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Wildfires in Tigray
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 14,790 km² of Tigray at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,390 km², ranking 6th 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 2024, with 6,120 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 2,630 km². The 2021–2025 average is 54% 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.
February, March and April together hold 47% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 April 2024, with detections in 140 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 14,790 km² with at least one detection, 64% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,070 | 21% |
| 2 years | 2,270 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,190 | 35% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,860 | 26% |
| 11 years or more | 402 | 2.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.75, 37.25 and holds 22% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,760 | 4,118 |
| 2013 | 4,840 | 5,517 |
| 2014 | 3,050 | 3,326 |
| 2015 | 3,120 | 3,470 |
| 2016 | 2,630 | 2,976 |
| 2017 | 3,580 | 4,104 |
| 2018 | 3,920 | 4,385 |
| 2019 | 4,670 | 5,270 |
| 2020 | 5,140 | 5,872 |
| 2021 | 4,580 | 4,949 |
| 2022 | 5,200 | 5,787 |
| 2023 | 6,100 | 7,070 |
| 2024 | 6,120 | 6,770 |
| 2025 | 4,730 | 5,266 |
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
- Afar1,020 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
- Gash-Barka, Eritrea55 km
- Al Qadarif, Sudan196 km
- Amhara232 km
- Sennar, Sudan273 km
- Kassala, Sudan298 km
- Benishangul-Gumuz322 km