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Wildfires in Kinshasa City
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 17:25 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 10,800 km² of Kinshasa City at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,400 km², ranking 10th 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 2018, with 6,850 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 6,020 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 58% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 April 2015, with detections in 297 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 10,800 km² with at least one detection, 97% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 168 | 1.6% |
| 2 years | 164 | 1.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,300 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 6,810 | 63% |
| 11 years or more | 2,360 | 22% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -4.25, 15.75 and holds 28% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,080 | 7,216 |
| 2013 | 6,630 | 8,774 |
| 2014 | 6,260 | 7,608 |
| 2015 | 6,820 | 9,014 |
| 2016 | 6,570 | 8,249 |
| 2017 | 6,330 | 7,923 |
| 2018 | 6,850 | 8,839 |
| 2019 | 6,260 | 7,683 |
| 2020 | 6,380 | 8,066 |
| 2021 | 6,600 | 8,469 |
| 2022 | 6,020 | 7,155 |
| 2023 | 6,040 | 7,270 |
| 2024 | 6,370 | 8,031 |
| 2025 | 6,410 | 8,151 |
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
- Équateur73,190 km² in an average year
- Kasaï-Oriental72,810 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.