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Wildfires in South 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 33,260 km² of South Kivu at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 15,980 km², ranking 9th 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 19,340 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 13,140 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.
July, August and September together hold 77% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 August 2013, with detections in 1,696 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 33,260 km² with at least one detection, 80% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,880 | 12% |
| 2 years | 2,930 | 8.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7,170 | 22% |
| 6 to 10 years | 11,920 | 36% |
| 11 years or more | 7,360 | 22% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -4.25, 28.75 and holds 15% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 13,940 | 17,999 |
| 2013 | 17,500 | 25,926 |
| 2014 | 14,220 | 18,790 |
| 2015 | 16,980 | 25,138 |
| 2016 | 17,600 | 26,558 |
| 2017 | 13,140 | 17,027 |
| 2018 | 16,640 | 25,225 |
| 2019 | 14,420 | 19,597 |
| 2020 | 16,030 | 23,496 |
| 2021 | 16,050 | 22,837 |
| 2022 | 13,700 | 17,556 |
| 2023 | 19,220 | 29,072 |
| 2024 | 19,340 | 28,909 |
| 2025 | 14,900 | 20,606 |
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
- Bururi, Burundi110 km
- Makamba, Burundi110 km
- Bubanza, Burundi124 km
- Rutana, Burundi175 km
- Cibitoke, Burundi175 km
- Ruyigi, Burundi200 km