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Wildfires in Tombouctou
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 8,350 km² of Tombouctou at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 791 km², ranking 7th 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 2,110 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 131 km². The 2021–2025 average is 164% 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 66% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 October 2025, with detections in 142 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,350 km² with at least one detection, 5.2% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 6,440 | 77% |
| 2 years | 1,480 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 389 | 4.7% |
| 6 to 10 years | 31 | 0.4% |
| 11 years or more | 14 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.75, -5.25 and holds 13% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 598 | 544 |
| 2013 | 1,060 | 935 |
| 2014 | 131 | 394 |
| 2015 | 351 | 394 |
| 2016 | 190 | 224 |
| 2017 | 135 | 124 |
| 2018 | 266 | 285 |
| 2019 | 870 | 791 |
| 2020 | 1,320 | 1,148 |
| 2021 | 608 | 627 |
| 2022 | 430 | 382 |
| 2023 | 1,060 | 955 |
| 2024 | 1,950 | 1,741 |
| 2025 | 2,110 | 1,910 |
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
- Gao1,590 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
- Ségou77 km
- Hodh Ech Chargui, Mauritania120 km
- Mopti123 km
- Yatenga, Burkina Faso348 km
- Sourou, Burkina Faso351 km
- Kossi, Burkina Faso370 km