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Wildfires in Delhi
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 722 km² of Delhi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 117 km², ranking 29th of 35 regions of India.
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 149 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 92 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 April 2021, with detections in 14 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 722 km² with at least one detection, 31% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 330 | 46% |
| 2 years | 171 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 178 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 41 | 5.7% |
| 11 years or more | 2.2 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 28.75, 77.25 and holds 73% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 123 | 177 |
| 2013 | 109 | 126 |
| 2014 | 92 | 131 |
| 2015 | 97 | 115 |
| 2016 | 112 | 142 |
| 2017 | 114 | 194 |
| 2018 | 133 | 286 |
| 2019 | 139 | 205 |
| 2020 | 109 | 225 |
| 2021 | 138 | 240 |
| 2022 | 105 | 221 |
| 2023 | 97 | 224 |
| 2024 | 149 | 250 |
| 2025 | 125 | 270 |
Other regions of India
- Madhya Pradesh38,920 km² in an average year
- Maharashtra31,990 km² in an average year
- Punjab30,530 km² in an average year
- Chhattisgarh28,500 km² in an average year
- Odisha27,930 km² in an average year
- Telangana19,840 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
- Haryana183 km
- Punjab221 km
- Uttarakhand223 km
- Himachal Pradesh282 km
- Mahakali Zone, Nepal297 km
- Seti Zone, Nepal341 km