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Wildfires in United Arab Emirates
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 UTC
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Regions
- Emirate of Abu Dhabi13 fires
- Emirate of Dubaino fires now
- Emirate of Fujairah3 fires
- Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah1 fire
- Emirate of Sharjah2 fires
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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 2,220 km² of United Arab Emirates at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 415 km², ranking 140th 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 2023, with 495 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 347 km². The 2021–2025 average is 21% higher 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.
December, January and February together hold 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 June 2025, with detections in 76 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,220 km² with at least one detection, 25% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,260 | 57% |
| 2 years | 389 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 312 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 120 | 5.4% |
| 11 years or more | 132 | 6.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 24.25, 52.75 and holds 26% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 347 | 4,636 |
| 2013 | 397 | 6,284 |
| 2014 | 362 | 5,850 |
| 2015 | 433 | 6,011 |
| 2016 | 397 | 5,297 |
| 2017 | 402 | 4,657 |
| 2018 | 355 | 4,297 |
| 2019 | 373 | 4,033 |
| 2020 | 391 | 4,231 |
| 2021 | 469 | 4,584 |
| 2022 | 432 | 4,456 |
| 2023 | 495 | 4,701 |
| 2024 | 463 | 4,380 |
| 2025 | 489 | 5,068 |
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
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
