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Wildfires in Taranto
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 1,260 km² of Taranto at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 191 km², ranking 17th 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 2012, with 286 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 107 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.0% 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 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 June 2012, with detections in 20 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,260 km² with at least one detection, 26% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 608 | 48% |
| 2 years | 328 | 26% |
| 3 to 5 years | 268 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 40 | 3.1% |
| 11 years or more | 15 | 1.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 40.75, 17.25 and holds 80% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 286 | 1,926 |
| 2013 | 198 | 1,569 |
| 2014 | 137 | 1,450 |
| 2015 | 176 | 1,337 |
| 2016 | 220 | 1,451 |
| 2017 | 235 | 1,482 |
| 2018 | 107 | 1,164 |
| 2019 | 167 | 1,250 |
| 2020 | 186 | 1,176 |
| 2021 | 194 | 1,198 |
| 2022 | 144 | 1,117 |
| 2023 | 206 | 1,174 |
| 2024 | 151 | 684 |
| 2025 | 270 | 867 |
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.