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Wildfires in Coast
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 17,830 km² of Coast at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,290 km², ranking 2nd of 8 regions of Kenya.
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 2020, with 5,080 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 1,440 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% 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.
February, March and April together hold 58% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 March 2015, with detections in 194 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 17,830 km² with at least one detection, 36% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 8,150 | 46% |
| 2 years | 3,320 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,400 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,850 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 111 | 0.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -2.25, 40.75 and holds 22% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,260 | 4,728 |
| 2013 | 2,670 | 2,835 |
| 2014 | 3,430 | 3,914 |
| 2015 | 4,660 | 5,470 |
| 2016 | 3,790 | 4,417 |
| 2017 | 1,440 | 1,652 |
| 2018 | 1,770 | 1,854 |
| 2019 | 3,820 | 4,157 |
| 2020 | 5,080 | 4,873 |
| 2021 | 3,770 | 4,315 |
| 2022 | 1,860 | 1,898 |
| 2023 | 2,250 | 2,507 |
| 2024 | 3,880 | 4,030 |
| 2025 | 3,330 | 3,621 |
Other regions of Kenya
- Rift Valley4,780 km² in an average year
- Eastern2,800 km² in an average year
- North Eastern831 km² in an average year
- Nyanza639 km² in an average year
- Central335 km² in an average year
- Western310 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
- North Eastern55 km
- Eastern299 km
- Lower Juba, Somalia355 km
- Kilimanjaro, Tanzania400 km
- Tanga, Tanzania400 km
- Middle Juba, Somalia400 km