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Wildfires in Rumphi
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 4,720 km² of Rumphi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,490 km², ranking 5th 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 2,850 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 1,980 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% 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 70% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 October 2017, with detections in 129 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 4,720 km² with at least one detection, 94% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 113 | 2.4% |
| 2 years | 191 | 4.0% |
| 3 to 5 years | 944 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,730 | 58% |
| 11 years or more | 745 | 16% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -10.75, 33.75 and holds 53% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,850 | 3,391 |
| 2013 | 2,700 | 3,204 |
| 2014 | 2,420 | 2,713 |
| 2015 | 2,800 | 3,468 |
| 2016 | 2,610 | 3,102 |
| 2017 | 2,470 | 2,836 |
| 2018 | 2,380 | 2,758 |
| 2019 | 2,410 | 2,822 |
| 2020 | 2,600 | 3,200 |
| 2021 | 2,490 | 2,939 |
| 2022 | 2,370 | 2,806 |
| 2023 | 2,410 | 2,751 |
| 2024 | 1,980 | 2,264 |
| 2025 | 2,310 | 2,623 |
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
- 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
- Mzimba55 km
- Chitipa55 km
- Nkhata Bay111 km
- Njombe, Tanzania122 km
- Ruvuma, Tanzania163 km
- Nkhotakota166 km