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Wildfires in Mali
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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- Koulikoro7 fires
- Mopti1 fire
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- Tombouctou3 fires
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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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 298,850 km² of Mali at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 98,910 km², ranking 27th of 200 countries.
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 2013, with 109,490 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 82,780 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
November, December and January together hold 56% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 November 2025, with detections in 3,249 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 298,850 km² with at least one detection, 63% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 71,340 | 24% |
| 2 years | 38,310 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 76,020 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 98,320 | 33% |
| 11 years or more | 14,860 | 5.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 12.75, -10.75 and holds 2.3% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 84,830 | 85,792 |
| 2013 | 109,490 | 119,223 |
| 2014 | 101,360 | 112,120 |
| 2015 | 91,590 | 94,567 |
| 2016 | 106,840 | 116,810 |
| 2017 | 103,590 | 115,555 |
| 2018 | 82,780 | 86,118 |
| 2019 | 92,940 | 101,451 |
| 2020 | 102,740 | 112,745 |
| 2021 | 100,090 | 109,747 |
| 2022 | 95,120 | 102,887 |
| 2023 | 105,040 | 117,260 |
| 2024 | 102,110 | 109,140 |
| 2025 | 106,280 | 114,407 |
Nearby countries
- Democratic Republic of the Congo898,730 km² in an average year
- Angola616,940 km² in an average year
- Zambia445,810 km² in an average year
- Mozambique404,050 km² in an average year
- Central African Republic340,550 km² in an average year
- South Sudan321,060 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 countries
- Senegal162 km
- Guinea371 km
- Sierra Leone392 km
- Guinea-Bissau396 km
- Liberia512 km
- The Gambia598 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
