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Wildfires in Västra Götaland
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 284 km² of Västra Götaland at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 31 km², ranking 1st of 21 regions of Sweden.
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 2013, with 42 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 22 km². The 2021–2025 average is 22% 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.
April, May and June together hold 36% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 July 2018, with detections in 8 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 284 km² with at least one detection, 6.7% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 254 | 89% |
| 2 years | 12 | 4.1% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7.2 | 2.5% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4.0 | 1.4% |
| 11 years or more | 7.8 | 2.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 58.25, 12.25 and holds 59% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 25 | 178 |
| 2013 | 42 | 287 |
| 2014 | 39 | 330 |
| 2015 | 32 | 308 |
| 2016 | 33 | 297 |
| 2017 | 35 | 419 |
| 2018 | 33 | 428 |
| 2019 | 32 | 426 |
| 2020 | 30 | 450 |
| 2021 | 29 | 407 |
| 2022 | 22 | 442 |
| 2023 | 26 | 254 |
| 2024 | 30 | 204 |
| 2025 | 27 | 247 |
Other regions of Sweden
- Norrbotten24 km² in an average year
- Gävleborg21 km² in an average year
- Dalarna20 km² in an average year
- Skåne16 km² in an average year
- Västmanland16 km² in an average year
- Västerbotten13 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
- Telemark, Norway182 km
- North Denmark, Denmark185 km
- Dalarna317 km
- Vest-Agder, Norway321 km
- Gävleborg376 km
- Rogaland, Norway381 km