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Wildfires in Sabha
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 718 km² of Sabha at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 78 km², ranking 3rd 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 2012, with 107 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 41 km². The 2021–2025 average is 32% 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.
August, September and October together hold 56% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 October 2019, with detections in 10 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 718 km² with at least one detection, 12% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 490 | 68% |
| 2 years | 145 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 77 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4.4 | 0.6% |
| 11 years or more | 1.1 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 26.75, 14.25 and holds 45% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 107 | 124 |
| 2013 | 86 | 91 |
| 2014 | 92 | 97 |
| 2015 | 96 | 106 |
| 2016 | 77 | 82 |
| 2017 | 74 | 70 |
| 2018 | 66 | 63 |
| 2019 | 107 | 115 |
| 2020 | 77 | 83 |
| 2021 | 63 | 66 |
| 2022 | 41 | 44 |
| 2023 | 82 | 88 |
| 2024 | 80 | 121 |
| 2025 | 48 | 116 |
Other regions of Libya
- Ajdabiya382 km² in an average year
- Tripoli District80 km² in an average year
- Benghazi57 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.