# Wildfires in Kazakhstan in 2020

60 fires larger than 3,000 hectares in Kazakhstan in 2020, with 319,278 hectares burned according to their perimeters. Here is the whole year: what the official record says, when and where it burned and what the weather was like.

## The year in a few sentences

- According to Copernicus GWIS, 2,554,664 hectares burned in Kazakhstan in 2020, in line with the average of the other years from 2012 to 2024 (2,537,914 ha). (Copernicus GWIS)
- The worst week was 15 April to 21 April: 195,692 hectares burned in seven days, 8% of the year according to Copernicus GWIS. (Copernicus GWIS)
- The largest fire was the Sarysuskiy fire, which started on 23 September 2020 and burned 19,208 hectares: 6% of the area of the year's 60 fires with a page. (WorldFires)
- The day of highest danger at a fire this year was 25 August 2020: a Fire Weather Index of 88 (very extreme on the EFFIS scale) at the Urdzharskiy fire, calculated by WorldFires from ERA5. (WorldFires · ERA5)

## Month by month

Hectares within the perimeters by the month the fire started. Tap a month to see it on the map.

| Month | Fires | Hectares |
|---|---:|---:|
| January | 0 | 0 |
| February | 0 | 0 |
| March | 4 | 28,072 |
| April | 10 | 43,068 |
| May | 2 | 8,109 |
| June | 16 | 99,063 |
| July | 15 | 66,856 |
| August | 3 | 12,377 |
| September | 5 | 37,505 |
| October | 5 | 24,228 |
| November | 0 | 0 |
| December | 0 | 0 |

## Week by week, against other years (Copernicus GWIS)

The average and the band are the Copernicus GWIS climatology for 2012–2025, which includes 2020 itself.

| Week | 2020 | That week | average | lowest and highest |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 (1 Jan–7 Jan) | 362 | 362 | 313 | 0–1,445 |
| 2 (8 Jan–14 Jan) | 362 | 0 | 536 | 0–1,828 |
| 3 (15 Jan–21 Jan) | 362 | 0 | 1,176 | 0–4,309 |
| 4 (22 Jan–28 Jan) | 362 | 0 | 1,629 | 0–4,666 |
| 5 (29 Jan–4 Feb) | 884 | 522 | 1,980 | 0–5,692 |
| 6 (5 Feb–11 Feb) | 11,602 | 10,718 | 3,730 | 410–11,602 |
| 7 (12 Feb–18 Feb) | 12,096 | 494 | 5,976 | 410–27,154 |
| 8 (19 Feb–25 Feb) | 14,415 | 2,319 | 9,620 | 2,018–31,679 |
| 9 (26 Feb–3 Mar) | 26,299 | 11,884 | 16,388 | 2,834–46,816 |
| 10 (4 Mar–10 Mar) | 95,030 | 68,731 | 29,103 | 4,399–95,030 |
| 11 (11 Mar–17 Mar) | 173,092 | 78,062 | 53,365 | 5,053–173,092 |
| 12 (18 Mar–24 Mar) | 269,197 | 96,105 | 82,217 | 19,884–269,197 |
| 13 (25 Mar–31 Mar) | 439,351 | 170,154 | 140,317 | 35,344–439,351 |
| 14 (1 Apr–7 Apr) | 590,111 | 150,760 | 232,278 | 74,228–590,111 |
| 15 (8 Apr–14 Apr) | 721,036 | 130,925 | 412,398 | 83,501–884,326 |
| 16 (15 Apr–21 Apr) | 916,728 | 195,692 | 542,713 | 98,970–1,451,799 |
| 17 (22 Apr–28 Apr) | 1,021,461 | 104,733 | 631,963 | 107,906–1,796,513 |
| 18 (29 Apr–5 May) | 1,041,483 | 20,022 | 725,626 | 111,652–1,816,164 |
| 19 (6 May–12 May) | 1,073,403 | 31,920 | 782,291 | 118,679–1,938,708 |
| 20 (13 May–19 May) | 1,077,657 | 4,254 | 822,880 | 121,039–2,062,028 |
| 21 (20 May–26 May) | 1,099,272 | 21,615 | 853,219 | 122,056–2,162,736 |
| 22 (27 May–2 Jun) | 1,124,199 | 24,927 | 884,207 | 123,776–2,302,165 |
| 23 (3 Jun–9 Jun) | 1,206,411 | 82,212 | 918,705 | 135,050–2,389,585 |
| 24 (10 Jun–16 Jun) | 1,361,138 | 154,727 | 962,881 | 140,409–2,470,608 |
| 25 (17 Jun–23 Jun) | 1,433,700 | 72,562 | 1,015,052 | 141,922–2,507,330 |
| 26 (24 Jun–30 Jun) | 1,515,624 | 81,924 | 1,078,838 | 145,567–2,537,940 |
| 27 (1 Jul–7 Jul) | 1,534,929 | 19,305 | 1,185,620 | 146,729–2,621,972 |
| 28 (8 Jul–14 Jul) | 1,664,970 | 130,041 | 1,266,739 | 150,483–2,866,947 |
| 29 (15 Jul–21 Jul) | 1,829,078 | 164,108 | 1,402,339 | 152,459–3,088,925 |
| 30 (22 Jul–28 Jul) | 1,855,449 | 26,371 | 1,512,628 | 154,450–3,687,116 |
| 31 (29 Jul–4 Aug) | 1,891,880 | 36,431 | 1,609,773 | 157,818–4,071,843 |
| 32 (5 Aug–11 Aug) | 1,945,097 | 53,217 | 1,715,728 | 165,392–4,345,087 |
| 33 (12 Aug–18 Aug) | 1,970,468 | 25,371 | 1,798,804 | 167,382–4,547,838 |
| 34 (19 Aug–25 Aug) | 2,004,307 | 33,839 | 1,868,484 | 169,481–4,801,100 |
| 35 (26 Aug–1 Sept) | 2,049,186 | 44,879 | 1,952,846 | 172,677–5,287,601 |
| 36 (2 Sept–8 Sept) | 2,087,310 | 38,124 | 2,033,472 | 175,739–5,600,907 |
| 37 (9 Sept–15 Sept) | 2,130,711 | 43,401 | 2,077,656 | 176,982–5,688,602 |
| 38 (16 Sept–22 Sept) | 2,168,500 | 37,789 | 2,135,494 | 183,735–5,802,718 |
| 39 (23 Sept–29 Sept) | 2,201,695 | 33,195 | 2,182,369 | 192,250–5,856,191 |
| 40 (30 Sept–6 Oct) | 2,239,632 | 37,937 | 2,246,830 | 234,737–5,872,892 |
| 41 (7 Oct–13 Oct) | 2,301,985 | 62,353 | 2,315,841 | 255,464–6,142,012 |
| 42 (14 Oct–20 Oct) | 2,472,618 | 170,633 | 2,357,185 | 262,584–6,190,722 |
| 43 (21 Oct–27 Oct) | 2,510,471 | 37,853 | 2,378,229 | 265,430–6,199,896 |
| 44 (28 Oct–3 Nov) | 2,531,235 | 20,764 | 2,389,696 | 266,341–6,224,845 |
| 45 (4 Nov–10 Nov) | 2,549,137 | 17,902 | 2,395,728 | 266,341–6,228,349 |
| 46 (11 Nov–17 Nov) | 2,551,039 | 1,902 | 2,397,860 | 266,473–6,231,197 |
| 47 (18 Nov–24 Nov) | 2,551,779 | 740 | 2,399,316 | 266,942–6,235,909 |
| 48 (25 Nov–1 Dec) | 2,552,282 | 503 | 2,400,372 | 267,539–6,236,902 |
| 49 (2 Dec–8 Dec) | 2,552,740 | 458 | 2,400,818 | 267,539–6,237,599 |
| 50 (9 Dec–15 Dec) | 2,553,458 | 718 | 2,401,096 | 267,539–6,238,068 |
| 51 (16 Dec–22 Dec) | 2,554,373 | 915 | 2,401,319 | 267,539–6,238,361 |
| 52 (23 Dec–29 Dec) | 2,554,482 | 109 | 2,401,560 | 267,539–6,238,361 |

## Largest recorded fires

- [Sarysuskiy fire, 23 September 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/sarysuskiy-2020-09-2.md) · 19,208 ha
- [Zhanaarkinskiy fire, June 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/zhanaarkinskiy-2020-06.md) · 17,712 ha
- [Aksuskiy fire, March 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/aksuskiy-pavlodar-region-2020-03.md) · 12,828 ha
- [Ekibastuz fire, 8 June 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/ekibastuz-2020-06.md) · 12,594 ha
- [Katon-Karagayskiy fire, April 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/katon-karagayskiy-2020-04.md) · 9,623 ha
- [Karatobinskiy fire, June 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/karatobinskiy-2020-06.md) · 8,830 ha
- [Kurmangazinskiy fire, 25 June 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/kurmangazinskiy-2020-06.md) · 7,871 ha
- [Alakolskiy fire, March 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/alakolskiy-2020-03.md) · 7,569 ha
- [Temirskiy fire, 13 July 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/temirskiy-2020-07-2.md) · 6,963 ha
- [Moyynkumskiy fire, 25 October 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/moyynkumskiy-2020-10.md) · 6,777 ha
- [Bukhar-Zhyrauskiy fire, June 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/bukhar-zhyrauskiy-2020-06.md) · 6,464 ha
- [Karkaralinskiy fire, June 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/karkaralinskiy-2020-06.md) · 6,393 ha
- [Mayskiy fire, June 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mayskiy-2020-06.md) · 6,280 ha
- [Sarysuskiy fire, October 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/sarysuskiy-2020-10.md) · 6,223 ha
- [Sarysuskiy fire, 17 September 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/sarysuskiy-2020-09.md) · 6,186 ha
- [Syrymskiy fire, August 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/syrymskiy-2020-08.md) · 5,891 ha
- [Khobdinskiy fire, July 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/khobdinskiy-2020-07.md) · 5,717 ha
- [Temirskiy fire, 13 July 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/temirskiy-2020-07.md) · 5,657 ha
- [Aksuskiy fire, April 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/aksuskiy-pavlodar-region-2020-04.md) · 5,636 ha
- [Syrymskiy fire, 17 July 2020](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/syrymskiy-2020-07.md) · 5,458 ha

## Sources and limits

Fire-page areas are satellite-measured perimeters and may differ from official statistics. The yearly and weekly record is the Copernicus GWIS estimate. The FWI is our own calculation from ERA5 at each fire's location: it is not an official danger warning.

## How to cite

WorldFires, “Wildfires in Kazakhstan in 2020”, https://worldfires.org/en/country/kazakhstan/2020 (accessed 14 November 2026). Sources: Copernicus GWIS, WorldFires, WorldFires · ERA5, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS).

> Experimental site with automatically processed open data: it may contain errors and is not an official emergency service. If there is a fire, call your local emergency number.

Full version with maps: https://worldfires.org/en/country/kazakhstan/2020