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Wildfires in Solomon Islands
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 1,130 km² of Solomon Islands at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 167 km², ranking 153rd of 200 countries.
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 2015, with 269 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 92 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.9% 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.
August, September and October together hold 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 August 2025, with detections in 22 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,130 km² with at least one detection, 25% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 648 | 57% |
| 2 years | 202 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 213 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 60 | 5.3% |
| 11 years or more | 4.8 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -9.25, 160.25 and holds 47% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 133 | 132 |
| 2013 | 133 | 133 |
| 2014 | 152 | 148 |
| 2015 | 269 | 257 |
| 2016 | 236 | 245 |
| 2017 | 92 | 90 |
| 2018 | 141 | 138 |
| 2019 | 180 | 181 |
| 2020 | 139 | 141 |
| 2021 | 150 | 141 |
| 2022 | 236 | 216 |
| 2023 | 122 | 114 |
| 2024 | 161 | 163 |
| 2025 | 190 | 183 |
Nearby countries
- Australia465,550 km² in an average year
- Papua New Guinea22,120 km² in an average year
- New Zealand1,880 km² in an average year
- Fiji1,730 km² in an average year
- New Caledonia584 km² in an average year
- Vanuatu132 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 countries
- Vanuatu1,165 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
