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Wildfires in Bié
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 71,960 km² of Bié at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 50,310 km², ranking 5th 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 2019, with 54,810 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 43,840 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 74% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 September 2025, with detections in 2,244 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 71,960 km² with at least one detection, 97% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 884 | 1.2% |
| 2 years | 1,020 | 1.4% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,890 | 8.2% |
| 6 to 10 years | 28,500 | 40% |
| 11 years or more | 35,660 | 50% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -11.25, 17.25 and holds 6.0% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 49,440 | 69,712 |
| 2013 | 51,450 | 74,882 |
| 2014 | 48,710 | 69,028 |
| 2015 | 50,550 | 73,342 |
| 2016 | 52,450 | 79,747 |
| 2017 | 53,400 | 77,134 |
| 2018 | 47,230 | 64,798 |
| 2019 | 54,810 | 82,159 |
| 2020 | 47,050 | 67,206 |
| 2021 | 51,560 | 75,518 |
| 2022 | 43,840 | 59,684 |
| 2023 | 52,930 | 76,626 |
| 2024 | 50,770 | 73,098 |
| 2025 | 50,200 | 74,815 |
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
- Lunda Sul45,030 km² in an average year
- Uíge39,980 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
- Malanje77 km
- Cuanza Sul172 km
- Huambo197 km
- Lunda Norte229 km
- Benguela293 km
- Huíla298 km