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Wildfires in Damietta
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 367 km² of Damietta at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 65 km², ranking 19th 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 2013, with 123 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 19 km². The 2021–2025 average is 54% 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.
September, October and November together hold 38% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 September 2012, with detections in 11 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 367 km² with at least one detection, 28% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 152 | 41% |
| 2 years | 111 | 30% |
| 3 to 5 years | 78 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 17 | 4.6% |
| 11 years or more | 8.5 | 2.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 31.25, 31.75 and holds 100% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 84 | 258 |
| 2013 | 123 | 234 |
| 2014 | 113 | 347 |
| 2015 | 84 | 273 |
| 2016 | 108 | 261 |
| 2017 | 70 | 162 |
| 2018 | 31 | 126 |
| 2019 | 23 | 106 |
| 2020 | 42 | 161 |
| 2021 | 50 | 299 |
| 2022 | 46 | 301 |
| 2023 | 69 | 233 |
| 2024 | 51 | 104 |
| 2025 | 19 | 66 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Dakahlia0 km
- Kafr el-Sheikh47 km
- Al Sharqia55 km
- Gharbia73 km
- Ismailia73 km
- Qalyubia121 km