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Wildfires in Atsimo-Andrefana
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 52,640 km² of Atsimo-Andrefana at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 18,160 km², ranking 3rd of 22 regions of Madagascar.
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 22,940 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 9,370 km². The 2021–2025 average is 25% 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.
August, September and October together hold 51% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 October 2013, with detections in 762 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 52,640 km² with at least one detection, 71% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 8,450 | 16% |
| 2 years | 6,930 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 17,580 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 16,510 | 31% |
| 11 years or more | 3,170 | 6.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -22.75, 43.75 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 17,830 | 22,474 |
| 2013 | 21,830 | 34,895 |
| 2014 | 21,490 | 30,527 |
| 2015 | 21,410 | 29,161 |
| 2016 | 22,940 | 32,597 |
| 2017 | 19,370 | 26,817 |
| 2018 | 14,920 | 19,749 |
| 2019 | 17,420 | 23,184 |
| 2020 | 18,290 | 25,789 |
| 2021 | 14,250 | 18,362 |
| 2022 | 9,370 | 11,065 |
| 2023 | 19,600 | 26,133 |
| 2024 | 16,240 | 20,783 |
| 2025 | 19,230 | 25,505 |
Other regions of Madagascar
- Menabe24,240 km² in an average year
- Melaky22,840 km² in an average year
- Sofia17,440 km² in an average year
- Betsiboka14,790 km² in an average year
- Boeny13,510 km² in an average year
- Toamasina9,960 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
- Anosy278 km
- Haute Matsiatra306 km
- Ihorombe307 km
- Androy316 km
- Menabe349 km
- Atsimo-Atsinanana362 km