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Wildfires in Gaborone
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 144 km² of Gaborone at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 16 km², ranking 10th of 15 regions of Botswana.
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 2023, with 62 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 4.5 km². The 2021–2025 average is 195% higher 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.
August, September and October together hold 61% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 August 2023, with detections in 9 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 144 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 87 | 60% |
| 2 years | 37 | 26% |
| 3 to 5 years | 20 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -24.75, 25.75 and holds 98% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 19 | 17 |
| 2013 | 7.9 | 8 |
| 2014 | 11 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6.8 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5.6 | 6 |
| 2017 | 4.5 | 7 |
| 2018 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 2020 | 11 | 10 |
| 2021 | 27 | 25 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9 |
| 2023 | 62 | 68 |
| 2024 | 15 | 14 |
| 2025 | 36 | 37 |
Other regions of Botswana
- North-West13,000 km² in an average year
- Ghanzi6,290 km² in an average year
- Kgalagadi5,220 km² in an average year
- Central2,720 km² in an average year
- Kweneng1,470 km² in an average year
- Southern1,120 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.