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Wildfires in Mongolia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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- Arkhangaino fires now
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- Dornod15 fires
- Dornogovi1 fire
- Govi-Altaino fires now
- Govisümberno fires now
- Khentii1 fire
- Khovdno fires now
- Khövsgölno fires now
- Selenge2 fires
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- Tövno fires now
- Ulaanbaatarno fires now
- Uvsno fires now
- Ömnögovino fires now
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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 43,340 km² of Mongolia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,420 km², ranking 86th 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 11,090 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 432 km². The 2021–2025 average is 72% 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.
April, May and June together hold 68% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 19 April 2022, with detections in 1,609 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 43,340 km² with at least one detection, 0.9% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 39,550 | 91% |
| 2 years | 3,390 | 7.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 376 | 0.9% |
| 6 to 10 years | 30 | 0.1% |
| 11 years or more | 4.1 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 50.75, 101.75 and holds 3.1% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 10,790 | 18,130 |
| 2013 | 3,330 | 4,170 |
| 2014 | 4,740 | 5,772 |
| 2015 | 11,090 | 15,833 |
| 2016 | 2,530 | 3,367 |
| 2017 | 3,560 | 6,936 |
| 2018 | 786 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 1,420 | 2,480 |
| 2020 | 626 | 1,036 |
| 2021 | 432 | 817 |
| 2022 | 2,600 | 3,582 |
| 2023 | 2,870 | 3,836 |
| 2024 | 930 | 1,679 |
| 2025 | 2,110 | 3,968 |
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.
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
