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Wildfires in Malaysia
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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 63,280 km² of Malaysia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,000 km², ranking 69th of 200 countries.
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 16,490 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 2,950 km². The 2021–2025 average is 65% 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.
February, March and April together hold 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 March 2014, with detections in 735 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 63,280 km² with at least one detection, 18% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 37,790 | 60% |
| 2 years | 13,970 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 10,140 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,270 | 2.0% |
| 11 years or more | 117 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 3.25, 103.25 and holds 5.5% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11,130 | 14,056 |
| 2013 | 10,260 | 12,827 |
| 2014 | 16,490 | 25,556 |
| 2015 | 12,460 | 17,651 |
| 2016 | 12,000 | 17,535 |
| 2017 | 5,020 | 6,219 |
| 2018 | 7,560 | 10,129 |
| 2019 | 9,500 | 14,197 |
| 2020 | 5,580 | 7,197 |
| 2021 | 5,460 | 6,805 |
| 2022 | 2,950 | 4,226 |
| 2023 | 4,370 | 6,471 |
| 2024 | 5,450 | 8,069 |
| 2025 | 3,710 | 5,574 |
Nearby countries
- India324,930 km² in an average year
- Myanmar189,670 km² in an average year
- China182,410 km² in an average year
- Indonesia104,670 km² in an average year
- Thailand104,620 km² in an average year
- Lao PDR73,670 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 countries
- Singapore229 km
- Indonesia756 km
- Cambodia1,199 km
- Vietnam1,216 km
- Brunei Darussalam1,231 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
