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Wildfires in Machinga
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 3,530 km² of Machinga at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,400 km², ranking 10th 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 2018, with 1,720 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 853 km². The 2021–2025 average is 24% 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.
July, August and September together hold 67% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 September 2017, with detections in 78 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,530 km² with at least one detection, 81% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 291 | 8.2% |
| 2 years | 388 | 11% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,140 | 32% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,540 | 44% |
| 11 years or more | 176 | 5.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -14.75, 35.75 and holds 41% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,690 | 2,231 |
| 2013 | 1,590 | 1,952 |
| 2014 | 1,560 | 1,990 |
| 2015 | 1,280 | 1,471 |
| 2016 | 1,410 | 1,842 |
| 2017 | 1,710 | 2,061 |
| 2018 | 1,720 | 2,087 |
| 2019 | 1,410 | 1,694 |
| 2020 | 1,440 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 1,560 | 1,944 |
| 2022 | 1,140 | 1,249 |
| 2023 | 1,070 | 1,257 |
| 2024 | 853 | 1,058 |
| 2025 | 1,090 | 1,283 |
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.