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Wildfires in North Kivu
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 14,990 km² of North Kivu at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,260 km², ranking 11th 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 2016, with 5,250 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 3,200 km². The 2021–2025 average is 10% 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.
June, July and August together hold 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 February 2013, with detections in 427 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 14,990 km² with at least one detection, 56% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,330 | 29% |
| 2 years | 2,270 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,120 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,740 | 25% |
| 11 years or more | 533 | 3.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -1.75, 29.25 and holds 21% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,840 | 6,913 |
| 2013 | 5,100 | 8,066 |
| 2014 | 3,860 | 6,118 |
| 2015 | 4,640 | 7,832 |
| 2016 | 5,250 | 8,367 |
| 2017 | 4,220 | 6,631 |
| 2018 | 4,660 | 7,748 |
| 2019 | 3,690 | 6,423 |
| 2020 | 4,070 | 7,170 |
| 2021 | 4,270 | 5,973 |
| 2022 | 4,010 | 5,474 |
| 2023 | 4,670 | 5,958 |
| 2024 | 4,190 | 7,010 |
| 2025 | 3,200 | 8,664 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Southern, Rwanda78 km
- Cibitoke, Burundi111 km
- Kanungu, Uganda124 km
- Rukungiri, Uganda124 km
- Muyinga, Burundi157 km
- Ntungamo, Uganda157 km