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Wildfires in Riyadh
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 4,010 km² of Riyadh at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 529 km², ranking 2nd 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 2024, with 624 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 430 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% 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.
June, July and August together hold 30% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 June 2022, with detections in 38 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,010 km² with at least one detection, 16% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,790 | 70% |
| 2 years | 592 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 424 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 140 | 3.5% |
| 11 years or more | 64 | 1.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 24.75, 46.75 and holds 43% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 430 | 3,545 |
| 2013 | 482 | 3,272 |
| 2014 | 509 | 3,397 |
| 2015 | 470 | 3,625 |
| 2016 | 568 | 3,633 |
| 2017 | 503 | 3,202 |
| 2018 | 509 | 2,804 |
| 2019 | 559 | 2,791 |
| 2020 | 581 | 3,183 |
| 2021 | 534 | 3,422 |
| 2022 | 502 | 3,486 |
| 2023 | 600 | 3,448 |
| 2024 | 624 | 3,752 |
| 2025 | 540 | 3,781 |
Other regions of Saudi Arabia
- Eastern1,350 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
- '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
- Al-Qassim344 km
- Al Rayyan, Qatar406 km
- Eastern408 km
- Southern, Bahrain434 km
- Central, Bahrain434 km
- Al Ahmadi, Kuwait455 km