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Wildfires in Bafatá
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 5,500 km² of Bafatá at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,190 km², ranking 2nd of 9 regions of Guinea-Bissau.
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 2,930 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 1,580 km². The 2021–2025 average is 28% 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.
March, April and May together hold 64% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 January 2015, with detections in 140 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,500 km² with at least one detection, 79% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 571 | 10% |
| 2 years | 572 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,630 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,370 | 43% |
| 11 years or more | 355 | 6.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 11.75, -14.75 and holds 36% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,450 | 2,618 |
| 2013 | 2,250 | 2,426 |
| 2014 | 2,760 | 3,054 |
| 2015 | 2,930 | 3,281 |
| 2016 | 2,210 | 2,376 |
| 2017 | 1,970 | 2,085 |
| 2018 | 2,390 | 2,559 |
| 2019 | 2,330 | 2,620 |
| 2020 | 2,280 | 2,438 |
| 2021 | 1,800 | 1,885 |
| 2022 | 1,760 | 1,840 |
| 2023 | 1,890 | 2,050 |
| 2024 | 2,110 | 2,360 |
| 2025 | 1,580 | 1,610 |
Other regions of Guinea-Bissau
- Gabú4,120 km² in an average year
- Oio2,010 km² in an average year
- Quinara872 km² in an average year
- Tombali870 km² in an average year
- Cacheu569 km² in an average year
- Bolama252 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.