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Wildfires in Al Qubbah
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 206 km² of Al Qubbah at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 19 km², ranking 20th 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 2021, with 31 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 7.3 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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.
May, June and July together hold 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 2 July 2021, with detections in 10 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 206 km² with at least one detection, 4.0% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 176 | 85% |
| 2 years | 22 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6.2 | 3.0% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.0 | 0.5% |
| 11 years or more | 1.0 | 0.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.75, 22.75 and holds 93% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 29 | 151 |
| 2013 | 27 | 247 |
| 2014 | 12 | 232 |
| 2015 | 15 | 79 |
| 2016 | 7.3 | 131 |
| 2017 | 19 | 209 |
| 2018 | 22 | 173 |
| 2019 | 10 | 124 |
| 2020 | 20 | 229 |
| 2021 | 31 | 260 |
| 2022 | 12 | 196 |
| 2023 | 27 | 255 |
| 2024 | 23 | 237 |
| 2025 | 10 | 240 |
Other regions of Libya
- Ajdabiya382 km² in an average year
- 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
- 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
- Benghazi240 km
- Crete, Greece333 km
- Matrouh, Egypt480 km
- Peloponnese, Greece557 km
- Ajdabiya558 km
- West Greece, Greece572 km