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Wildfires in Chad
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 314,190 km² of Chad at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 125,770 km², ranking 19th 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 2016, with 140,450 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 110,130 km². The 2021–2025 average is 8.5% 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 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 November 2012, with detections in 2,490 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 314,190 km² with at least one detection, 74% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 54,070 | 17% |
| 2 years | 28,620 | 9.1% |
| 3 to 5 years | 69,950 | 22% |
| 6 to 10 years | 136,210 | 43% |
| 11 years or more | 25,340 | 8.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 9.25, 19.25 and holds 2.0% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 132,460 | 142,374 |
| 2013 | 137,940 | 155,450 |
| 2014 | 122,220 | 135,904 |
| 2015 | 120,040 | 136,713 |
| 2016 | 140,450 | 167,878 |
| 2017 | 122,270 | 135,948 |
| 2018 | 132,540 | 151,559 |
| 2019 | 118,190 | 128,972 |
| 2020 | 137,170 | 157,694 |
| 2021 | 132,910 | 152,964 |
| 2022 | 110,130 | 119,512 |
| 2023 | 115,510 | 130,547 |
| 2024 | 114,680 | 126,731 |
| 2025 | 124,310 | 138,059 |
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
- Central African Republic277 km
- Sudan548 km
- Cameroon963 km
- Equatorial Guinea1,215 km
- Nigeria1,378 km
- Republic of the Congo1,443 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
