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Wildfires in Dire Dawa
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 52 km² of Dire Dawa at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 11 km², ranking 10th of 11 regions of Ethiopia.
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 26 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 3.7 km². The 2021–2025 average is 207% 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.
November, December and January together hold 43% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 June 2018, with detections in 3 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 52 km² with at least one detection, 32% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 27 | 51% |
| 2 years | 8.6 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7.3 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7.2 | 14% |
| 11 years or more | 2.4 | 4.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 9.75, 41.75 and holds 99% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4.9 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3.7 | 23 |
| 2015 | 9.8 | 38 |
| 2016 | 6.1 | 50 |
| 2017 | 9.8 | 63 |
| 2018 | 11 | 88 |
| 2019 | 11 | 81 |
| 2020 | 7.3 | 63 |
| 2021 | 16 | 100 |
| 2022 | 18 | 78 |
| 2023 | 13 | 93 |
| 2024 | 17 | 65 |
| 2025 | 26 | 84 |
Other regions of Ethiopia
- Benishangul-Gumuz34,710 km² in an average year
- Oromia25,580 km² in an average year
- Southern Nations21,450 km² in an average year
- Amhara17,220 km² in an average year
- Gambela Peoples13,700 km² in an average year
- Tigray4,390 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.