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Wildfires in Asyut
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 926 km² of Asyut at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 128 km², ranking 14th 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 2022, with 263 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 66 km². The 2021–2025 average is 95% 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.
September, October and November together hold 36% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 October 2021, with detections in 26 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 926 km² with at least one detection, 22% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 502 | 54% |
| 2 years | 224 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 171 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 24 | 2.6% |
| 11 years or more | 5.5 | 0.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 27.25, 31.25 and holds 78% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 66 | 470 |
| 2013 | 88 | 579 |
| 2014 | 90 | 603 |
| 2015 | 82 | 547 |
| 2016 | 115 | 620 |
| 2017 | 117 | 549 |
| 2018 | 119 | 636 |
| 2019 | 109 | 509 |
| 2020 | 148 | 596 |
| 2021 | 186 | 987 |
| 2022 | 263 | 888 |
| 2023 | 200 | 708 |
| 2024 | 131 | 626 |
| 2025 | 77 | 579 |
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.