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Wildfires in Yemen
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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- Abyan1 fire
- Al Bayda'no fires now
- Al Hudaydah2 fires
- Al Jawfno fires now
- Al Mahrahno fires now
- Hadhramaut2 fires
- Hajjahno fires now
- Ibbno fires now
- Lahijno fires now
- Ma'rib3 fires
- Sa'dahno fires now
- Sanaano fires now
- Shabwahno fires now
- Ta'izz2 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 3,460 km² of Yemen at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 392 km², ranking 142nd 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 2025, with 641 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 255 km². The 2021–2025 average is 35% 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.
October, November and December together hold 31% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 30 March 2012, with detections in 38 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,460 km² with at least one detection, 10% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,630 | 76% |
| 2 years | 468 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 256 | 7.4% |
| 6 to 10 years | 62 | 1.8% |
| 11 years or more | 43 | 1.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.75, 45.75 and holds 23% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 333 | 5,749 |
| 2013 | 356 | 6,092 |
| 2014 | 362 | 5,794 |
| 2015 | 446 | 3,079 |
| 2016 | 255 | 1,311 |
| 2017 | 333 | 2,283 |
| 2018 | 356 | 2,784 |
| 2019 | 318 | 3,507 |
| 2020 | 364 | 4,183 |
| 2021 | 538 | 4,839 |
| 2022 | 407 | 3,957 |
| 2023 | 393 | 2,590 |
| 2024 | 393 | 2,091 |
| 2025 | 641 | 2,204 |
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
- Djibouti520 km
- Somaliland686 km
- Eritrea927 km
- United Arab Emirates1,194 km
- Qatar1,274 km
- Bahrain1,277 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
