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Wildfires in Luang Prabang
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 18,670 km² of Luang Prabang at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,430 km², ranking 1st 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 2023, with 12,840 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 6,850 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% 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.
March, April and May together hold 94% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 April 2018, with detections in 1,515 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 18,670 km² with at least one detection, 85% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,340 | 7.2% |
| 2 years | 1,440 | 7.7% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,050 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8,700 | 47% |
| 11 years or more | 2,130 | 11% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 20.25, 102.25 and holds 17% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8,420 | 10,244 |
| 2013 | 7,240 | 8,718 |
| 2014 | 8,160 | 10,012 |
| 2015 | 8,040 | 10,017 |
| 2016 | 7,220 | 8,564 |
| 2017 | 7,140 | 8,276 |
| 2018 | 6,850 | 7,923 |
| 2019 | 9,400 | 12,628 |
| 2020 | 9,640 | 12,294 |
| 2021 | 8,870 | 10,826 |
| 2022 | 7,700 | 9,395 |
| 2023 | 12,840 | 19,734 |
| 2024 | 9,480 | 12,405 |
| 2025 | 6,950 | 8,056 |
Other regions of Lao PDR
- 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
- Xiangkhouang4,810 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
- Oudomxay76 km
- Phongsaly111 km
- Luang Namtha118 km
- Sainyabuli122 km
- Điện Biên, Vietnam152 km
- Houaphanh156 km