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Wildfires in Najran
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 231 km² of Najran at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 35 km², ranking 12th 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 2014, with 48 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 25 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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.
September, October and November together hold 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 1 September 2015, with detections in 12 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 231 km² with at least one detection, 17% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 157 | 68% |
| 2 years | 34 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 21 | 9.2% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8.2 | 3.5% |
| 11 years or more | 11 | 4.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 18.75, 45.25 and holds 53% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 37 | 365 |
| 2013 | 30 | 493 |
| 2014 | 48 | 604 |
| 2015 | 42 | 497 |
| 2016 | 34 | 481 |
| 2017 | 39 | 279 |
| 2018 | 25 | 173 |
| 2019 | 46 | 223 |
| 2020 | 33 | 295 |
| 2021 | 38 | 425 |
| 2022 | 28 | 498 |
| 2023 | 31 | 436 |
| 2024 | 38 | 305 |
| 2025 | 27 | 365 |
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
- 'Asir285 km
- Ma'rib, Yemen337 km
- Jazan358 km
- Shabwah, Yemen420 km
- Hadhramaut, Yemen499 km
- Riyadh684 km