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Wildfires in Ghadames
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 266 km² of Ghadames at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 54 km², ranking 5th 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 2014, with 77 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 37 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 23 January 2016, with detections in 19 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 266 km² with at least one detection, 32% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 137 | 51% |
| 2 years | 43 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 46 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 27 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 14 | 5.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 28.75, 9.75 and holds 59% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 38 | 702 |
| 2013 | 57 | 815 |
| 2014 | 77 | 1,587 |
| 2015 | 69 | 1,528 |
| 2016 | 44 | 1,433 |
| 2017 | 52 | 1,323 |
| 2018 | 54 | 1,953 |
| 2019 | 37 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 40 | 2,141 |
| 2021 | 45 | 2,281 |
| 2022 | 65 | 1,977 |
| 2023 | 46 | 1,455 |
| 2024 | 70 | 1,518 |
| 2025 | 59 | 2,281 |
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
- 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.
Nearby regions
- Ash Shati55 km
- Ghat111 km
- Illizi, Algeria194 km
- Wadi al Hayaa331 km
- Tataouine, Tunisia337 km
- Mizdah367 km