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Wildfires in Bangkok Metropolis
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 730 km² of Bangkok Metropolis at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 134 km², ranking 62nd of 77 regions of Thailand.
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 2016, with 197 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 55 km². The 2021–2025 average is 55% 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.
February, March and April together hold 67% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 April 2012, with detections in 13 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 730 km² with at least one detection, 38% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 301 | 41% |
| 2 years | 154 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 207 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 65 | 8.9% |
| 11 years or more | 3.6 | 0.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.75, 100.75 and holds 95% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 186 | 184 |
| 2013 | 172 | 176 |
| 2014 | 183 | 195 |
| 2015 | 196 | 212 |
| 2016 | 197 | 212 |
| 2017 | 128 | 128 |
| 2018 | 75 | 72 |
| 2019 | 159 | 173 |
| 2020 | 159 | 166 |
| 2021 | 83 | 79 |
| 2022 | 72 | 64 |
| 2023 | 111 | 106 |
| 2024 | 96 | 95 |
| 2025 | 55 | 50 |
Other regions of Thailand
- Chiang Mai7,750 km² in an average year
- Mae Hong Son6,940 km² in an average year
- Tak6,080 km² in an average year
- Kanchanaburi5,010 km² in an average year
- Lampang4,700 km² in an average year
- Nan3,670 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 regions
- Samut Prakan0 km
- Chachoengsao54 km
- Pathum Thani55 km
- Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya77 km
- Nakhon Nayok77 km
- Nakhon Pathom77 km