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Wildfires in Idlib
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 2,310 km² of Idlib at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 263 km², ranking 6th 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 787 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 23 km². The 2021–2025 average is 24% 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 72% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 May 2019, with detections in 62 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,310 km² with at least one detection, 13% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,380 | 60% |
| 2 years | 620 | 27% |
| 3 to 5 years | 299 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8.0 | 0.3% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 35.75, 36.75 and holds 40% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 211 | 398 |
| 2013 | 452 | 565 |
| 2014 | 122 | 158 |
| 2015 | 326 | 449 |
| 2016 | 86 | 122 |
| 2017 | 89 | 115 |
| 2018 | 121 | 149 |
| 2019 | 576 | 686 |
| 2020 | 787 | 918 |
| 2021 | 298 | 327 |
| 2022 | 78 | 85 |
| 2023 | 246 | 271 |
| 2024 | 266 | 291 |
| 2025 | 23 | 26 |
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
- 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
- Latakia45 km
- Aleppo71 km
- Hamah71 km
- Hatay, Turkey119 km
- Kilis, Turkey119 km
- Homs (Hims)143 km