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Wildfires in Angola
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Bengo105 fires
- Benguela47 fires
- Bié16 fires
- Cabinda1 fire
- Cuando Cubango90 fires
- Cuanza Norte57 fires
- Cuanza Sul110 fires
- Cunene22 fires
- Huambo3 fires
- Huíla85 fires
- Luanda2 fires
- Lunda Norte16 fires
- Lunda Sul2 fires
- Malanje19 fires
- Moxico86 fires
- Namibeno fires now
- Uíge46 fires
- Zaire12 fires
10 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 1,091,600 km² of Angola at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 616,940 km², ranking 2nd 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 2023, with 653,970 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 547,330 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
July, August and September together hold 68% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 September 2025, with detections in 16,413 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,091,600 km² with at least one detection, 91% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 49,740 | 4.6% |
| 2 years | 43,050 | 3.9% |
| 3 to 5 years | 191,520 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 511,280 | 47% |
| 11 years or more | 296,010 | 27% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -11.25, 17.25 and holds 0.6% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 600,860 | 748,597 |
| 2013 | 636,860 | 806,851 |
| 2014 | 591,150 | 738,511 |
| 2015 | 640,740 | 822,549 |
| 2016 | 634,840 | 831,650 |
| 2017 | 631,880 | 814,020 |
| 2018 | 596,810 | 741,666 |
| 2019 | 651,550 | 867,218 |
| 2020 | 591,120 | 756,939 |
| 2021 | 613,400 | 784,705 |
| 2022 | 547,330 | 667,018 |
| 2023 | 653,970 | 852,630 |
| 2024 | 637,820 | 830,699 |
| 2025 | 608,790 | 784,466 |
Nearby countries
- Democratic Republic of the Congo898,730 km² in an average year
- Zambia445,810 km² in an average year
- Mozambique404,050 km² in an average year
- Central African Republic340,550 km² in an average year
- South Sudan321,060 km² in an average year
- Tanzania263,100 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
- Namibia893 km
- Republic of the Congo904 km
- Botswana937 km
- Zambia1,040 km
- Democratic Republic of the Congo1,142 km
- Gabon1,341 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
