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Wildfires in Bandundu
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 229,760 km² of Bandundu at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 147,050 km², ranking 2nd of 11 regions of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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 2024, with 156,550 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 132,880 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
June, July and August together hold 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 August 2025, with detections in 8,426 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 229,760 km² with at least one detection, 94% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 6,850 | 3.0% |
| 2 years | 5,900 | 2.6% |
| 3 to 5 years | 24,020 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 107,300 | 47% |
| 11 years or more | 85,690 | 37% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -4.75, 17.75 and holds 2.5% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 138,070 | 187,138 |
| 2013 | 151,980 | 225,385 |
| 2014 | 139,430 | 188,482 |
| 2015 | 148,770 | 215,226 |
| 2016 | 151,030 | 218,957 |
| 2017 | 144,690 | 208,192 |
| 2018 | 148,250 | 206,762 |
| 2019 | 145,960 | 201,020 |
| 2020 | 150,250 | 220,860 |
| 2021 | 145,880 | 203,059 |
| 2022 | 132,880 | 168,524 |
| 2023 | 148,950 | 215,075 |
| 2024 | 156,550 | 234,884 |
| 2025 | 156,060 | 243,418 |
Other regions of Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Katanga334,700 km² in an average year
- Orientale103,230 km² in an average year
- Kasaï-Occidental76,700 km² in an average year
- Équateur73,190 km² in an average year
- Kasaï-Oriental72,810 km² in an average year
- Maniema36,370 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
- Kongo Central228 km
- Kinshasa City228 km
- Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo248 km
- Pool, Republic of the Congo277 km
- Uíge, Angola355 km
- Plateaux, Republic of the Congo355 km