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Wildfires in Huambo
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 33,510 km² of Huambo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 24,160 km², ranking 10th 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 25,870 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 20,370 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.4% 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.
June, July and August together hold 81% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 August 2023, with detections in 944 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 33,510 km² with at least one detection, 99% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 202 | 0.6% |
| 2 years | 295 | 0.9% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,000 | 6.0% |
| 6 to 10 years | 13,540 | 40% |
| 11 years or more | 17,470 | 52% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -12.25, 15.75 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 24,010 | 34,814 |
| 2013 | 24,800 | 36,367 |
| 2014 | 24,050 | 34,123 |
| 2015 | 25,290 | 37,493 |
| 2016 | 25,800 | 40,070 |
| 2017 | 24,980 | 37,432 |
| 2018 | 23,550 | 32,561 |
| 2019 | 25,870 | 39,804 |
| 2020 | 25,150 | 37,721 |
| 2021 | 21,420 | 30,414 |
| 2022 | 20,370 | 26,795 |
| 2023 | 24,310 | 35,396 |
| 2024 | 23,990 | 34,408 |
| 2025 | 24,650 | 36,018 |
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
- Benguela108 km
- Cuanza Sul166 km
- Huíla175 km
- Bié197 km
- Cuando Cubango247 km
- Malanje274 km