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Wildfires in River Nile
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 2,090 km² of River Nile at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 186 km², ranking 15th 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 2025, with 578 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 44 km². The 2021–2025 average is 347% 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 1 November 2024, with detections in 35 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,090 km² with at least one detection, 3.5% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,750 | 84% |
| 2 years | 268 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 64 | 3.1% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.2 | 0.1% |
| 11 years or more | 8.3 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 17.75, 33.75 and holds 38% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 44 | 196 |
| 2013 | 69 | 298 |
| 2014 | 73 | 266 |
| 2015 | 86 | 264 |
| 2016 | 93 | 311 |
| 2017 | 77 | 356 |
| 2018 | 88 | 317 |
| 2019 | 195 | 492 |
| 2020 | 256 | 558 |
| 2021 | 140 | 352 |
| 2022 | 174 | 312 |
| 2023 | 187 | 316 |
| 2024 | 552 | 541 |
| 2025 | 578 | 661 |
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
- Northern218 km
- Khartoum297 km
- Kassala313 km
- Al Jazirah403 km
- Red Sea426 km
- Gash-Barka, Eritrea539 km