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Wildfires in West Macedonia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 11:26 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 1,840 km² of West Macedonia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 208 km², ranking 5th of 14 regions of Greece.
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 2014, with 466 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 75 km². The 2021–2025 average is 67% lower 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.
September, October and November together hold 54% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 October 2013, with detections in 63 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,840 km² with at least one detection, 12% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,180 | 64% |
| 2 years | 435 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 206 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 21 | 1.1% |
| 11 years or more | 0.9 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 40.25, 21.25 and holds 28% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 304 | 379 |
| 2013 | 344 | 408 |
| 2014 | 466 | 558 |
| 2015 | 190 | 245 |
| 2016 | 248 | 289 |
| 2017 | 203 | 235 |
| 2018 | 139 | 156 |
| 2019 | 322 | 383 |
| 2020 | 181 | 219 |
| 2021 | 128 | 145 |
| 2022 | 75 | 88 |
| 2023 | 121 | 135 |
| 2024 | 93 | 104 |
| 2025 | 94 | 110 |
Other regions of Greece
- Thessalia560 km² in an average year
- Centre Macedonia509 km² in an average year
- East Macedonia and Thrace308 km² in an average year
- Central Greece249 km² in an average year
- West Greece153 km² in an average year
- Peloponnese150 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
- Korçë, Albania69 km
- Novaci, North Macedonia118 km
- Rosoman, North Macedonia118 km
- Kavadarci, North Macedonia118 km
- Epirus119 km
- Vlorë, Albania127 km