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Wildfires in Taiwan
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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 4,340 km² of Taiwan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 547 km², ranking 135th 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 2015, with 768 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 364 km². The 2021–2025 average is 10% 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.
January, February and March together hold 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 April 2015, with detections in 56 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,340 km² with at least one detection, 17% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,730 | 63% |
| 2 years | 868 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 619 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 90 | 2.1% |
| 11 years or more | 26 | 0.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 22.75, 120.25 and holds 42% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 394 | 904 |
| 2013 | 607 | 1,323 |
| 2014 | 751 | 1,518 |
| 2015 | 768 | 1,356 |
| 2016 | 364 | 963 |
| 2017 | 616 | 1,286 |
| 2018 | 544 | 1,289 |
| 2019 | 462 | 1,035 |
| 2020 | 557 | 1,265 |
| 2021 | 719 | 1,471 |
| 2022 | 370 | 962 |
| 2023 | 626 | 1,205 |
| 2024 | 453 | 944 |
| 2025 | 430 | 952 |
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
- Hong Kong670 km
- Philippines833 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
