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Wildfires in Benguela
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 25,330 km² of Benguela at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 13,980 km², ranking 13th of 18 regions of Angola.
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 2020, with 16,650 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 11,590 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 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 July 2025, with detections in 643 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 25,330 km² with at least one detection, 82% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,850 | 11% |
| 2 years | 1,690 | 6.7% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,820 | 15% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8,390 | 33% |
| 11 years or more | 8,590 | 34% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -12.25, 14.75 and holds 17% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11,740 | 16,259 |
| 2013 | 13,500 | 18,712 |
| 2014 | 12,650 | 17,327 |
| 2015 | 13,290 | 18,520 |
| 2016 | 15,690 | 22,986 |
| 2017 | 13,840 | 19,726 |
| 2018 | 13,990 | 19,555 |
| 2019 | 14,890 | 21,561 |
| 2020 | 16,650 | 24,171 |
| 2021 | 11,590 | 15,731 |
| 2022 | 13,010 | 16,842 |
| 2023 | 14,060 | 19,957 |
| 2024 | 16,430 | 23,030 |
| 2025 | 14,420 | 20,324 |
Other regions of Angola
- Moxico94,960 km² in an average year
- Cuando Cubango94,090 km² in an average year
- Lunda Norte68,320 km² in an average year
- Malanje62,850 km² in an average year
- Bié50,310 km² in an average year
- Lunda Sul45,030 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 regions
- Huambo108 km
- Cuanza Sul199 km
- Huíla232 km
- Bié293 km
- Cuando Cubango310 km
- Namibe321 km