# Wildfires in Malaysia in 2025

10 fires larger than 500 hectares in Malaysia in 2025, with 9,405 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, 37,702 hectares burned in Malaysia in 2025: 22% of the average of the other years from 2012 to 2025 (168,560 ha). GWIS figures for 2025 and 2026 are provisional: they are left out of the average and the worst year. (Copernicus GWIS)
- The worst week was 16 July to 22 July: 9,248 hectares burned in seven days, 25% of the year according to Copernicus GWIS. (Copernicus GWIS)
- The largest fire was the Mukah fire, which started on 20 July 2025 and burned 1,531 hectares: 16% of the area of the year's 10 fires with a page. (WorldFires)
- The day of highest danger at a fire this year was 26 July 2025: a Fire Weather Index of 10 (low on the EFFIS scale) at the Mukah fire, calculated by WorldFires from ERA5. (WorldFires · ERA5)

Series not comparable from October 2025 onwards: GWIS changed its near-real-time perimeters.

## 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 | 3 | 2,124 |
| April | 0 | 0 |
| May | 2 | 1,874 |
| June | 0 | 0 |
| July | 5 | 5,407 |
| August | 0 | 0 |
| September | 0 | 0 |
| October | 0 | 0 |
| 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 2025 itself.

| Week | 2025 | That week | average | lowest and highest |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 (1 Jan–7 Jan) | 245 | 245 | 500 | 0–2,047 |
| 2 (8 Jan–14 Jan) | 409 | 164 | 810 | 0–3,523 |
| 3 (15 Jan–21 Jan) | 552 | 143 | 1,295 | 0–4,630 |
| 4 (22 Jan–28 Jan) | 552 | 0 | 3,038 | 0–9,647 |
| 5 (29 Jan–4 Feb) | 552 | 0 | 4,601 | 0–15,467 |
| 6 (5 Feb–11 Feb) | 552 | 0 | 6,857 | 146–27,436 |
| 7 (12 Feb–18 Feb) | 552 | 0 | 8,587 | 146–33,278 |
| 8 (19 Feb–25 Feb) | 1,385 | 833 | 13,779 | 146–65,918 |
| 9 (26 Feb–4 Mar) | 2,942 | 1,557 | 20,460 | 682–122,190 |
| 10 (5 Mar–11 Mar) | 2,942 | 0 | 28,771 | 1,699–185,024 |
| 11 (12 Mar–18 Mar) | 4,428 | 1,486 | 36,632 | 3,355–199,256 |
| 12 (19 Mar–25 Mar) | 4,428 | 0 | 42,315 | 3,355–214,106 |
| 13 (26 Mar–1 Apr) | 4,428 | 0 | 48,307 | 3,510–221,736 |
| 14 (2 Apr–8 Apr) | 4,558 | 130 | 54,545 | 3,510–231,695 |
| 15 (9 Apr–15 Apr) | 4,558 | 0 | 59,468 | 4,018–246,728 |
| 16 (16 Apr–22 Apr) | 4,689 | 131 | 65,222 | 4,689–255,846 |
| 17 (23 Apr–29 Apr) | 4,889 | 200 | 67,951 | 4,889–262,490 |
| 18 (30 Apr–6 May) | 5,323 | 434 | 71,490 | 5,323–270,664 |
| 19 (7 May–13 May) | 7,236 | 1,913 | 75,232 | 6,350–277,248 |
| 20 (14 May–20 May) | 7,816 | 580 | 77,732 | 6,832–278,760 |
| 21 (21 May–27 May) | 8,772 | 956 | 80,373 | 7,166–283,243 |
| 22 (28 May–3 Jun) | 9,010 | 238 | 82,118 | 8,409–285,871 |
| 23 (4 Jun–10 Jun) | 9,619 | 609 | 84,325 | 9,116–291,317 |
| 24 (11 Jun–17 Jun) | 10,214 | 595 | 88,667 | 9,600–296,306 |
| 25 (18 Jun–24 Jun) | 10,470 | 256 | 94,980 | 10,470–314,307 |
| 26 (25 Jun–1 Jul) | 11,518 | 1,048 | 98,108 | 10,792–321,153 |
| 27 (2 Jul–8 Jul) | 13,136 | 1,618 | 101,115 | 10,792–325,773 |
| 28 (9 Jul–15 Jul) | 14,103 | 967 | 103,170 | 11,029–327,541 |
| 29 (16 Jul–22 Jul) | 23,351 | 9,248 | 109,779 | 11,986–359,587 |
| 30 (23 Jul–29 Jul) | 30,469 | 7,118 | 117,960 | 12,964–393,308 |
| 31 (30 Jul–5 Aug) | 31,819 | 1,350 | 123,730 | 12,964–403,933 |
| 32 (6 Aug–12 Aug) | 32,592 | 773 | 128,824 | 15,074–407,589 |
| 33 (13 Aug–19 Aug) | 33,144 | 552 | 134,099 | 16,851–408,257 |
| 34 (20 Aug–26 Aug) | 33,622 | 478 | 137,690 | 17,464–411,405 |
| 35 (27 Aug–2 Sept) | 34,379 | 757 | 140,521 | 18,118–413,468 |
| 36 (3 Sept–9 Sept) | 34,379 | 0 | 143,308 | 18,118–417,281 |
| 37 (10 Sept–16 Sept) | 34,379 | 0 | 145,656 | 19,285–423,833 |
| 38 (17 Sept–23 Sept) | 34,853 | 474 | 148,806 | 21,196–430,329 |
| 39 (24 Sept–30 Sept) | 35,490 | 637 | 151,202 | 21,196–435,826 |
| 40 (1 Oct–7 Oct) | 35,666 | 176 | 152,566 | 21,374–438,073 |
| 41 (8 Oct–14 Oct) | 35,812 | 146 | 153,744 | 22,008–439,867 |
| 42 (15 Oct–21 Oct) | 36,011 | 199 | 154,827 | 22,008–443,473 |
| 43 (22 Oct–28 Oct) | 36,011 | 0 | 155,611 | 22,008–445,298 |
| 44 (29 Oct–4 Nov) | 36,575 | 564 | 156,456 | 22,008–447,171 |
| 45 (5 Nov–11 Nov) | 36,766 | 191 | 156,716 | 22,309–447,640 |
| 46 (12 Nov–18 Nov) | 36,766 | 0 | 157,053 | 22,309–448,113 |
| 47 (19 Nov–25 Nov) | 36,766 | 0 | 157,413 | 22,309–448,515 |
| 48 (26 Nov–2 Dec) | 36,985 | 219 | 157,686 | 22,588–448,861 |
| 49 (3 Dec–9 Dec) | 37,331 | 346 | 158,122 | 23,032–449,517 |
| 50 (10 Dec–16 Dec) | 37,331 | 0 | 158,514 | 23,294–452,378 |
| 51 (17 Dec–23 Dec) | 37,702 | 371 | 158,906 | 23,451–452,378 |
| 52 (24 Dec–30 Dec) | 37,702 | 0 | 159,154 | 23,451–452,615 |

## Largest recorded fires

- [Mukah fire, 20 July 2025](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mukah-2025-07.md) · 1,531 ha
- [Mukah fire, 9 May 2025](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mukah-2025-05.md) · 1,325 ha
- [Mukah fire, 24 July 2025](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mukah-2025-07-2.md) · 1,159 ha
- [Rompin fire, 19 July 2025](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/rompin-2025-07.md) · 1,078 ha
- [Rompin fire, 19 July 2025](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/rompin-2025-07-2.md) · 825 ha
- [Miri fire, July 2025](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/miri-2025-07.md) · 814 ha
- [Kuantan fire, March 2025](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/kuantan-2025-03.md) · 810 ha
- [Pekan fire, 2 March 2025](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/pekan-2025-03.md) · 693 ha
- [Pekan fire, 11 March 2025](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/pekan-2025-03-2.md) · 621 ha
- [Mukah fire, 22 May 2025](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mukah-2025-05-2.md) · 549 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 Malaysia in 2025”, https://worldfires.org/en/country/malaysia/2025 (accessed 15 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/malaysia/2025