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Wildfires in Tabuk
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 714 km² of Tabuk at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 92 km², ranking 10th 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 2020, with 116 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 62 km². The 2021–2025 average is 39% 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 35% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 June 2024, with detections in 12 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 714 km² with at least one detection, 13% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 527 | 74% |
| 2 years | 93 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 54 | 7.5% |
| 6 to 10 years | 26 | 3.7% |
| 11 years or more | 13 | 1.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 28.25, 36.75 and holds 44% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 64 | 370 |
| 2013 | 83 | 366 |
| 2014 | 74 | 374 |
| 2015 | 62 | 296 |
| 2016 | 86 | 395 |
| 2017 | 92 | 423 |
| 2018 | 88 | 458 |
| 2019 | 114 | 592 |
| 2020 | 116 | 653 |
| 2021 | 103 | 623 |
| 2022 | 111 | 522 |
| 2023 | 94 | 535 |
| 2024 | 90 | 543 |
| 2025 | 114 | 519 |
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
- Al-Jowf265 km
- Amman, Jordan337 km
- Karak, Jordan337 km
- South Sinai, Egypt346 km
- North Sinai, Egypt401 km
- Northern Borders411 km