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Wildfires in Tawi-Tawi
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 209 km² of Tawi-Tawi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 24 km², ranking 76th of 118 regions of Philippines.
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 75 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 3.7 km². The 2021–2025 average is 57% lower 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.
February, March and April together hold 68% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 March 2016, with detections in 7 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 209 km² with at least one detection, 13% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 136 | 65% |
| 2 years | 46 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 26 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.2 | 0.6% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.25, 120.25 and holds 52% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3.7 | 3 |
| 2013 | 17 | 14 |
| 2014 | 27 | 26 |
| 2015 | 51 | 73 |
| 2016 | 75 | 88 |
| 2017 | 12 | 11 |
| 2018 | 7.4 | 6 |
| 2019 | 43 | 46 |
| 2020 | 20 | 21 |
| 2021 | 9.9 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 2023 | 9.9 | 8 |
| 2024 | 44 | 38 |
| 2025 | 6.2 | 5 |
Other regions of Philippines
- Palawan1,560 km² in an average year
- Occidental Mindoro1,260 km² in an average year
- Bukidnon1,070 km² in an average year
- Isabela800 km² in an average year
- Nueva Ecija766 km² in an average year
- Negros Occidental751 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.