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Wildfires in Islamabad Capital Territory
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 273 km² of Islamabad Capital Territory at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 34 km², ranking 8th of 8 regions of Pakistan.
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 2016, with 59 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 12 km². The 2021–2025 average is 44% 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 35% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 30 May 2018, with detections in 8 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 273 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 169 | 62% |
| 2 years | 61 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 37 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5.0 | 1.8% |
| 11 years or more | 1.0 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 33.75, 73.25 and holds 68% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 36 | 58 |
| 2013 | 12 | 36 |
| 2014 | 20 | 41 |
| 2015 | 16 | 23 |
| 2016 | 59 | 69 |
| 2017 | 47 | 58 |
| 2018 | 47 | 73 |
| 2019 | 19 | 34 |
| 2020 | 16 | 38 |
| 2021 | 54 | 82 |
| 2022 | 43 | 50 |
| 2023 | 24 | 27 |
| 2024 | 39 | 45 |
| 2025 | 47 | 49 |
Other regions of Pakistan
- Punjab25,990 km² in an average year
- Sindh6,240 km² in an average year
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa2,250 km² in an average year
- Balochistan1,390 km² in an average year
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas858 km² in an average year
- Azad Kashmir508 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.