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Wildfires in Hhohho
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 3,360 km² of Hhohho at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,200 km², ranking 1st of 4 regions of Kingdom of eSwatini.
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 1,680 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 784 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 72% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 19 July 2019, with detections in 215 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,360 km² with at least one detection, 79% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 350 | 10% |
| 2 years | 366 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,340 | 40% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,170 | 35% |
| 11 years or more | 134 | 4.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -26.25, 31.25 and holds 65% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,340 | 1,678 |
| 2013 | 1,250 | 1,510 |
| 2014 | 1,680 | 2,127 |
| 2015 | 1,000 | 1,197 |
| 2016 | 784 | 979 |
| 2017 | 1,030 | 1,179 |
| 2018 | 970 | 1,101 |
| 2019 | 1,610 | 2,067 |
| 2020 | 1,120 | 1,318 |
| 2021 | 1,210 | 1,443 |
| 2022 | 922 | 1,038 |
| 2023 | 1,230 | 1,574 |
| 2024 | 1,540 | 1,904 |
| 2025 | 1,060 | 1,199 |
Other regions of Kingdom of eSwatini
- Manzini988 km² in an average year
- Shiselweni778 km² in an average year
- Lubombo569 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
- Lubombo49 km
- Manzini55 km
- Shiselweni111 km
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa166 km
- Maputo, Mozambique186 km
- Limpopo, South Africa194 km