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Wildfires in Gharbia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 11:24 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 1,150 km² of Gharbia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 196 km², ranking 8th 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 423 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 76 km². The 2021–2025 average is 63% 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 78% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 October 2013, with detections in 49 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,150 km² with at least one detection, 34% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 463 | 40% |
| 2 years | 298 | 26% |
| 3 to 5 years | 315 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 71 | 6.2% |
| 11 years or more | 3.3 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 30.75, 31.25 and holds 56% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 236 | 295 |
| 2013 | 423 | 547 |
| 2014 | 337 | 437 |
| 2015 | 219 | 264 |
| 2016 | 392 | 517 |
| 2017 | 252 | 304 |
| 2018 | 76 | 106 |
| 2019 | 112 | 154 |
| 2020 | 107 | 142 |
| 2021 | 99 | 139 |
| 2022 | 122 | 166 |
| 2023 | 172 | 225 |
| 2024 | 116 | 148 |
| 2025 | 80 | 85 |
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
- Al Sharqia47 km
- Kafr el-Sheikh55 km
- Qalyubia55 km
- Dakahlia73 km
- Damietta73 km
- Ismailia95 km