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Wildfires in Sanaa
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 121 km² of Sanaa at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 11 km², ranking 12th of 21 regions of Yemen.
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 26 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 0.0 km². The 2021–2025 average is 197% 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.
March, April and May together hold 33% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 March 2025, with detections in 4 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 121 km² with at least one detection, 5.0% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 99 | 82% |
| 2 years | 16 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4.8 | 4.0% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.2 | 1.0% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.25, 44.25 and holds 73% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 14 | 13 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9 |
| 2017 | 9.6 | 8 |
| 2018 | 18 | 16 |
| 2019 | 6.0 | 11 |
| 2020 | 14 | 15 |
| 2021 | 22 | 21 |
| 2022 | 9.6 | 12 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 47 |
| 2024 | 18 | 64 |
| 2025 | 26 | 49 |
Other regions of Yemen
- Hadhramaut67 km² in an average year
- Ma'rib50 km² in an average year
- Abyan40 km² in an average year
- Shabwah36 km² in an average year
- Al Hudaydah29 km² in an average year
- Sa'dah23 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.