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Wildfires in Misratah
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 329 km² of Misratah at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 47 km², ranking 7th 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 65 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 30 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% 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.
August, September and October together hold 28% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 October 2020, with detections in 10 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 329 km² with at least one detection, 19% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 223 | 68% |
| 2 years | 43 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 38 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 21 | 6.4% |
| 11 years or more | 4.2 | 1.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.25, 15.25 and holds 91% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 30 | 250 |
| 2013 | 41 | 298 |
| 2014 | 55 | 227 |
| 2015 | 46 | 129 |
| 2016 | 34 | 153 |
| 2017 | 46 | 218 |
| 2018 | 45 | 197 |
| 2019 | 65 | 240 |
| 2020 | 57 | 212 |
| 2021 | 43 | 249 |
| 2022 | 48 | 300 |
| 2023 | 51 | 654 |
| 2024 | 46 | 602 |
| 2025 | 52 | 722 |
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
- Murqub109 km
- Tripoli District195 km
- Az Zawiyah240 km
- Nuqat al Khams286 km
- Mizdah304 km
- Sirte410 km