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Wildfires in Jazan
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 778 km² of Jazan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 94 km², ranking 9th 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 2025, with 138 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 49 km². The 2021–2025 average is 52% 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 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 July 2025, with detections in 12 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 778 km² with at least one detection, 13% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 562 | 72% |
| 2 years | 116 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 69 | 8.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 22 | 2.9% |
| 11 years or more | 8.3 | 1.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 17.25, 42.25 and holds 39% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 49 | 287 |
| 2013 | 75 | 379 |
| 2014 | 85 | 441 |
| 2015 | 72 | 514 |
| 2016 | 79 | 429 |
| 2017 | 111 | 346 |
| 2018 | 92 | 247 |
| 2019 | 89 | 258 |
| 2020 | 115 | 373 |
| 2021 | 124 | 529 |
| 2022 | 117 | 965 |
| 2023 | 82 | 1,133 |
| 2024 | 85 | 1,095 |
| 2025 | 138 | 1,013 |
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
- 'Asir282 km
- Najran358 km
- Ma'rib, Yemen408 km
- Afar, Ethiopia421 km
- Red Sea, Sudan489 km
- Shabwah, Yemen529 km