,250 km² with at least one detection, 13% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 838 | 67% |
| 2 years | 245 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 137 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 27 | 2.2% |
| 11 years or more | 1.0 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 34.75, 33.25 and holds 55% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 135 | 196 |
| 2013 | 250 | 375 |
| 2014 | 165 | 337 |
| 2015 | 144 | 311 |
| 2016 | 169 | 372 |
| 2017 | 121 | 279 |
| 2018 | 100 | 255 |
| 2019 | 136 | 278 |
| 2020 | 110 | 241 |
| 2021 | 136 | 266 |
| 2022 | 76 | 191 |
| 2023 | 126 | 261 |
| 2024 | 138 | 242 |
| 2025 | 233 | 338 |
Nearby countries
- India324,930 km² in an average year
- Myanmar189,670 km² in an average year
- China182,410 km² in an average year
- Indonesia104,670 km² in an average year
- Thailand104,620 km² in an average year
- Lao PDR73,670 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 countries
- Cyprus U.N. Buffer Zone55 km
- Northern Cyprus71 km
- Lebanon235 km
- Palestine334 km
- Israel361 km
- Jordan393 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
