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Wildfires in Maldives
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 15 km² of Maldives at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3.5 km², ranking 200th 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 2015, with 6.2 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 1.2 km². The 2021–2025 average is 40% 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.
December, January and February together hold 35% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 March 2017, with detections in 3 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 15 km² with at least one detection, 59% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4.9 | 33% |
| 2 years | 1.2 | 8.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6.2 | 42% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.2 | 8.2% |
| 11 years or more | 1.2 | 8.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 4.25, 73.25 and holds 92% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2.5 | 6 |
| 2013 | 1.2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5.0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6.2 | 30 |
| 2016 | 3.7 | 40 |
| 2017 | 4.9 | 34 |
| 2018 | 3.7 | 20 |
| 2019 | 4.9 | 29 |
| 2020 | 6.2 | 33 |
| 2021 | 2.5 | 17 |
| 2022 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 2 |
Nearby countries
- Mauritius147 km² in an average year
- Heard I. and McDonald Islands6.8 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
- Sri Lanka945 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
