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Wildfires in Inhambane
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 58,150 km² of Inhambane at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 17,400 km², ranking 8th of 11 regions of Mozambique.
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 2018, with 22,970 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 10,650 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.5% 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.
September, October and November together hold 63% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 October 2019, with detections in 1,372 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 58,150 km² with at least one detection, 68% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 9,290 | 16% |
| 2 years | 9,200 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 23,170 | 40% |
| 6 to 10 years | 15,490 | 27% |
| 11 years or more | 1,000 | 1.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -22.75, 35.25 and holds 7.5% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 17,390 | 19,432 |
| 2013 | 13,580 | 14,897 |
| 2014 | 22,750 | 25,995 |
| 2015 | 19,290 | 22,297 |
| 2016 | 10,650 | 12,096 |
| 2017 | 13,190 | 14,976 |
| 2018 | 22,970 | 27,107 |
| 2019 | 21,250 | 24,789 |
| 2020 | 12,640 | 15,880 |
| 2021 | 17,470 | 19,682 |
| 2022 | 15,760 | 17,902 |
| 2023 | 18,440 | 21,110 |
| 2024 | 19,760 | 22,287 |
| 2025 | 18,520 | 21,618 |
Other regions of Mozambique
- Zambezia76,460 km² in an average year
- Niassa71,400 km² in an average year
- Tete53,530 km² in an average year
- Nampula47,160 km² in an average year
- Cabo Delgado41,480 km² in an average year
- Sofala40,470 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
- Gaza301 km
- Maputo376 km
- Sofala402 km
- Manicaland, Zimbabwe422 km
- Masvingo, Zimbabwe498 km
- Lubombo, Kingdom of eSwatini526 km