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Wildfires in Al Khor
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 110 km² of Al Khor at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 46 km², ranking 2nd of 7 regions of Qatar.
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 56 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 40 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.6% 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 26% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 March 2012, with detections in 22 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 110 km² with at least one detection, 44% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 58 | 53% |
| 2 years | 3.3 | 3.0% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4.4 | 4.0% |
| 6 to 10 years | 9.9 | 9.0% |
| 11 years or more | 34 | 31% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 25.75, 51.75 and holds 89% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 46 | 2,566 |
| 2013 | 47 | 2,741 |
| 2014 | 41 | 2,586 |
| 2015 | 42 | 2,680 |
| 2016 | 44 | 2,619 |
| 2017 | 45 | 2,487 |
| 2018 | 40 | 2,339 |
| 2019 | 54 | 2,328 |
| 2020 | 51 | 3,032 |
| 2021 | 41 | 3,104 |
| 2022 | 49 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 46 | 2,841 |
| 2024 | 45 | 2,835 |
| 2025 | 56 | 2,890 |
Other regions of Qatar
- Al Rayyan55 km² in an average year
- Al Wakrah34 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
- Al Wakrah111 km
- Southern, Bahrain114 km
- Central, Bahrain114 km
- Al Rayyan114 km
- Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates194 km
- Bushehr, Iran243 km