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Wildfires in Kuwait
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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 1,450 km² of Kuwait at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 393 km², ranking 141st 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 2024, with 504 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 289 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.
September, October and November together hold 27% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 November 2012, with detections in 64 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,450 km² with at least one detection, 44% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 591 | 41% |
| 2 years | 218 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 300 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 213 | 15% |
| 11 years or more | 132 | 9.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 28.75, 47.75 and holds 26% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 297 | 6,931 |
| 2013 | 300 | 8,159 |
| 2014 | 289 | 7,357 |
| 2015 | 323 | 5,975 |
| 2016 | 337 | 6,265 |
| 2017 | 393 | 5,002 |
| 2018 | 387 | 4,856 |
| 2019 | 428 | 5,432 |
| 2020 | 414 | 4,681 |
| 2021 | 438 | 4,217 |
| 2022 | 408 | 4,151 |
| 2023 | 484 | 5,034 |
| 2024 | 504 | 5,005 |
| 2025 | 495 | 4,972 |
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
- Iraq227 km
- Saudi Arabia257 km
- Iran334 km
- Bahrain405 km
- Qatar517 km
- United Arab Emirates705 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
