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Wildfires in Ntchisi
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 1,780 km² of Ntchisi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 546 km², ranking 22nd 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 830 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 332 km². The 2021–2025 average is 44% 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 80% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 August 2012, with detections in 36 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,780 km² with at least one detection, 67% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 291 | 16% |
| 2 years | 303 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 658 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 478 | 27% |
| 11 years or more | 48 | 2.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -13.25, 33.75 and holds 58% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 830 | 919 |
| 2013 | 762 | 859 |
| 2014 | 634 | 698 |
| 2015 | 679 | 729 |
| 2016 | 636 | 674 |
| 2017 | 515 | 525 |
| 2018 | 500 | 509 |
| 2019 | 561 | 580 |
| 2020 | 544 | 601 |
| 2021 | 508 | 522 |
| 2022 | 352 | 373 |
| 2023 | 332 | 322 |
| 2024 | 363 | 388 |
| 2025 | 434 | 453 |
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.