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Wildfires in Vientiane
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 17,300 km² of Vientiane at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,130 km², ranking 4th 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 10,810 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 4,310 km². The 2021–2025 average is 12% 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.
February, March and April together hold 90% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 March 2023, with detections in 1,103 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 17,300 km² with at least one detection, 72% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,540 | 15% |
| 2 years | 2,310 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,780 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,490 | 32% |
| 11 years or more | 1,180 | 6.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 18.25, 101.75 and holds 23% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,580 | 7,712 |
| 2013 | 5,740 | 7,742 |
| 2014 | 6,460 | 9,114 |
| 2015 | 6,470 | 9,762 |
| 2016 | 5,500 | 7,296 |
| 2017 | 4,860 | 5,884 |
| 2018 | 4,310 | 5,356 |
| 2019 | 6,960 | 9,768 |
| 2020 | 6,640 | 8,977 |
| 2021 | 4,990 | 6,053 |
| 2022 | 4,730 | 5,874 |
| 2023 | 10,810 | 19,359 |
| 2024 | 7,200 | 10,687 |
| 2025 | 5,550 | 6,814 |
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
- 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
- Vientiane Prefecture52 km
- Sainyabuli111 km
- Nan, Thailand119 km
- Uttaradit, Thailand119 km
- Nong Khai, Thailand119 km
- Loei, Thailand123 km