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Wildfires in Punjab
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 11:26 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 99,640 km² of Punjab at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 25,990 km², ranking 1st 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 2021, with 30,920 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 21,030 km². The 2021–2025 average is 18% 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.
March, April and May together hold 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 May 2018, with detections in 1,090 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 99,640 km² with at least one detection, 54% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 28,440 | 29% |
| 2 years | 17,730 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 30,960 | 31% |
| 6 to 10 years | 19,460 | 20% |
| 11 years or more | 3,050 | 3.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.25, 73.75 and holds 4.9% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 23,680 | 30,588 |
| 2013 | 21,030 | 26,601 |
| 2014 | 24,830 | 32,166 |
| 2015 | 22,080 | 27,595 |
| 2016 | 25,580 | 32,708 |
| 2017 | 28,850 | 38,266 |
| 2018 | 29,510 | 38,302 |
| 2019 | 25,720 | 33,008 |
| 2020 | 23,850 | 31,117 |
| 2021 | 30,920 | 42,585 |
| 2022 | 26,920 | 35,024 |
| 2023 | 24,840 | 31,530 |
| 2024 | 27,740 | 35,846 |
| 2025 | 28,320 | 36,679 |
Other regions of Pakistan
- 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
- 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
- Jammu and Kashmir, India109 km
- Azad Kashmir111 km
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa288 km
- Punjab, India292 km
- Himachal Pradesh, India304 km
- Haryana, India337 km