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Wildfires in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 12,300 km² of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,250 km², ranking 3rd 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 2025, with 3,430 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 1,280 km². The 2021–2025 average is 42% 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.
January, February and March together hold 40% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 June 2025, with detections in 131 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 12,300 km² with at least one detection, 33% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,830 | 47% |
| 2 years | 2,370 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,720 | 22% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,240 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 141 | 1.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 31.75, 70.75 and holds 20% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,230 | 3,550 |
| 2013 | 1,280 | 2,492 |
| 2014 | 2,030 | 3,079 |
| 2015 | 1,350 | 2,156 |
| 2016 | 2,950 | 4,185 |
| 2017 | 2,030 | 3,180 |
| 2018 | 1,910 | 2,931 |
| 2019 | 1,830 | 2,716 |
| 2020 | 1,960 | 3,317 |
| 2021 | 2,680 | 4,313 |
| 2022 | 2,820 | 4,110 |
| 2023 | 1,730 | 2,650 |
| 2024 | 3,310 | 4,491 |
| 2025 | 3,430 | 4,836 |
Other regions of Pakistan
- Punjab25,990 km² in an average year
- Sindh6,240 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
- Gilgit-Baltistan56 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
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas227 km
- Punjab288 km
- Azad Kashmir327 km
- Kunar, Afghanistan391 km
- Jammu and Kashmir, India392 km
- Balochistan484 km