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Wildfires in Mchinji
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 3,200 km² of Mchinji at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 977 km², ranking 14th 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 1,400 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 538 km². The 2021–2025 average is 45% 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 77% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 July 2018, with detections in 58 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,200 km² with at least one detection, 67% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 543 | 17% |
| 2 years | 522 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,190 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 874 | 27% |
| 11 years or more | 76 | 2.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -13.75, 32.75 and holds 37% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,310 | 1,447 |
| 2013 | 1,400 | 1,594 |
| 2014 | 1,120 | 1,217 |
| 2015 | 1,240 | 1,368 |
| 2016 | 1,220 | 1,300 |
| 2017 | 1,070 | 1,177 |
| 2018 | 1,030 | 1,104 |
| 2019 | 942 | 996 |
| 2020 | 858 | 880 |
| 2021 | 854 | 856 |
| 2022 | 538 | 536 |
| 2023 | 639 | 645 |
| 2024 | 722 | 716 |
| 2025 | 733 | 772 |
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.