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Wildfires in Cameroon
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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 287,340 km² of Cameroon at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 123,280 km², ranking 21st 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 2020, with 141,150 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 108,120 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% 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.
December, January and February together hold 80% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 February 2023, with detections in 5,801 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 287,340 km² with at least one detection, 79% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 33,700 | 12% |
| 2 years | 26,150 | 9.1% |
| 3 to 5 years | 70,810 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 126,190 | 44% |
| 11 years or more | 30,480 | 11% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.75, 11.25 and holds 2.1% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 108,120 | 122,586 |
| 2013 | 111,410 | 130,783 |
| 2014 | 116,610 | 137,394 |
| 2015 | 111,980 | 132,382 |
| 2016 | 130,060 | 159,476 |
| 2017 | 127,840 | 157,990 |
| 2018 | 118,530 | 144,544 |
| 2019 | 119,100 | 143,899 |
| 2020 | 141,150 | 181,995 |
| 2021 | 132,240 | 164,436 |
| 2022 | 130,980 | 164,765 |
| 2023 | 125,860 | 159,306 |
| 2024 | 124,010 | 155,956 |
| 2025 | 128,040 | 164,679 |
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
- Equatorial Guinea444 km
- Nigeria744 km
- São Tomé and Principe789 km
- Gabon850 km
- Central African Republic891 km
- Chad963 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
