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Wildfires in North Sinai
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 222 km² of North Sinai at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 25 km², ranking 24th 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 63 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 11 km². The 2021–2025 average is 18% 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 27% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 May 2022, with detections in 18 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 222 km² with at least one detection, 7.2% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 174 | 78% |
| 2 years | 32 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9.6 | 4.3% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.1 | 0.5% |
| 11 years or more | 5.3 | 2.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 30.75, 33.75 and holds 96% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 18 | 517 |
| 2013 | 12 | 572 |
| 2014 | 32 | 641 |
| 2015 | 17 | 579 |
| 2016 | 26 | 598 |
| 2017 | 22 | 759 |
| 2018 | 44 | 688 |
| 2019 | 26 | 606 |
| 2020 | 34 | 525 |
| 2021 | 22 | 578 |
| 2022 | 63 | 706 |
| 2023 | 11 | 702 |
| 2024 | 13 | 728 |
| 2025 | 15 | 773 |
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
- Ismailia143 km
- Southern, Israel146 km
- Central, Israel146 km
- Jerusalem, Israel146 km
- Suez181 km
- Al Sharqia191 km