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Wildfires in Luanda
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 1,930 km² of Luanda at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 453 km², ranking 18th 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 820 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 239 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 42% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 June 2024, with detections in 29 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,930 km² with at least one detection, 53% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 514 | 27% |
| 2 years | 393 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 694 | 36% |
| 6 to 10 years | 322 | 17% |
| 11 years or more | 7.4 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -9.25, 13.25 and holds 40% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 255 | 258 |
| 2013 | 546 | 635 |
| 2014 | 239 | 238 |
| 2015 | 333 | 321 |
| 2016 | 820 | 986 |
| 2017 | 513 | 648 |
| 2018 | 362 | 395 |
| 2019 | 392 | 433 |
| 2020 | 624 | 751 |
| 2021 | 322 | 404 |
| 2022 | 437 | 486 |
| 2023 | 343 | 430 |
| 2024 | 646 | 804 |
| 2025 | 506 | 684 |
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
- Bengo124 km
- Cuanza Norte226 km
- Cuanza Sul320 km
- Zaire351 km
- Uíge353 km
- Benguela371 km