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Wildfires in Gao
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 17,780 km² of Gao at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,590 km², ranking 6th of 9 regions of Mali.
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 2025, with 6,870 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 93 km². The 2021–2025 average is 1363% higher 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.
October, November and December together hold 69% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 November 2024, with detections in 310 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 17,780 km² with at least one detection, 3.8% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 14,050 | 79% |
| 2 years | 3,050 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 683 | 3.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.75, 2.25 and holds 8.2% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 515 | 451 |
| 2013 | 226 | 191 |
| 2014 | 93 | 78 |
| 2015 | 267 | 230 |
| 2016 | 111 | 98 |
| 2017 | 250 | 215 |
| 2018 | 377 | 318 |
| 2019 | 1,020 | 925 |
| 2020 | 1,710 | 1,474 |
| 2021 | 1,520 | 1,288 |
| 2022 | 1,950 | 1,693 |
| 2023 | 1,950 | 1,714 |
| 2024 | 5,450 | 4,771 |
| 2025 | 6,870 | 6,008 |
Other regions of Mali
- Kayes49,050 km² in an average year
- Koulikoro19,430 km² in an average year
- Wassoulou18,660 km² in an average year
- Mopti5,870 km² in an average year
- Ségou3,460 km² in an average year
- Tombouctou791 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
- Tahoua, Niger214 km
- Séno, Burkina Faso309 km
- Yagha, Burkina Faso321 km
- Oudalan, Burkina Faso340 km
- Dosso, Niger350 km
- Soum, Burkina Faso362 km