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Wildfires in Melaka
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 551 km² of Melaka at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 56 km², ranking 12th of 16 regions of Malaysia.
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 173 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 22 km². The 2021–2025 average is 63% 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.
January, February and March together hold 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 March 2014, with detections in 19 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 551 km² with at least one detection, 8.3% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 411 | 75% |
| 2 years | 94 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 40 | 7.2% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4.8 | 0.9% |
| 11 years or more | 1.2 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 2.25, 102.25 and holds 97% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 45 | 54 |
| 2013 | 68 | 102 |
| 2014 | 173 | 195 |
| 2015 | 79 | 113 |
| 2016 | 58 | 113 |
| 2017 | 31 | 52 |
| 2018 | 48 | 79 |
| 2019 | 82 | 101 |
| 2020 | 38 | 59 |
| 2021 | 36 | 67 |
| 2022 | 25 | 79 |
| 2023 | 22 | 104 |
| 2024 | 38 | 83 |
| 2025 | 35 | 47 |
Other regions of Malaysia
- Sarawak2,700 km² in an average year
- Sabah1,600 km² in an average year
- Pahang1,150 km² in an average year
- Kedah466 km² in an average year
- Johor461 km² in an average year
- Kelantan371 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
- Negeri Sembilan55 km
- Selangor78 km
- Riau, Indonesia124 km
- Pahang157 km
- Johor248 km
- Perak277 km