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Wildfires in Alexandria
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 908 km² of Alexandria at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 179 km², ranking 9th 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 2023, with 237 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 135 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 May 2023, with detections in 30 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 908 km² with at least one detection, 37% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 356 | 39% |
| 2 years | 219 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 246 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 58 | 6.4% |
| 11 years or more | 29 | 3.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 31.25, 29.75 and holds 84% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 164 | 1,504 |
| 2013 | 198 | 1,732 |
| 2014 | 175 | 1,677 |
| 2015 | 181 | 1,389 |
| 2016 | 185 | 1,518 |
| 2017 | 173 | 1,575 |
| 2018 | 140 | 1,488 |
| 2019 | 178 | 1,428 |
| 2020 | 168 | 1,315 |
| 2021 | 202 | 1,564 |
| 2022 | 206 | 1,674 |
| 2023 | 237 | 1,979 |
| 2024 | 158 | 1,924 |
| 2025 | 135 | 1,827 |
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.