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Wildfires in Saudi Arabia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 UTC
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Regions
- 'Asir1 fire
- Al Madinah5 fires
- Al-Bahano fires now
- Al-Jowf1 fire
- Al-Qassim5 fires
- Eastern44 fires
- Ha'il1 fire
- Jazan2 fires
- Makkah12 fires
- Najran2 fires
- Northern Bordersno fires now
- Riyadh19 fires
- Tabuk1 fire
31 fires
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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 23,110 km² of Saudi Arabia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,270 km², ranking 88th 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 2019, with 3,880 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 2,550 km². The 2021–2025 average is 22% 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.
October, November and December together hold 27% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 June 2019, with detections in 618 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 23,110 km² with at least one detection, 18% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 15,220 | 66% |
| 2 years | 3,620 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,950 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 814 | 3.5% |
| 11 years or more | 508 | 2.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 27.25, 49.75 and holds 10% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,550 | 21,777 |
| 2013 | 2,810 | 24,050 |
| 2014 | 2,950 | 24,116 |
| 2015 | 2,930 | 24,586 |
| 2016 | 3,220 | 26,630 |
| 2017 | 3,130 | 24,042 |
| 2018 | 3,150 | 25,065 |
| 2019 | 3,880 | 24,714 |
| 2020 | 3,460 | 24,630 |
| 2021 | 3,340 | 24,515 |
| 2022 | 3,210 | 23,829 |
| 2023 | 3,620 | 26,148 |
| 2024 | 3,690 | 25,759 |
| 2025 | 3,850 | 27,920 |
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
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
