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Wildfires in Nsanje
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 1,720 km² of Nsanje at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 755 km², ranking 18th 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 898 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 447 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 81% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 August 2014, with detections in 58 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,720 km² with at least one detection, 78% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 218 | 13% |
| 2 years | 165 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 407 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 666 | 39% |
| 11 years or more | 264 | 15% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -16.75, 35.25 and holds 56% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 811 | 1,071 |
| 2013 | 764 | 961 |
| 2014 | 870 | 1,256 |
| 2015 | 841 | 1,104 |
| 2016 | 809 | 1,244 |
| 2017 | 803 | 1,131 |
| 2018 | 871 | 1,283 |
| 2019 | 898 | 1,181 |
| 2020 | 832 | 1,172 |
| 2021 | 692 | 898 |
| 2022 | 586 | 725 |
| 2023 | 753 | 1,014 |
| 2024 | 447 | 468 |
| 2025 | 597 | 749 |
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
- Thyolo55 km
- Chikwawa77 km
- Zambezia, Mozambique106 km
- Chiradzulu111 km
- Blantyre123 km
- Mwanza123 km