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Wildfires in Pyongyang
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 364 km² of Pyongyang at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 35 km², ranking 10th of 11 regions of Dem. Rep. Korea.
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 92 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 12 km². The 2021–2025 average is 67% 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 60% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 March 2014, with detections in 10 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 364 km² with at least one detection, 6.1% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 289 | 79% |
| 2 years | 53 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 17 | 4.7% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3.9 | 1.1% |
| 11 years or more | 1.0 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 38.75, 126.25 and holds 49% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 44 | 59 |
| 2013 | 70 | 89 |
| 2014 | 92 | 125 |
| 2015 | 42 | 66 |
| 2016 | 29 | 46 |
| 2017 | 35 | 50 |
| 2018 | 34 | 39 |
| 2019 | 38 | 64 |
| 2020 | 22 | 49 |
| 2021 | 12 | 26 |
| 2022 | 14 | 28 |
| 2023 | 18 | 35 |
| 2024 | 17 | 44 |
| 2025 | 29 | 67 |
Other regions of Dem. Rep. Korea
- Kangwon448 km² in an average year
- North Hamgyong330 km² in an average year
- South Hamgyong249 km² in an average year
- South Pyongan209 km² in an average year
- North Hwanghae165 km² in an average year
- Chagang-do157 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.