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Wildfires in Giza
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 Giza at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 152 km², ranking 13th 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 198 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 111 km². The 2021–2025 average is 34% 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.
August, September and October together hold 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 September 2019, with detections in 10 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,150 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 731 | 64% |
| 2 years | 229 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 136 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 33 | 2.9% |
| 11 years or more | 16 | 1.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 29.75, 31.25 and holds 36% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 112 | 358 |
| 2013 | 144 | 371 |
| 2014 | 128 | 443 |
| 2015 | 111 | 659 |
| 2016 | 148 | 493 |
| 2017 | 150 | 543 |
| 2018 | 148 | 546 |
| 2019 | 158 | 555 |
| 2020 | 168 | 443 |
| 2021 | 165 | 395 |
| 2022 | 154 | 309 |
| 2023 | 198 | 371 |
| 2024 | 178 | 342 |
| 2025 | 171 | 401 |
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.