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Wildfires in Benin
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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- Alibori2 fires
- Atakorano fires now
- Atlantique3 fires
- Borgouno fires now
- Collinesno fires now
- Dongano fires now
- Kouffono fires now
- Monono fires now
- Ouéméno fires now
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- Zouno fires now
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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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 110,420 km² of Benin at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 47,600 km², ranking 41st of 200 countries.
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 2013, with 62,660 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 34,140 km². The 2021–2025 average is 31% 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.
December, January and February together hold 76% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 January 2016, with detections in 2,253 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 110,420 km² with at least one detection, 85% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 7,980 | 7.2% |
| 2 years | 9,040 | 8.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 32,240 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 52,740 | 48% |
| 11 years or more | 8,420 | 7.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.75, 1.75 and holds 4.0% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 51,890 | 57,709 |
| 2013 | 62,660 | 77,599 |
| 2014 | 56,340 | 66,379 |
| 2015 | 54,050 | 64,671 |
| 2016 | 52,590 | 61,699 |
| 2017 | 53,860 | 63,551 |
| 2018 | 47,670 | 53,232 |
| 2019 | 48,730 | 56,476 |
| 2020 | 46,470 | 54,090 |
| 2021 | 44,340 | 50,458 |
| 2022 | 39,660 | 44,405 |
| 2023 | 34,140 | 37,081 |
| 2024 | 37,910 | 42,165 |
| 2025 | 36,050 | 39,730 |
Nearby countries
- Democratic Republic of the Congo898,730 km² in an average year
- Angola616,940 km² in an average year
- Zambia445,810 km² in an average year
- Mozambique404,050 km² in an average year
- Central African Republic340,550 km² in an average year
- South Sudan321,060 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 countries
- Burkina Faso123 km
- Niger175 km
- Togo247 km
- Ghana431 km
- Nigeria546 km
- Côte d'Ivoire624 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
