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Wildfires in Madagascar
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Amoron'i Mania47 fires
- Androy19 fires
- Anosy81 fires
- Antananarivo159 fires
- Atsimo-Andrefana168 fires
- Atsimo-Atsinanana14 fires
- Betsiboka74 fires
- Boeny62 fires
- Diana24 fires
- Haute Matsiatra52 fires
- Ihorombe134 fires
- Melaky205 fires
- Menabe239 fires
- Sava34 fires
- Sofia107 fires
- Toamasina158 fires
- Vatovavy-Fitovinany5 fires
13 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 512,050 km² of Madagascar at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 203,240 km², ranking 13th 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 2016, with 236,850 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 165,880 km². The 2021–2025 average is 12% 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.
September, October and November together hold 52% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 November 2015, with detections in 5,278 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 512,050 km² with at least one detection, 79% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 53,260 | 10% |
| 2 years | 52,940 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 162,680 | 32% |
| 6 to 10 years | 202,580 | 40% |
| 11 years or more | 40,590 | 7.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -19.75, 44.75 and holds 1.6% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 202,600 | 245,342 |
| 2013 | 224,480 | 296,819 |
| 2014 | 207,580 | 258,793 |
| 2015 | 204,410 | 253,340 |
| 2016 | 236,850 | 310,728 |
| 2017 | 198,970 | 252,856 |
| 2018 | 209,130 | 269,193 |
| 2019 | 195,460 | 245,393 |
| 2020 | 216,200 | 288,395 |
| 2021 | 187,630 | 243,461 |
| 2022 | 165,880 | 202,569 |
| 2023 | 201,510 | 259,035 |
| 2024 | 209,090 | 271,162 |
| 2025 | 185,510 | 235,910 |
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
- Comoros903 km
- Mozambique908 km
- Tanzania1,184 km
- Mauritius1,359 km
- Malawi1,440 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
