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Wildfires in Al Minya
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 1,290 km² of Al Minya at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 155 km², ranking 12th of 27 regions of Egypt.
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 2021, with 191 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 113 km². The 2021–2025 average is 29% higher 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.
January, February and March together hold 36% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 September 2024, with detections in 8 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,290 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 830 | 65% |
| 2 years | 274 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 147 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 31 | 2.4% |
| 11 years or more | 3.3 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 28.25, 30.75 and holds 44% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 113 | 161 |
| 2013 | 126 | 161 |
| 2014 | 133 | 147 |
| 2015 | 162 | 187 |
| 2016 | 131 | 167 |
| 2017 | 148 | 193 |
| 2018 | 177 | 238 |
| 2019 | 150 | 187 |
| 2020 | 170 | 185 |
| 2021 | 191 | 209 |
| 2022 | 177 | 213 |
| 2023 | 178 | 217 |
| 2024 | 182 | 248 |
| 2025 | 130 | 158 |
Other regions of Egypt
- Dakahlia668 km² in an average year
- Al Sharqia566 km² in an average year
- Beheira446 km² in an average year
- New Valley389 km² in an average year
- Matrouh363 km² in an average year
- Kafr el-Sheikh360 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.