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Wildfires in Al-Raqqah
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 5,080 km² of Al-Raqqah at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 534 km², ranking 3rd of 15 regions of Syria.
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 2,550 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 116 km². The 2021–2025 average is 72% 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.
May, June and July together hold 44% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 June 2024, with detections in 111 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,080 km² with at least one detection, 11% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,550 | 70% |
| 2 years | 986 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 511 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 27 | 0.5% |
| 11 years or more | 4.0 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 36.25, 38.75 and holds 23% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 306 | 329 |
| 2013 | 387 | 655 |
| 2014 | 255 | 371 |
| 2015 | 324 | 409 |
| 2016 | 151 | 206 |
| 2017 | 142 | 263 |
| 2018 | 116 | 177 |
| 2019 | 2,550 | 2,985 |
| 2020 | 801 | 874 |
| 2021 | 124 | 132 |
| 2022 | 146 | 153 |
| 2023 | 964 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 954 | 1,068 |
| 2025 | 253 | 284 |
Other regions of Syria
- Al-Hasakah1,140 km² in an average year
- Aleppo787 km² in an average year
- Hamah492 km² in an average year
- Homs (Hims)305 km² in an average year
- Idlib263 km² in an average year
- Latakia210 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
- Aleppo134 km
- Şanlıurfa, Turkey142 km
- Kilis, Turkey145 km
- Adıyaman, Turkey172 km
- Mardin, Turkey173 km
- Kahramanmaraş, Turkey173 km