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Wildfires in Cuanza Sul
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 13:28 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 54,000 km² of Cuanza Sul at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 36,970 km², ranking 8th 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 2016, with 40,360 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 30,740 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.
June, July and August together hold 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 July 2025, with detections in 1,880 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 54,000 km² with at least one detection, 96% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,140 | 2.1% |
| 2 years | 1,270 | 2.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,530 | 8.4% |
| 6 to 10 years | 21,340 | 40% |
| 11 years or more | 25,730 | 48% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -10.75, 15.75 and holds 7.3% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 35,720 | 47,886 |
| 2013 | 36,960 | 50,644 |
| 2014 | 35,310 | 47,963 |
| 2015 | 37,040 | 51,261 |
| 2016 | 40,360 | 57,227 |
| 2017 | 38,310 | 53,506 |
| 2018 | 36,660 | 49,179 |
| 2019 | 38,250 | 53,011 |
| 2020 | 39,540 | 55,578 |
| 2021 | 36,130 | 49,454 |
| 2022 | 30,740 | 38,259 |
| 2023 | 36,380 | 50,122 |
| 2024 | 37,150 | 51,343 |
| 2025 | 39,000 | 55,872 |
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
- Huambo166 km
- Bié172 km
- Benguela199 km
- Malanje218 km
- Cuanza Norte229 km
- Lunda Norte275 km