Wildfires are recently increasing in frequencies and intensities worldwide. Hence, reliable and continuous monitoring of sudden occurrences of wildfire is demanded, and geostationary meteorological satellites are an alternative to detection of wildfire in large areas. We currently have two geostationary meteorological satellites for the Korean Peninsula: the Korean COMS(Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite) and the Japanese MTSAT(Multifunctional Transport Satellite). However, neither of them provides satellite products for wildfire detection although the MODIS(Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on polar-orbiting satellites has been operated for wildfire detection for a decade. In this study, we applied the MODIS algorithm for wildfire detection to the COMS and the MTSAT in order to evaluate the detection performances for South Korea. Both satellites were successful in detection of big fires, but the COMS was better in detecting small fires because of its higher saturation temperature of 350 K approx. at 4-μm band. The comparison results will be informative for an emergency plan of COMS and for the preparation of next-generation geostationary meteorological satellite.