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Wildfires in South Sinai
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 157 km² of South Sinai at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 35 km², ranking 23rd 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 2025, with 48 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 26 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% 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.
March, April and May together hold 28% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 November 2012, with detections in 7 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 157 km² with at least one detection, 33% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 91 | 58% |
| 2 years | 13 | 8.4% |
| 3 to 5 years | 27 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8.8 | 5.6% |
| 11 years or more | 16 | 10% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 28.75, 33.25 and holds 73% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 42 | 592 |
| 2013 | 33 | 685 |
| 2014 | 35 | 808 |
| 2015 | 27 | 666 |
| 2016 | 35 | 575 |
| 2017 | 26 | 310 |
| 2018 | 32 | 344 |
| 2019 | 30 | 418 |
| 2020 | 27 | 233 |
| 2021 | 37 | 437 |
| 2022 | 32 | 268 |
| 2023 | 42 | 272 |
| 2024 | 41 | 224 |
| 2025 | 48 | 427 |
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.