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Wildfires in Ethiopia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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- Addis Ababano fires now
- Afar6 fires
- Amhara3 fires
- Benishangul-Gumuz19 fires
- Dire Dawa1 fire
- Gambela Peoplesno fires now
- Oromia5 fires
- Somalino fires now
- Southern Nations5 fires
- Tigray14 fires
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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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 296,510 km² of Ethiopia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 119,020 km², ranking 22nd of 200 countries.
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 2015, with 130,780 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 104,850 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.
January, February and March together hold 63% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 February 2025, with detections in 2,637 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 296,510 km² with at least one detection, 66% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 68,900 | 23% |
| 2 years | 31,220 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 56,010 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 93,980 | 32% |
| 11 years or more | 46,400 | 16% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.25, 34.25 and holds 2.1% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 116,810 | 137,597 |
| 2013 | 127,970 | 162,889 |
| 2014 | 116,860 | 145,379 |
| 2015 | 130,780 | 173,254 |
| 2016 | 121,310 | 164,466 |
| 2017 | 114,630 | 149,360 |
| 2018 | 118,850 | 151,663 |
| 2019 | 113,160 | 137,096 |
| 2020 | 113,040 | 145,022 |
| 2021 | 124,430 | 158,378 |
| 2022 | 104,850 | 127,371 |
| 2023 | 115,410 | 148,022 |
| 2024 | 118,370 | 148,098 |
| 2025 | 129,850 | 165,195 |
Nearby countries
- Democratic Republic of the Congo898,730 km² in an average year
- Angola616,940 km² in an average year
- Zambia445,810 km² in an average year
- Mozambique404,050 km² in an average year
- Central African Republic340,550 km² in an average year
- South Sudan321,060 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 countries
- South Sudan123 km
- Uganda671 km
- Eritrea742 km
- Djibouti1,059 km
- Sudan1,104 km
- Somaliland1,110 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
