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Wildfires in Chitipa
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 4,310 km² of Chitipa at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,070 km², ranking 7th 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 2013, with 2,580 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 1,710 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% 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 85% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 October 2012, with detections in 149 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,310 km² with at least one detection, 87% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 264 | 6.1% |
| 2 years | 278 | 6.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,100 | 26% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,020 | 47% |
| 11 years or more | 648 | 15% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -10.25, 33.75 and holds 39% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,350 | 2,843 |
| 2013 | 2,580 | 3,326 |
| 2014 | 2,090 | 2,556 |
| 2015 | 2,110 | 2,499 |
| 2016 | 2,200 | 2,689 |
| 2017 | 2,150 | 2,550 |
| 2018 | 1,750 | 1,990 |
| 2019 | 2,030 | 2,528 |
| 2020 | 2,120 | 2,630 |
| 2021 | 2,010 | 2,362 |
| 2022 | 1,760 | 2,042 |
| 2023 | 1,940 | 2,288 |
| 2024 | 1,710 | 1,897 |
| 2025 | 2,160 | 2,637 |
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.
Nearby regions
- Rumphi55 km
- Njombe, Tanzania109 km
- Mzimba111 km
- Nkhata Bay166 km
- Ruvuma, Tanzania173 km
- Nkhotakota222 km