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Wildfires in Ajdabiya
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 1,620 km² of Ajdabiya at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 382 km², ranking 1st of 22 regions of Libya.
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 2024, with 523 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 216 km². The 2021–2025 average is 58% 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.
September, October and November together hold 28% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 May 2024, with detections in 102 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,620 km² with at least one detection, 33% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 802 | 49% |
| 2 years | 282 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 261 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 113 | 7.0% |
| 11 years or more | 165 | 10% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 27.75, 22.25 and holds 18% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 361 | 16,460 |
| 2013 | 427 | 13,344 |
| 2014 | 280 | 7,720 |
| 2015 | 216 | 8,960 |
| 2016 | 235 | 8,609 |
| 2017 | 313 | 14,334 |
| 2018 | 366 | 16,230 |
| 2019 | 368 | 17,880 |
| 2020 | 376 | 7,315 |
| 2021 | 512 | 18,108 |
| 2022 | 412 | 15,820 |
| 2023 | 495 | 19,009 |
| 2024 | 523 | 17,706 |
| 2025 | 466 | 19,344 |
Other regions of Libya
- Tripoli District80 km² in an average year
- Sabha78 km² in an average year
- Benghazi57 km² in an average year
- Ghadames54 km² in an average year
- Az Zawiyah51 km² in an average year
- Misratah47 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.