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Wildfires in Sainyabuli
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 15,770 km² of Sainyabuli at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,700 km², ranking 3rd 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 10,620 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 3,900 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% 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.
February, March and April together hold 94% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 March 2023, with detections in 1,248 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 15,770 km² with at least one detection, 84% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,080 | 6.8% |
| 2 years | 1,470 | 9.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,210 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6,320 | 40% |
| 11 years or more | 1,690 | 11% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 19.25, 101.75 and holds 16% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,230 | 10,119 |
| 2013 | 7,360 | 10,685 |
| 2014 | 6,780 | 8,855 |
| 2015 | 6,970 | 9,864 |
| 2016 | 7,830 | 10,922 |
| 2017 | 4,650 | 5,565 |
| 2018 | 4,080 | 4,858 |
| 2019 | 8,930 | 13,617 |
| 2020 | 8,980 | 12,840 |
| 2021 | 4,280 | 5,117 |
| 2022 | 3,900 | 4,635 |
| 2023 | 10,620 | 18,013 |
| 2024 | 6,900 | 9,461 |
| 2025 | 5,220 | 6,368 |
Other regions of Lao PDR
- Luang Prabang8,430 km² in an average year
- Savannakhet6,800 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
- Vientiane111 km
- Nan, Thailand118 km
- Luang Prabang122 km
- Vientiane Prefecture123 km
- Bokeo152 km
- Phayao, Thailand157 km