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Wildfires in Atakora
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 21,150 km² of Atakora at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 11,430 km², ranking 2nd of 12 regions of Benin.
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 13,490 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 8,970 km². The 2021–2025 average is 19% 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.
November, December and January together hold 81% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 December 2012, with detections in 462 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 21,150 km² with at least one detection, 96% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 307 | 1.5% |
| 2 years | 546 | 2.6% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,820 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 13,670 | 65% |
| 11 years or more | 2,810 | 13% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.75, 1.75 and holds 17% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 12,100 | 13,789 |
| 2013 | 13,490 | 16,623 |
| 2014 | 12,890 | 15,356 |
| 2015 | 11,480 | 12,979 |
| 2016 | 12,990 | 15,811 |
| 2017 | 12,490 | 14,761 |
| 2018 | 10,700 | 11,807 |
| 2019 | 12,100 | 14,383 |
| 2020 | 11,080 | 13,046 |
| 2021 | 10,820 | 12,297 |
| 2022 | 11,250 | 13,465 |
| 2023 | 9,670 | 10,692 |
| 2024 | 10,020 | 11,522 |
| 2025 | 8,970 | 9,982 |
Other regions of Benin
- Alibori11,720 km² in an average year
- Borgou8,870 km² in an average year
- Collines5,940 km² in an average year
- Donga4,450 km² in an average year
- Zou1,860 km² in an average year
- Plateau1,160 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
- Kompienga, Burkina Faso122 km
- Savanes, Togo122 km
- Tapoa, Burkina Faso123 km
- Gourma, Burkina Faso123 km
- Borgou123 km
- Alibori163 km