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Wildfires in Chiang Mai
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 20,430 km² of Chiang Mai at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 7,750 km², ranking 1st 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 2020, with 11,510 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 2,220 km². The 2021–2025 average is 43% 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 89% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 March 2015, with detections in 830 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 20,430 km² with at least one detection, 80% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,000 | 10% |
| 2 years | 2,150 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7,050 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8,320 | 41% |
| 11 years or more | 912 | 4.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 18.25, 98.25 and holds 13% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 9,460 | 12,201 |
| 2013 | 8,540 | 10,874 |
| 2014 | 9,970 | 12,949 |
| 2015 | 10,130 | 12,688 |
| 2016 | 10,760 | 13,768 |
| 2017 | 5,560 | 6,338 |
| 2018 | 4,920 | 5,316 |
| 2019 | 9,960 | 12,957 |
| 2020 | 11,510 | 15,171 |
| 2021 | 5,650 | 6,322 |
| 2022 | 2,220 | 2,249 |
| 2023 | 8,180 | 10,135 |
| 2024 | 8,150 | 9,906 |
| 2025 | 3,460 | 3,940 |
Other regions of Thailand
- 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
- Phetchabun3,350 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
- Mae Hong Son52 km
- Lamphun52 km
- Kayah State, Myanmar153 km
- Kayin State, Myanmar166 km
- Lampang167 km
- Tak175 km