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Wildfires in Az Zawiyah
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 430 km² of Az Zawiyah at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 51 km², ranking 6th 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 2019, with 93 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 28 km². The 2021–2025 average is 12% 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.
June, July and August together hold 36% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 30 June 2017, with detections in 10 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 430 km² with at least one detection, 11% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 315 | 73% |
| 2 years | 69 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 34 | 8.0% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3.1 | 0.7% |
| 11 years or more | 8.3 | 1.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.75, 12.75 and holds 83% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 55 | 405 |
| 2013 | 44 | 347 |
| 2014 | 82 | 430 |
| 2015 | 44 | 372 |
| 2016 | 35 | 325 |
| 2017 | 40 | 525 |
| 2018 | 28 | 393 |
| 2019 | 93 | 532 |
| 2020 | 56 | 414 |
| 2021 | 41 | 400 |
| 2022 | 52 | 514 |
| 2023 | 49 | 712 |
| 2024 | 36 | 665 |
| 2025 | 52 | 883 |
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
- 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.
Nearby regions
- Tripoli District46 km
- Nuqat al Khams46 km
- Murqub140 km
- Mizdah173 km
- Misratah240 km
- Sfax, Tunisia289 km