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Wildfires in Egypt
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Al Minya6 fires
- Al Sharqia7 fires
- Alexandria5 fires
- Aswanno fires now
- Asyut2 fires
- Beheira8 fires
- Beni Suefno fires now
- Cairo2 fires
- Dakahlia10 fires
- Damietta1 fire
- Faiyumno fires now
- Gharbia4 fires
- Giza2 fires
- Ismailiano fires now
- Kafr el-Sheikh4 fires
- Matrouh22 fires
- Monufiano fires now
- New Valley4 fires
- North Sinai2 fires
- Port Saidno fires now
- Qalyubiano fires now
- Qenano fires now
- Red Sea5 fires
- Sohag1 fire
- South Sinai2 fires
- Suez4 fires
14 fires
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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 30,630 km² of Egypt at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,930 km², ranking 80th 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 2023, with 6,400 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 3,520 km². The 2021–2025 average is 10% 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.
August, September and October together hold 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 October 2013, with detections in 310 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 30,630 km² with at least one detection, 28% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 15,790 | 52% |
| 2 years | 6,410 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,220 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,890 | 6.2% |
| 11 years or more | 317 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 30.75, 27.25 and holds 7.0% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,600 | 24,212 |
| 2013 | 5,950 | 25,582 |
| 2014 | 5,790 | 27,175 |
| 2015 | 5,180 | 27,071 |
| 2016 | 6,210 | 27,037 |
| 2017 | 5,110 | 24,982 |
| 2018 | 3,520 | 22,856 |
| 2019 | 3,620 | 22,516 |
| 2020 | 4,110 | 21,408 |
| 2021 | 4,640 | 20,701 |
| 2022 | 4,900 | 20,446 |
| 2023 | 6,400 | 22,508 |
| 2024 | 5,120 | 19,686 |
| 2025 | 3,930 | 18,250 |
Nearby countries
- Democratic Republic of the Congo898,730 km² in an average year
- Angola616,940 km² in an average year
- Zambia445,810 km² in an average year
- Mozambique404,050 km² in an average year
- Central African Republic340,550 km² in an average year
- South Sudan321,060 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
- Libya588 km
- Cyprus715 km
- Israel721 km
- Cyprus U.N. Buffer Zone750 km
- Palestine776 km
- Northern Cyprus785 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
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