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Wildfires in Mozambique
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Cabo Delgado452 fires
- Gaza29 fires
- Inhambane143 fires
- Manica490 fires
- Maputo10 fires
- Nampula688 fires
- Niassa747 fires
- Sofala409 fires
- Tete531 fires
- Zambezia799 fires
8 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 731,990 km² of Mozambique at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 404,050 km², ranking 6th 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 2015, with 433,130 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 375,950 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.
August, September and October together hold 79% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 October 2017, with detections in 15,237 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 731,990 km² with at least one detection, 90% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 37,260 | 5.1% |
| 2 years | 36,200 | 4.9% |
| 3 to 5 years | 127,330 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 350,660 | 48% |
| 11 years or more | 180,530 | 25% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -18.25, 36.25 and holds 0.9% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 404,520 | 523,657 |
| 2013 | 408,670 | 518,195 |
| 2014 | 432,930 | 551,466 |
| 2015 | 433,130 | 572,025 |
| 2016 | 382,710 | 499,849 |
| 2017 | 395,110 | 505,120 |
| 2018 | 408,800 | 518,294 |
| 2019 | 423,250 | 561,866 |
| 2020 | 402,690 | 545,359 |
| 2021 | 409,570 | 544,295 |
| 2022 | 375,950 | 480,499 |
| 2023 | 405,290 | 534,046 |
| 2024 | 384,960 | 495,130 |
| 2025 | 389,140 | 510,343 |
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
- Central African Republic340,550 km² in an average year
- South Sudan321,060 km² in an average year
- Tanzania263,100 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
- Zimbabwe592 km
- Malawi719 km
- Madagascar908 km
- Tanzania966 km
- Kingdom of eSwatini1,027 km
- Comoros1,042 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
