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Wildfires in Gabú
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 8,230 km² of Gabú at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,120 km², ranking 1st 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 2014, with 4,780 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 3,450 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% 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.
January, February and March together hold 58% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 May 2014, with detections in 206 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,230 km² with at least one detection, 88% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 495 | 6.0% |
| 2 years | 459 | 5.6% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,440 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,880 | 59% |
| 11 years or more | 961 | 12% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 11.75, -14.25 and holds 30% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,780 | 4,018 |
| 2013 | 4,410 | 5,026 |
| 2014 | 4,780 | 5,498 |
| 2015 | 4,360 | 4,827 |
| 2016 | 4,440 | 4,990 |
| 2017 | 4,170 | 4,651 |
| 2018 | 3,900 | 4,299 |
| 2019 | 4,280 | 4,769 |
| 2020 | 4,200 | 4,750 |
| 2021 | 3,660 | 3,969 |
| 2022 | 4,010 | 4,524 |
| 2023 | 3,950 | 4,428 |
| 2024 | 4,270 | 4,859 |
| 2025 | 3,450 | 3,740 |
Other regions of Guinea-Bissau
- Bafatá2,190 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.
Nearby regions
- Bafatá54 km
- Tombali54 km
- Boké, Guinea55 km
- Gaoual Prefecture, Guinea108 km
- Quinara108 km
- Koundara Prefecture, Guinea122 km