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Wildfires in Qatar
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 426 km² of Qatar at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 137 km², ranking 157th 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 158 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 113 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
December, January and February together hold 28% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 February 2020, with detections in 34 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 426 km² with at least one detection, 36% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 212 | 50% |
| 2 years | 63 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 34 | 7.9% |
| 6 to 10 years | 28 | 6.6% |
| 11 years or more | 91 | 21% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 25.75, 51.75 and holds 49% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 132 | 5,545 |
| 2013 | 131 | 5,176 |
| 2014 | 139 | 5,342 |
| 2015 | 152 | 5,091 |
| 2016 | 130 | 5,023 |
| 2017 | 133 | 4,737 |
| 2018 | 113 | 4,418 |
| 2019 | 139 | 4,717 |
| 2020 | 149 | 5,089 |
| 2021 | 123 | 4,962 |
| 2022 | 140 | 4,836 |
| 2023 | 140 | 4,900 |
| 2024 | 143 | 4,268 |
| 2025 | 158 | 4,371 |
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
- Bahrain114 km
- United Arab Emirates194 km
- Saudi Arabia259 km
- Iran509 km
- Kuwait517 km
- Oman525 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
