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Wildfires in Kilinochchi
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 693 km² of Kilinochchi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 140 km², ranking 14th of 25 regions of Sri Lanka.
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 2012, with 207 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 77 km². The 2021–2025 average is 32% 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.
July, August and September together hold 47% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 August 2012, with detections in 17 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 693 km² with at least one detection, 45% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 247 | 36% |
| 2 years | 132 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 234 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 78 | 11% |
| 11 years or more | 2.4 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 9.25, 80.25 and holds 70% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 207 | 237 |
| 2013 | 141 | 144 |
| 2014 | 178 | 184 |
| 2015 | 92 | 93 |
| 2016 | 149 | 155 |
| 2017 | 139 | 143 |
| 2018 | 169 | 176 |
| 2019 | 204 | 240 |
| 2020 | 164 | 175 |
| 2021 | 122 | 115 |
| 2022 | 77 | 74 |
| 2023 | 128 | 156 |
| 2024 | 106 | 108 |
| 2025 | 88 | 80 |
Other regions of Sri Lanka
- Anuradhapura1,160 km² in an average year
- Monaragala678 km² in an average year
- Ampara633 km² in an average year
- Badulla426 km² in an average year
- Polonnaruwa364 km² in an average year
- Kurunegala353 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
- Mullaitivu54 km
- Vavuniya55 km
- Mannar55 km
- Anuradhapura124 km
- Trincomalee156 km
- Kurunegala166 km