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Wildfires in Matrouh
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 2,040 km² of Matrouh at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 363 km², ranking 5th 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 462 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 288 km². The 2021–2025 average is 25% 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 28% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 April 2015, with detections in 57 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,040 km² with at least one detection, 28% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,060 | 52% |
| 2 years | 406 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 382 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 119 | 5.8% |
| 11 years or more | 72 | 3.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 30.75, 27.25 and holds 19% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 288 | 8,472 |
| 2013 | 326 | 8,462 |
| 2014 | 376 | 9,924 |
| 2015 | 343 | 10,917 |
| 2016 | 316 | 10,134 |
| 2017 | 342 | 8,382 |
| 2018 | 366 | 9,369 |
| 2019 | 329 | 9,450 |
| 2020 | 341 | 9,670 |
| 2021 | 360 | 7,510 |
| 2022 | 448 | 7,565 |
| 2023 | 462 | 7,437 |
| 2024 | 384 | 6,560 |
| 2025 | 402 | 6,551 |
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
- Kafr el-Sheikh360 km² in an average year
- Qena306 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
- Alexandria244 km
- Beheira291 km
- Gharbia382 km
- Kafr el-Sheikh385 km
- Qalyubia387 km
- Giza399 km