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Wildfires in Benghazi
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 448 km² of Benghazi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 57 km², ranking 4th 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 2015, with 97 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 32 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% 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.
July, August and September together hold 29% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 May 2015, with detections in 11 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 448 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 299 | 67% |
| 2 years | 77 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 55 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 11 | 2.4% |
| 11 years or more | 6.2 | 1.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.25, 20.25 and holds 94% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 39 | 440 |
| 2013 | 45 | 482 |
| 2014 | 89 | 479 |
| 2015 | 97 | 391 |
| 2016 | 64 | 351 |
| 2017 | 36 | 332 |
| 2018 | 32 | 382 |
| 2019 | 56 | 373 |
| 2020 | 58 | 557 |
| 2021 | 81 | 551 |
| 2022 | 50 | 474 |
| 2023 | 59 | 498 |
| 2024 | 43 | 464 |
| 2025 | 52 | 502 |
Other regions of Libya
- Ajdabiya382 km² in an average year
- Tripoli District80 km² in an average year
- Sabha78 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.