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Wildfires in Blantyre
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 1,710 km² of Blantyre at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 651 km², ranking 19th of 28 regions of Malawi.
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 798 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 447 km². The 2021–2025 average is 22% 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 85% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 August 2013, with detections in 66 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,710 km² with at least one detection, 76% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 243 | 14% |
| 2 years | 173 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 512 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 663 | 39% |
| 11 years or more | 116 | 6.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -15.75, 34.75 and holds 72% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 771 | 910 |
| 2013 | 774 | 868 |
| 2014 | 656 | 753 |
| 2015 | 749 | 876 |
| 2016 | 587 | 654 |
| 2017 | 750 | 846 |
| 2018 | 592 | 647 |
| 2019 | 798 | 892 |
| 2020 | 678 | 751 |
| 2021 | 601 | 654 |
| 2022 | 512 | 550 |
| 2023 | 693 | 791 |
| 2024 | 447 | 461 |
| 2025 | 502 | 545 |
Other regions of Malawi
- Mzimba3,870 km² in an average year
- Kasungu3,240 km² in an average year
- Mangochi2,950 km² in an average year
- Nkhata Bay2,760 km² in an average year
- Rumphi2,490 km² in an average year
- Nkhotakota2,460 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.