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Wildfires in Paphos
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 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 359 km² of Paphos at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 36 km², ranking 3rd of 5 regions of Cyprus.
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 92 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 9.2 km². The 2021–2025 average is 36% 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.
October, November and December together hold 43% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 August 2020, with detections in 15 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 359 km² with at least one detection, 7.9% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 260 | 73% |
| 2 years | 70 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 27 | 7.6% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.0 | 0.3% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 34.75, 32.75 and holds 46% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 28 | 29 |
| 2013 | 92 | 102 |
| 2014 | 26 | 28 |
| 2015 | 54 | 59 |
| 2016 | 28 | 28 |
| 2017 | 32 | 31 |
| 2018 | 24 | 24 |
| 2019 | 28 | 27 |
| 2020 | 42 | 41 |
| 2021 | 47 | 48 |
| 2022 | 9.2 | 11 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 |
| 2024 | 39 | 41 |
| 2025 | 25 | 27 |
Other regions of Cyprus
- Nicosia55 km² in an average year
- Limassol39 km² in an average year
- Larnaca29 km² in an average year
- Famagusta7.2 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.