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Wildfires in Équateur
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 155,080 km² of Équateur at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 73,190 km², ranking 5th 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 86,450 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 59,850 km². The 2021–2025 average is 13% 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.
January, February and March together hold 64% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 March 2025, with detections in 4,933 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 155,080 km² with at least one detection, 79% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 20,190 | 13% |
| 2 years | 12,830 | 8.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 31,220 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 60,520 | 39% |
| 11 years or more | 30,310 | 20% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 2.25, 22.25 and holds 3.0% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 59,850 | 73,672 |
| 2013 | 64,390 | 80,207 |
| 2014 | 63,900 | 80,878 |
| 2015 | 73,660 | 101,246 |
| 2016 | 75,680 | 105,946 |
| 2017 | 71,970 | 97,178 |
| 2018 | 73,470 | 96,755 |
| 2019 | 78,570 | 109,424 |
| 2020 | 80,180 | 114,487 |
| 2021 | 74,300 | 100,101 |
| 2022 | 77,630 | 107,016 |
| 2023 | 68,100 | 84,958 |
| 2024 | 86,450 | 126,759 |
| 2025 | 76,460 | 106,137 |
Other regions of Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Katanga334,700 km² in an average year
- Bandundu147,050 km² in an average year
- Orientale103,230 km² in an average year
- Kasaï-Occidental76,700 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
- Basse-Kotto Prefecture, Central African Republic351 km
- Ouaka Prefecture, Central African Republic447 km
- Mbomou Prefecture, Central African Republic477 km
- Ombella-M'Poko Prefecture, Central African Republic523 km
- Lobaye Prefecture, Central African Republic546 km
- Kémo Prefecture, Central African Republic555 km