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Wildfires in Russian Federation
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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- Altai Republicno fires now
- Amur6 fires
- Arkhangelsk1 fire
- Astrakhan'6 fires
- Autonomous Republic of Crimea3 fires
- Bashkortostan3 fires
- Belgorod6 fires
- Bryansk1 fire
- Chechen Republic5 fires
- Chelyabinsk15 fires
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrugno fires now
- Chuvash Republicno fires now
- Irkutsk24 fires
- Ivanovono fires now
- Jewish5 fires
- Kabardino-Balkaria6 fires
- Kaliningradno fires now
- Kaluga1 fire
- Kamchatka Krai1 fire
- Karachay-Cherkess Republic3 fires
- Kareliano fires now
- Kemerovono fires now
- Khabarovsk Krai12 fires
- Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug18 fires
- Kirovno fires now
- Komi Republic2 fires
- Kostromano fires now
- Krasnodar Krai61 fires
- Krasnoyarsk Krai15 fires
- Kurgan3 fires
- Kursk7 fires
- Leningrad1 fire
- Lipetsk4 fires
- Magadanno fires now
- Mari El Republic2 fires
- Moscow1 fire
- Murmansk1 fire
- Nenets Autonomous Okrug1 fire
- Nizhny Novgorod1 fire
- Novgorodno fires now
- Novosibirskno fires now
- Omsk2 fires
- Orenburg23 fires
- Oryolno fires now
- Penzano fires now
- Perm Krai5 fires
- Primorsky Krai1 fire
- Pskovno fires now
- Republic of Adygeano fires now
- Republic of Buryatiano fires now
- Republic of Dagestan8 fires
- Republic of Ingushetia2 fires
- Republic of Kalmykia4 fires
- Republic of Khakassia2 fires
- Republic of Mordovia2 fires
- Republic of North Ossetia-Alania1 fire
- Republic of Tatarstan1 fire
- Rostov14 fires
- Ryazan'4 fires
- Saint Petersburgno fires now
- Sakha Republic25 fires
- Sakhalin6 fires
- Samara6 fires
- Saratov14 fires
- Sevastopolno fires now
- Smolenskno fires now
- Stavropol Krai19 fires
- Sverdlovsk22 fires
- Tambov2 fires
- Tomsk7 fires
- Tula2 fires
- Tuva Republicno fires now
- Tver'no fires now
- Tyumen'8 fires
- Udmurt Republic1 fire
- Ulyanovskno fires now
- Vladimirno fires now
- Volgograd14 fires
- Vologda2 fires
- Voronezh2 fires
- Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug10 fires
- Yaroslavl'no fires now
- Zabaykalsky Kraino fires now
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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 2,106,870 km² of Russian Federation at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 212,570 km², ranking 12th 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 2012, with 349,100 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 119,160 km². The 2021–2025 average is 38% 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.
June, July and August together hold 53% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 August 2021, with detections in 22,485 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,106,870 km² with at least one detection, 9.2% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,607,490 | 76% |
| 2 years | 306,270 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 172,030 | 8.2% |
| 6 to 10 years | 19,480 | 0.9% |
| 11 years or more | 1,600 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 52.75, 39.75 and holds 0.5% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 349,100 | 903,402 |
| 2013 | 174,740 | 481,045 |
| 2014 | 324,480 | 695,923 |
| 2015 | 227,170 | 513,072 |
| 2016 | 217,520 | 604,492 |
| 2017 | 190,620 | 448,541 |
| 2018 | 216,430 | 518,059 |
| 2019 | 234,770 | 678,751 |
| 2020 | 240,960 | 657,469 |
| 2021 | 230,650 | 725,309 |
| 2022 | 139,200 | 334,863 |
| 2023 | 158,530 | 429,430 |
| 2024 | 152,590 | 438,183 |
| 2025 | 119,160 | 309,011 |
Nearby countries
- Ukraine35,560 km² in an average year
- Italy9,880 km² in an average year
- Romania7,650 km² in an average year
- Spain5,090 km² in an average year
- France3,350 km² in an average year
- Bulgaria3,180 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
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
