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Wildfires in Kazakhstan
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Akmola3 fires
- Aktobe12 fires
- Almaty7 fires
- Almaty City2 fires
- Atyrau6 fires
- East Kazakhstan5 fires
- Jambyl13 fires
- Karaganda6 fires
- Kostanay18 fires
- Kyzylorda16 fires
- Mangystauno fires now
- North Kazakhstan18 fires
- Nur-Sultanno fires now
- Pavlodar6 fires
- Turkistan10 fires
- West Kazakhstan7 fires
15 fires
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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 425,730 km² of Kazakhstan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 42,130 km², ranking 46th 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 2017, with 93,830 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 8,990 km². The 2021–2025 average is 48% 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.
April, May and June together hold 44% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 April 2012, with detections in 4,077 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 425,730 km² with at least one detection, 7.5% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 329,600 | 77% |
| 2 years | 64,410 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 26,610 | 6.2% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,760 | 1.1% |
| 11 years or more | 362 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 48.25, 57.25 and holds 2.6% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 69,180 | 113,035 |
| 2013 | 21,660 | 43,633 |
| 2014 | 52,910 | 84,068 |
| 2015 | 53,040 | 83,740 |
| 2016 | 29,580 | 50,150 |
| 2017 | 93,830 | 137,108 |
| 2018 | 39,760 | 63,014 |
| 2019 | 66,190 | 98,998 |
| 2020 | 45,820 | 72,765 |
| 2021 | 41,240 | 66,598 |
| 2022 | 26,880 | 47,071 |
| 2023 | 19,260 | 38,215 |
| 2024 | 8,990 | 21,442 |
| 2025 | 21,520 | 40,314 |
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
- Georgia1,164 km
- Turkmenistan1,222 km
- Azerbaijan1,236 km
- Uzbekistan1,292 km
- Armenia1,361 km
- Tajikistan1,402 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
