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Wildfires in Yangon
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 7,710 km² of Yangon at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,410 km², ranking 13th of 14 regions of Myanmar.
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 2020, with 3,100 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 1,640 km². The 2021–2025 average is 8.1% 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 56% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 19 April 2013, with detections in 100 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 7,710 km² with at least one detection, 64% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,560 | 20% |
| 2 years | 1,210 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,520 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,090 | 27% |
| 11 years or more | 332 | 4.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 17.25, 95.75 and holds 23% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,750 | 2,010 |
| 2013 | 2,040 | 2,452 |
| 2014 | 2,430 | 2,882 |
| 2015 | 2,770 | 3,365 |
| 2016 | 2,750 | 3,133 |
| 2017 | 2,360 | 2,775 |
| 2018 | 2,750 | 3,332 |
| 2019 | 2,970 | 3,568 |
| 2020 | 3,100 | 3,779 |
| 2021 | 2,320 | 2,681 |
| 2022 | 1,940 | 2,170 |
| 2023 | 2,470 | 3,081 |
| 2024 | 2,400 | 2,857 |
| 2025 | 1,640 | 1,909 |
Other regions of Myanmar
- Shan State63,710 km² in an average year
- Sagaing22,900 km² in an average year
- Magway17,730 km² in an average year
- Chin State14,450 km² in an average year
- Bago12,170 km² in an average year
- Mandalay9,840 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
- Ayeyarwady76 km
- Bago166 km
- Mae Hong Son, Thailand239 km
- Mon State240 km
- Magway246 km
- Kayin State271 km