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Wildfires in Lunda 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 77,530 km² of Lunda Sul at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 45,030 km², ranking 6th 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 47,300 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 39,510 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.0% 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 80% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 August 2022, with detections in 1,285 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 77,530 km² with at least one detection, 97% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 970 | 1.3% |
| 2 years | 1,580 | 2.0% |
| 3 to 5 years | 12,430 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 44,680 | 58% |
| 11 years or more | 17,870 | 23% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -9.75, 20.25 and holds 4.9% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 42,690 | 47,856 |
| 2013 | 47,250 | 54,423 |
| 2014 | 46,340 | 53,332 |
| 2015 | 46,890 | 54,796 |
| 2016 | 47,300 | 55,565 |
| 2017 | 46,760 | 54,507 |
| 2018 | 42,680 | 47,916 |
| 2019 | 47,130 | 55,373 |
| 2020 | 44,470 | 51,558 |
| 2021 | 44,340 | 51,354 |
| 2022 | 39,510 | 44,266 |
| 2023 | 46,200 | 53,718 |
| 2024 | 45,040 | 53,072 |
| 2025 | 43,810 | 51,233 |
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
- 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.
Nearby regions
- Lunda Norte279 km
- Malanje295 km
- Bié367 km
- Kasaï-Occidental, Democratic Republic of the Congo372 km
- Moxico417 km
- Cuanza Sul504 km