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Wildfires in East Nusa Tenggara
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 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 34,140 km² of East Nusa Tenggara at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 10,660 km², ranking 2nd of 33 regions of Indonesia.
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 15,110 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 5,620 km². The 2021–2025 average is 23% 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.
August, September and October together hold 76% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 August 2023, with detections in 447 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 34,140 km² with at least one detection, 67% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 6,250 | 18% |
| 2 years | 5,060 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 11,950 | 35% |
| 6 to 10 years | 9,790 | 29% |
| 11 years or more | 1,080 | 3.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -9.75, 120.25 and holds 8.3% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 12,780 | 15,506 |
| 2013 | 9,520 | 10,632 |
| 2014 | 15,110 | 19,149 |
| 2015 | 14,250 | 17,450 |
| 2016 | 5,810 | 6,076 |
| 2017 | 11,010 | 12,542 |
| 2018 | 11,800 | 13,781 |
| 2019 | 14,280 | 17,768 |
| 2020 | 10,120 | 11,721 |
| 2021 | 8,050 | 8,876 |
| 2022 | 5,620 | 5,849 |
| 2023 | 13,900 | 18,845 |
| 2024 | 8,670 | 10,296 |
| 2025 | 8,270 | 9,593 |
Other regions of Indonesia
- West Kalimantan14,970 km² in an average year
- Central Kalimantan9,650 km² in an average year
- Papua8,040 km² in an average year
- South Sumatra7,690 km² in an average year
- East Kalimantan7,270 km² in an average year
- Riau5,370 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
- West Nusa Tenggara275 km
- Oe-Cusse Ambeno, Timor-Leste442 km
- Bali521 km
- Cova Lima, Timor-Leste551 km
- Bobonaro, Timor-Leste559 km
- Liquiçá, Timor-Leste559 km