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Wildfires in Syria
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Al-Hasakah115 fires
- Al-Raqqah18 fires
- Aleppo32 fires
- As-Suwaydano fires now
- Damascusno fires now
- Daraano fires now
- Deir ez-Zor8 fires
- Hamah2 fires
- Homs (Hims)3 fires
- Idlib6 fires
- Latakiano fires now
- Quneitrano fires now
- Rif Dimashq3 fires
- Tartus1 fire
- Western al-Samadaniano fires now
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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 34,030 km² of Syria at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,210 km², ranking 83rd 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 2019, with 14,650 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 1,120 km². The 2021–2025 average is 21% 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.
June, July and August together hold 44% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 June 2024, with detections in 365 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 34,030 km² with at least one detection, 17% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 20,900 | 61% |
| 2 years | 7,350 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,060 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 654 | 1.9% |
| 11 years or more | 66 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 36.75, 42.25 and holds 10% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,520 | 6,813 |
| 2013 | 5,270 | 9,588 |
| 2014 | 2,240 | 5,046 |
| 2015 | 4,920 | 8,561 |
| 2016 | 2,850 | 6,121 |
| 2017 | 2,280 | 7,888 |
| 2018 | 1,750 | 5,934 |
| 2019 | 14,650 | 23,018 |
| 2020 | 8,470 | 14,935 |
| 2021 | 1,910 | 7,484 |
| 2022 | 1,120 | 6,251 |
| 2023 | 4,080 | 9,096 |
| 2024 | 5,340 | 10,555 |
| 2025 | 1,530 | 5,882 |
Nearby countries
- India324,930 km² in an average year
- Myanmar189,670 km² in an average year
- China182,410 km² in an average year
- Indonesia104,670 km² in an average year
- Thailand104,620 km² in an average year
- Lao PDR73,670 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
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
