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Wildfires in As-Suwayda
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 13:28 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 203 km² of As-Suwayda at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 16 km², ranking 13th 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 2020, with 72 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 1.0 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% 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.
May, June and July together hold 55% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 June 2015, with detections in 9 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 203 km² with at least one detection, 2.0% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 188 | 92% |
| 2 years | 12 | 5.7% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3.1 | 1.5% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.0 | 0.5% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.75, 36.75 and holds 49% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8.3 | 8 |
| 2014 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 20 | 25 |
| 2016 | 20 | 20 |
| 2017 | 7.3 | 7 |
| 2018 | 12 | 13 |
| 2019 | 36 | 35 |
| 2020 | 72 | 73 |
| 2021 | 9.4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 17 | 16 |
| 2025 | 15 | 14 |
Other regions of Syria
- Al-Hasakah1,140 km² in an average year
- Aleppo787 km² in an average year
- Al-Raqqah534 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
- 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.