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Wildfires in Pakistan
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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- Azad Kashmirno fires now
- Balochistan9 fires
- Federally Administered Tribal Areasno fires now
- Gilgit-Baltistanno fires now
- Islamabad Capital Territoryno fires now
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa1 fire
- Punjab160 fires
- Sindh21 fires
4 fires
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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 172,310 km² of Pakistan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 37,470 km², ranking 47th 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 2025, with 43,970 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 30,620 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% higher 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 34% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 May 2018, with detections in 1,145 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 172,310 km² with at least one detection, 43% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 64,710 | 38% |
| 2 years | 33,180 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 47,500 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 23,550 | 14% |
| 11 years or more | 3,360 | 2.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.25, 73.75 and holds 3.4% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 34,100 | 45,110 |
| 2013 | 30,620 | 40,827 |
| 2014 | 36,710 | 48,143 |
| 2015 | 32,010 | 41,047 |
| 2016 | 39,480 | 50,860 |
| 2017 | 40,240 | 53,451 |
| 2018 | 40,970 | 53,366 |
| 2019 | 34,470 | 44,599 |
| 2020 | 34,090 | 44,525 |
| 2021 | 42,830 | 58,290 |
| 2022 | 38,130 | 49,828 |
| 2023 | 34,690 | 44,525 |
| 2024 | 42,210 | 53,765 |
| 2025 | 43,970 | 56,096 |
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.
Nearby countries
- Afghanistan405 km
- Tajikistan852 km
- Nepal887 km
- Uzbekistan1,010 km
- Kyrgyzstan1,170 km
- Turkmenistan1,251 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
