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Wildfires in Muscat
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 111 km² of Muscat at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 17 km², ranking 8th of 11 regions of Oman.
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 2025, with 24 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 12 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
September, October and November together hold 30% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 May 2012, with detections in 4 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 111 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 78 | 71% |
| 2 years | 17 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7.9 | 7.1% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.1 | 1.0% |
| 11 years or more | 6.8 | 6.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 23.25, 58.25 and holds 49% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 16 | 436 |
| 2013 | 12 | 382 |
| 2014 | 23 | 447 |
| 2015 | 14 | 443 |
| 2016 | 22 | 274 |
| 2017 | 19 | 358 |
| 2018 | 17 | 332 |
| 2019 | 16 | 290 |
| 2020 | 17 | 329 |
| 2021 | 15 | 267 |
| 2022 | 12 | 171 |
| 2023 | 15 | 201 |
| 2024 | 18 | 215 |
| 2025 | 24 | 226 |
Other regions of Oman
- Al Wusta208 km² in an average year
- Dhofar153 km² in an average year
- Ad Dhahirah129 km² in an average year
- Ad Dakhiliyah79 km² in an average year
- Al Batinah North70 km² in an average year
- Al Batinah South26 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
- Ash Sharqiyah North116 km
- Al Batinah North188 km
- Ad Dakhiliyah189 km
- Ad Dhahirah261 km
- Al Wusta270 km
- Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates337 km