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Wildfires in Mzimba
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 10,140 km² of Mzimba at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,870 km², ranking 1st 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 2012, with 4,780 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 2,980 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 77% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 October 2017, with detections in 172 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 10,140 km² with at least one detection, 76% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,150 | 11% |
| 2 years | 1,280 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,360 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,500 | 35% |
| 11 years or more | 846 | 8.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -11.25, 33.75 and holds 25% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,780 | 5,982 |
| 2013 | 4,670 | 5,757 |
| 2014 | 4,230 | 5,210 |
| 2015 | 4,200 | 5,231 |
| 2016 | 4,300 | 5,401 |
| 2017 | 3,740 | 4,545 |
| 2018 | 3,720 | 4,464 |
| 2019 | 3,840 | 4,731 |
| 2020 | 4,010 | 4,898 |
| 2021 | 3,750 | 4,577 |
| 2022 | 3,380 | 4,048 |
| 2023 | 3,510 | 4,290 |
| 2024 | 2,980 | 3,368 |
| 2025 | 3,010 | 3,523 |
Other regions of Malawi
- 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
- Chitipa2,070 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
- Nkhata Bay55 km
- Rumphi55 km
- Nkhotakota111 km
- Chitipa111 km
- Njombe, Tanzania155 km
- Ruvuma, Tanzania172 km