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Wildfires in Kingdom of eSwatini
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 UTC
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- Hhohho6 fires
- Lubombo1 fire
- Manzini4 fires
- Shiselweni5 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 13,260 km² of Kingdom of eSwatini at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,530 km², ranking 85th 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 2019, with 5,320 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 1,640 km². The 2021–2025 average is 13% higher 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.
July, August and September together hold 70% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 19 July 2019, with detections in 676 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 13,260 km² with at least one detection, 61% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,840 | 21% |
| 2 years | 2,330 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,140 | 39% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,790 | 21% |
| 11 years or more | 171 | 1.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -26.25, 31.25 and holds 28% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,710 | 4,408 |
| 2013 | 4,210 | 4,790 |
| 2014 | 4,760 | 5,722 |
| 2015 | 2,580 | 2,970 |
| 2016 | 1,640 | 1,909 |
| 2017 | 2,820 | 3,156 |
| 2018 | 2,410 | 2,657 |
| 2019 | 5,320 | 6,558 |
| 2020 | 2,900 | 3,320 |
| 2021 | 3,850 | 4,542 |
| 2022 | 2,920 | 3,326 |
| 2023 | 4,260 | 5,115 |
| 2024 | 4,610 | 5,486 |
| 2025 | 3,460 | 3,848 |
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
- South Africa199 km
- Lesotho445 km
- Zimbabwe1,002 km
- Mozambique1,027 km
- Botswana1,322 km
- Namibia1,403 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
