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Wildfires in Amman
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 279 km² of Amman at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 37 km², ranking 2nd of 12 regions of Jordan.
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 2019, with 55 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 18 km². The 2021–2025 average is 51% 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 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 June 2021, with detections in 9 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 279 km² with at least one detection, 18% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 178 | 64% |
| 2 years | 50 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 41 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7.5 | 2.7% |
| 11 years or more | 2.2 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 31.25, 36.25 and holds 58% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 24 | 26 |
| 2013 | 24 | 48 |
| 2014 | 20 | 58 |
| 2015 | 40 | 80 |
| 2016 | 35 | 74 |
| 2017 | 18 | 79 |
| 2018 | 30 | 88 |
| 2019 | 55 | 116 |
| 2020 | 52 | 147 |
| 2021 | 52 | 137 |
| 2022 | 47 | 133 |
| 2023 | 44 | 153 |
| 2024 | 32 | 129 |
| 2025 | 41 | 163 |
Other regions of Jordan
- Irbid38 km² in an average year
- Zarqa27 km² in an average year
- Mafraq26 km² in an average year
- Balqa23 km² in an average year
- Aqaba23 km² in an average year
- Karak11 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
- Karak0 km
- Zarqa111 km
- Mafraq111 km
- West Bank, Palestine145 km
- Southern, Israel152 km
- Central, Israel152 km