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Wildfires in Cuando Cubango
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 193,210 km² of Cuando Cubango at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 94,090 km², ranking 2nd 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 2023, with 116,490 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 70,370 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 75% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 August 2023, with detections in 3,189 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 193,210 km² with at least one detection, 94% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,250 | 2.7% |
| 2 years | 6,890 | 3.6% |
| 3 to 5 years | 49,240 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 114,570 | 59% |
| 11 years or more | 17,270 | 8.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -14.25, 16.75 and holds 2.3% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 95,530 | 105,190 |
| 2013 | 103,560 | 115,049 |
| 2014 | 88,660 | 94,481 |
| 2015 | 105,460 | 121,110 |
| 2016 | 88,720 | 98,839 |
| 2017 | 89,110 | 96,584 |
| 2018 | 91,690 | 101,817 |
| 2019 | 103,990 | 132,483 |
| 2020 | 70,370 | 74,906 |
| 2021 | 98,000 | 112,144 |
| 2022 | 85,600 | 94,931 |
| 2023 | 116,490 | 143,830 |
| 2024 | 94,510 | 112,640 |
| 2025 | 85,610 | 92,868 |
Other regions of Angola
- Moxico94,960 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
- 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.