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Wildfires in Ghat
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 107 km² of Ghat at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 32 km², ranking 12th 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 2025, with 45 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 24 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 29% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 July 2013, with detections in 14 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 107 km² with at least one detection, 39% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 56 | 52% |
| 2 years | 9.9 | 9.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 13 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8.8 | 8.2% |
| 11 years or more | 20 | 18% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 27.75, 9.75 and holds 98% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 41 | 1,503 |
| 2013 | 33 | 2,550 |
| 2014 | 35 | 2,486 |
| 2015 | 33 | 2,353 |
| 2016 | 29 | 1,472 |
| 2017 | 30 | 1,633 |
| 2018 | 31 | 1,773 |
| 2019 | 31 | 1,292 |
| 2020 | 30 | 386 |
| 2021 | 24 | 464 |
| 2022 | 31 | 359 |
| 2023 | 37 | 654 |
| 2024 | 25 | 519 |
| 2025 | 45 | 1,054 |
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
- Ash Shati55 km
- Ghadames111 km
- Illizi, Algeria225 km
- Wadi al Hayaa270 km
- Tataouine, Tunisia447 km
- Mizdah458 km