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Wildfires in Emirate of Dubai
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 253 km² of Emirate of Dubai at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 53 km², ranking 2nd of 8 regions of United Arab Emirates.
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 96 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 31 km². The 2021–2025 average is 148% 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.
May, June and July together hold 34% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 June 2023, with detections in 39 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 253 km² with at least one detection, 35% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 124 | 49% |
| 2 years | 42 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 53 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 26 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 8.9 | 3.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 25.25, 55.25 and holds 66% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 31 | 88 |
| 2013 | 31 | 102 |
| 2014 | 31 | 176 |
| 2015 | 31 | 119 |
| 2016 | 37 | 175 |
| 2017 | 33 | 280 |
| 2018 | 42 | 261 |
| 2019 | 36 | 129 |
| 2020 | 61 | 206 |
| 2021 | 81 | 227 |
| 2022 | 60 | 124 |
| 2023 | 96 | 224 |
| 2024 | 75 | 184 |
| 2025 | 91 | 225 |
Other regions of United Arab Emirates
- Emirate of Abu Dhabi304 km² in an average year
- Emirate of Fujairah24 km² in an average year
- Emirate of Sharjah18 km² in an average year
- Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah12 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
- Emirate of Sharjah50 km
- Emirate of Fujairah74 km
- Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah114 km
- Al Batinah North, Oman187 km
- Hormozgan, Iran243 km
- Emirate of Abu Dhabi275 km