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Wildfires in Sarawak
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 21,910 km² of Sarawak at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,700 km², ranking 1st 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 2012, with 5,940 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 1,120 km². The 2021–2025 average is 66% 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.
July, August and September together hold 56% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 September 2012, with detections in 385 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 21,910 km² with at least one detection, 17% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 13,110 | 60% |
| 2 years | 5,000 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,470 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 300 | 1.4% |
| 11 years or more | 28 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 3.25, 113.25 and holds 13% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,940 | 7,763 |
| 2013 | 4,870 | 5,877 |
| 2014 | 4,630 | 6,179 |
| 2015 | 3,480 | 4,190 |
| 2016 | 2,560 | 3,158 |
| 2017 | 2,110 | 2,696 |
| 2018 | 2,970 | 3,865 |
| 2019 | 2,700 | 3,828 |
| 2020 | 1,190 | 1,743 |
| 2021 | 1,790 | 2,221 |
| 2022 | 1,120 | 1,578 |
| 2023 | 1,590 | 2,277 |
| 2024 | 1,180 | 1,833 |
| 2025 | 1,620 | 2,471 |
Other regions of Malaysia
- 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
- Terengganu330 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
- Belait, Brunei Darussalam200 km
- Sabah400 km
- Riau Islands, Indonesia557 km
- East Kalimantan, Indonesia628 km
- West Kalimantan, Indonesia648 km
- Central Kalimantan, Indonesia676 km