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Wildfires in Al Rayyan
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 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 216 km² of Al Rayyan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 55 km², ranking 1st 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 2015, with 72 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 41 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.
November, December and January together hold 30% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 October 2017, with detections in 22 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 216 km² with at least one detection, 30% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 103 | 48% |
| 2 years | 49 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 24 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7.8 | 3.6% |
| 11 years or more | 32 | 15% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 25.25, 50.75 and holds 98% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 50 | 1,622 |
| 2013 | 50 | 1,266 |
| 2014 | 60 | 1,407 |
| 2015 | 72 | 1,359 |
| 2016 | 57 | 1,368 |
| 2017 | 50 | 1,062 |
| 2018 | 41 | 934 |
| 2019 | 48 | 1,002 |
| 2020 | 59 | 883 |
| 2021 | 47 | 797 |
| 2022 | 50 | 987 |
| 2023 | 58 | 1,012 |
| 2024 | 70 | 604 |
| 2025 | 60 | 656 |
Other regions of Qatar
- Al Khor46 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
- Southern, Bahrain111 km
- Central, Bahrain111 km
- Al Khor114 km
- Al Wakrah115 km
- Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates230 km
- Eastern, Saudi Arabia243 km