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Wildfires in Al Madinah
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 1,020 km² of Al Madinah at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 142 km², ranking 6th of 13 regions of Saudi Arabia.
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 174 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 104 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.
January, February and March together hold 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 April 2013, with detections in 21 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,020 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 762 | 74% |
| 2 years | 115 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 80 | 7.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 33 | 3.2% |
| 11 years or more | 35 | 3.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 23.75, 38.25 and holds 68% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 104 | 1,100 |
| 2013 | 157 | 1,373 |
| 2014 | 136 | 1,200 |
| 2015 | 131 | 1,756 |
| 2016 | 134 | 1,579 |
| 2017 | 151 | 1,037 |
| 2018 | 149 | 1,273 |
| 2019 | 174 | 760 |
| 2020 | 171 | 831 |
| 2021 | 148 | 662 |
| 2022 | 118 | 856 |
| 2023 | 117 | 1,002 |
| 2024 | 127 | 867 |
| 2025 | 172 | 1,154 |
Other regions of Saudi Arabia
- Eastern1,350 km² in an average year
- Riyadh529 km² in an average year
- Makkah368 km² in an average year
- Al-Jowf200 km² in an average year
- Al-Qassim173 km² in an average year
- 'Asir118 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
- Makkah151 km
- Tabuk522 km
- Aswan, Egypt561 km
- Qena, Egypt598 km
- Red Sea, Sudan613 km
- Al-Qassim619 km