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Wildfires in Cunene
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 48,350 km² of Cunene at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 17,040 km², ranking 11th 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 2024, with 21,350 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 11,540 km². The 2021–2025 average is 12% lower than 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.
August, September and October together hold 78% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 September 2025, with detections in 746 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 48,350 km² with at least one detection, 71% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 8,950 | 19% |
| 2 years | 4,890 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 13,570 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 19,280 | 40% |
| 11 years or more | 1,670 | 3.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -15.75, 16.25 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 19,280 | 20,982 |
| 2013 | 19,680 | 22,464 |
| 2014 | 16,330 | 17,075 |
| 2015 | 19,180 | 21,687 |
| 2016 | 17,560 | 18,554 |
| 2017 | 17,150 | 17,681 |
| 2018 | 16,680 | 18,079 |
| 2019 | 11,540 | 14,199 |
| 2020 | 19,890 | 21,386 |
| 2021 | 15,090 | 16,953 |
| 2022 | 12,750 | 13,947 |
| 2023 | 13,870 | 15,776 |
| 2024 | 21,350 | 24,698 |
| 2025 | 18,250 | 19,119 |
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
- Cuando Cubango175 km
- Huíla222 km
- Ohangwena, Namibia273 km
- Oshana, Namibia337 km
- Namibe340 km
- Omusati, Namibia350 km