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Wildfires in Kenya
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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- Nyanza5 fires
- Rift Valley16 fires
- Western2 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 90,010 km² of Kenya at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 13,080 km², ranking 63rd 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 2012, with 20,720 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 8,740 km². The 2021–2025 average is 18% 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 53% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 March 2015, with detections in 558 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 90,010 km² with at least one detection, 25% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 51,370 | 57% |
| 2 years | 16,590 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 17,260 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,610 | 5.1% |
| 11 years or more | 189 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -2.25, 40.75 and holds 5.9% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 20,720 | 20,571 |
| 2013 | 14,500 | 14,420 |
| 2014 | 11,860 | 12,452 |
| 2015 | 15,910 | 18,319 |
| 2016 | 12,220 | 13,023 |
| 2017 | 8,860 | 9,881 |
| 2018 | 8,820 | 8,758 |
| 2019 | 13,080 | 13,627 |
| 2020 | 15,310 | 14,508 |
| 2021 | 14,330 | 14,843 |
| 2022 | 8,740 | 8,734 |
| 2023 | 9,610 | 10,226 |
| 2024 | 12,970 | 12,878 |
| 2025 | 16,130 | 16,690 |
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
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
