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Wildfires in Rif Dimashq
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 893 km² of Rif Dimashq at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 106 km², ranking 9th 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 2013, with 205 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 38 km². The 2021–2025 average is 57% 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 41% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 March 2014, with detections in 12 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 893 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 617 | 69% |
| 2 years | 149 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 107 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 9.3 | 1.0% |
| 11 years or more | 10 | 1.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 33.75, 36.75 and holds 34% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 75 | 338 |
| 2013 | 205 | 477 |
| 2014 | 125 | 236 |
| 2015 | 152 | 305 |
| 2016 | 103 | 236 |
| 2017 | 123 | 289 |
| 2018 | 80 | 239 |
| 2019 | 131 | 348 |
| 2020 | 204 | 421 |
| 2021 | 69 | 233 |
| 2022 | 38 | 179 |
| 2023 | 43 | 155 |
| 2024 | 72 | 145 |
| 2025 | 60 | 223 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Beqaa, Lebanon92 km
- North Lebanon, Lebanon107 km
- Daraa120 km
- Mount Lebanon, Lebanon138 km
- Homs (Hims)144 km
- Tartus144 km