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Wildfires in 'Asir
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 11:26 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 955 km² of 'Asir at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 118 km², ranking 7th 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 2021, with 170 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 84 km². The 2021–2025 average is 13% 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 29% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 June 2021, with detections in 10 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 955 km² with at least one detection, 12% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 740 | 78% |
| 2 years | 97 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 62 | 6.5% |
| 6 to 10 years | 43 | 4.5% |
| 11 years or more | 12 | 1.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 19.75, 42.75 and holds 39% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 90 | 801 |
| 2013 | 101 | 898 |
| 2014 | 108 | 935 |
| 2015 | 126 | 917 |
| 2016 | 121 | 816 |
| 2017 | 123 | 589 |
| 2018 | 130 | 530 |
| 2019 | 109 | 541 |
| 2020 | 128 | 586 |
| 2021 | 170 | 639 |
| 2022 | 100 | 542 |
| 2023 | 84 | 372 |
| 2024 | 117 | 437 |
| 2025 | 148 | 584 |
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
- Al Madinah142 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
- Jazan282 km
- Najran285 km
- Makkah492 km
- Ma'rib, Yemen546 km
- Red Sea, Sudan551 km
- Al Madinah643 km