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Wildfires in Luang Namtha
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 8,180 km² of Luang Namtha at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,340 km², ranking 15th of 17 regions of Lao PDR.
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 3,790 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 1,480 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% 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.
March, April and May together hold 93% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 2 April 2020, with detections in 600 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,180 km² with at least one detection, 65% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,510 | 18% |
| 2 years | 1,380 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,100 | 38% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,070 | 25% |
| 11 years or more | 119 | 1.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 20.75, 101.25 and holds 24% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,630 | 3,318 |
| 2013 | 2,040 | 2,469 |
| 2014 | 2,840 | 3,620 |
| 2015 | 2,490 | 2,962 |
| 2016 | 2,720 | 3,469 |
| 2017 | 1,880 | 2,155 |
| 2018 | 1,500 | 1,621 |
| 2019 | 2,730 | 3,744 |
| 2020 | 3,790 | 5,638 |
| 2021 | 1,680 | 1,891 |
| 2022 | 1,480 | 1,589 |
| 2023 | 2,780 | 3,620 |
| 2024 | 2,520 | 3,079 |
| 2025 | 1,720 | 1,929 |
Other regions of Lao PDR
- Luang Prabang8,430 km² in an average year
- Savannakhet6,800 km² in an average year
- Sainyabuli6,700 km² in an average year
- Vientiane6,130 km² in an average year
- Houaphanh5,370 km² in an average year
- Oudomxay5,220 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
- Oudomxay51 km
- Bokeo76 km
- Phongsaly117 km
- Luang Prabang118 km
- Sainyabuli174 km
- Chiang Rai, Thailand191 km