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Wildfires in Manica
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 62,550 km² of Manica at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 38,630 km², ranking 7th 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 2015, with 43,140 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 34,720 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 81% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 October 2017, with detections in 3,127 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 62,550 km² with at least one detection, 95% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,610 | 2.6% |
| 2 years | 1,800 | 2.9% |
| 3 to 5 years | 8,580 | 14% |
| 6 to 10 years | 29,250 | 47% |
| 11 years or more | 21,310 | 34% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -17.75, 33.25 and holds 6.9% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 39,720 | 55,780 |
| 2013 | 37,830 | 49,797 |
| 2014 | 39,510 | 53,419 |
| 2015 | 43,140 | 60,578 |
| 2016 | 35,720 | 47,869 |
| 2017 | 36,500 | 47,391 |
| 2018 | 39,760 | 54,556 |
| 2019 | 42,110 | 59,905 |
| 2020 | 37,380 | 51,347 |
| 2021 | 40,410 | 57,096 |
| 2022 | 34,720 | 45,602 |
| 2023 | 39,760 | 55,350 |
| 2024 | 36,490 | 49,800 |
| 2025 | 37,720 | 51,784 |
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
- Sofala197 km
- Harare, Zimbabwe211 km
- Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe218 km
- Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe219 km
- Manicaland, Zimbabwe228 km
- Chikwawa, Malawi230 km