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Wildfires in Thyolo
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 916 km² of Thyolo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 249 km², ranking 26th 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 381 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 120 km². The 2021–2025 average is 52% 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 90% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 September 2013, with detections in 41 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 916 km² with at least one detection, 53% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 262 | 29% |
| 2 years | 166 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 257 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 205 | 22% |
| 11 years or more | 27 | 3.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -16.25, 35.25 and holds 69% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 381 | 519 |
| 2013 | 307 | 382 |
| 2014 | 292 | 322 |
| 2015 | 294 | 340 |
| 2016 | 323 | 350 |
| 2017 | 355 | 384 |
| 2018 | 251 | 273 |
| 2019 | 300 | 334 |
| 2020 | 210 | 218 |
| 2021 | 207 | 213 |
| 2022 | 120 | 119 |
| 2023 | 171 | 187 |
| 2024 | 146 | 162 |
| 2025 | 124 | 127 |
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.