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Wildfires in Rome
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 1,340 km² of Rome at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 142 km², ranking 24th of 110 regions of Italy.
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 2017, with 351 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 54 km². The 2021–2025 average is 12% 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.
June, July and August together hold 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 July 2017, with detections in 27 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,340 km² with at least one detection, 10% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 939 | 70% |
| 2 years | 262 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 125 | 9.3% |
| 6 to 10 years | 9.1 | 0.7% |
| 11 years or more | 2.8 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 42.25, 12.75 and holds 39% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 283 | 392 |
| 2013 | 76 | 248 |
| 2014 | 57 | 199 |
| 2015 | 128 | 305 |
| 2016 | 174 | 299 |
| 2017 | 351 | 563 |
| 2018 | 54 | 195 |
| 2019 | 88 | 230 |
| 2020 | 148 | 286 |
| 2021 | 154 | 291 |
| 2022 | 156 | 265 |
| 2023 | 80 | 148 |
| 2024 | 116 | 205 |
| 2025 | 122 | 225 |
Other regions of Italy
- Foggia847 km² in an average year
- Palermo608 km² in an average year
- Agrigento590 km² in an average year
- Catania492 km² in an average year
- Caltanissetta460 km² in an average year
- Cosenza424 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.