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Wildfires in Khartoum
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 1,880 km² of Khartoum at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 210 km², ranking 14th of 17 regions of Sudan.
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 506 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 103 km². The 2021–2025 average is 126% 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.
October, November and December together hold 38% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 November 2024, with detections in 19 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,880 km² with at least one detection, 12% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,370 | 73% |
| 2 years | 288 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 177 | 9.4% |
| 6 to 10 years | 30 | 1.6% |
| 11 years or more | 11 | 0.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.25, 32.75 and holds 31% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 103 | 239 |
| 2013 | 124 | 236 |
| 2014 | 155 | 356 |
| 2015 | 120 | 338 |
| 2016 | 170 | 410 |
| 2017 | 167 | 445 |
| 2018 | 147 | 427 |
| 2019 | 184 | 387 |
| 2020 | 247 | 486 |
| 2021 | 189 | 429 |
| 2022 | 186 | 331 |
| 2023 | 273 | 565 |
| 2024 | 506 | 671 |
| 2025 | 364 | 421 |
Other regions of Sudan
- South Kordofan41,250 km² in an average year
- South Darfur18,950 km² in an average year
- Blue Nile12,580 km² in an average year
- East Darfur9,250 km² in an average year
- North Darfur4,870 km² in an average year
- North Kordofan4,420 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 Jazirah111 km
- River Nile297 km
- White Nile333 km
- Northern350 km
- Kassala390 km
- Al Qadarif426 km