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Wildfires in Libya
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Ajdabiya38 fires
- Al Butnan1 fire
- Al Jufrah5 fires
- Al Kufrah1 fire
- Al Marjno fires now
- Al Qubbah1 fire
- Ash Shati1 fire
- Az Zawiyah2 fires
- Benghazi2 fires
- Ghadames6 fires
- Ghat2 fires
- Jabal al Akhdarno fires now
- Jafarano fires now
- Misratah2 fires
- Mizdah1 fire
- Murqub2 fires
- Murzuqno fires now
- Nuqat al Khamsno fires now
- Sabha6 fires
- Sirte2 fires
- Tripoli District1 fire
- Wadi al Hayaa6 fires
25 fires
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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 8,130 km² of Libya at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,160 km², ranking 114th 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 2019, with 1,400 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 876 km². The 2021–2025 average is 8.0% 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.
August, September and October together hold 28% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 1 April 2023, with detections in 144 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,130 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,540 | 68% |
| 2 years | 1,280 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 803 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 229 | 2.8% |
| 11 years or more | 272 | 3.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 27.75, 22.25 and holds 11% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,190 | 26,646 |
| 2013 | 1,240 | 23,566 |
| 2014 | 1,280 | 16,971 |
| 2015 | 1,020 | 15,667 |
| 2016 | 886 | 14,075 |
| 2017 | 876 | 21,856 |
| 2018 | 934 | 24,826 |
| 2019 | 1,400 | 26,704 |
| 2020 | 1,350 | 14,005 |
| 2021 | 1,240 | 27,589 |
| 2022 | 1,070 | 25,331 |
| 2023 | 1,270 | 30,231 |
| 2024 | 1,300 | 27,775 |
| 2025 | 1,190 | 32,316 |
Nearby countries
- Democratic Republic of the Congo898,730 km² in an average year
- Angola616,940 km² in an average year
- Zambia445,810 km² in an average year
- Mozambique404,050 km² in an average year
- Central African Republic340,550 km² in an average year
- South Sudan321,060 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
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
