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Wildfires in Jordan
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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- Amman1 fire
- Aqabano fires now
- Balqa1 fire
- Irbidno fires now
- Karakno fires now
- Ma'anno fires now
- Madabano fires now
- Mafraq1 fire
- Tafilahno fires now
- Zarqa1 fire
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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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 1,670 km² of Jordan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 208 km², ranking 148th of 200 countries.
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 2020, with 339 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 137 km². The 2021–2025 average is 30% 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.
May, June and July together hold 35% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 30 October 2016, with detections in 13 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,670 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,160 | 69% |
| 2 years | 283 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 162 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 52 | 3.1% |
| 11 years or more | 17 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.25, 36.25 and holds 30% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 152 | 452 |
| 2013 | 149 | 495 |
| 2014 | 137 | 525 |
| 2015 | 229 | 608 |
| 2016 | 199 | 610 |
| 2017 | 160 | 485 |
| 2018 | 152 | 441 |
| 2019 | 276 | 531 |
| 2020 | 339 | 663 |
| 2021 | 250 | 584 |
| 2022 | 200 | 557 |
| 2023 | 187 | 510 |
| 2024 | 254 | 613 |
| 2025 | 235 | 643 |
Nearby countries
- India324,930 km² in an average year
- Myanmar189,670 km² in an average year
- China182,410 km² in an average year
- Indonesia104,670 km² in an average year
- Thailand104,620 km² in an average year
- Lao PDR73,670 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 countries
- Palestine94 km
- Israel151 km
- Lebanon227 km
- Cyprus393 km
- Northern Cyprus405 km
- Cyprus U.N. Buffer Zone433 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
