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Wildfires in Maputo
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 20,030 km² of Maputo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,790 km², ranking 10th 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 2014, with 9,350 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 1,450 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% lower 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.
July, August and September together hold 60% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 August 2012, with detections in 517 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 20,030 km² with at least one detection, 64% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,750 | 19% |
| 2 years | 3,360 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7,440 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,140 | 26% |
| 11 years or more | 329 | 1.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -25.25, 32.75 and holds 18% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,250 | 7,392 |
| 2013 | 8,800 | 10,252 |
| 2014 | 9,350 | 11,011 |
| 2015 | 6,500 | 8,046 |
| 2016 | 1,450 | 2,168 |
| 2017 | 3,900 | 4,436 |
| 2018 | 6,160 | 6,987 |
| 2019 | 4,600 | 5,300 |
| 2020 | 5,130 | 5,672 |
| 2021 | 6,500 | 7,375 |
| 2022 | 4,920 | 5,329 |
| 2023 | 6,470 | 7,428 |
| 2024 | 5,530 | 6,442 |
| 2025 | 5,510 | 6,516 |
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
- Gaza75 km
- Lubombo, Kingdom of eSwatini149 km
- Hhohho, Kingdom of eSwatini186 km
- Manzini, Kingdom of eSwatini224 km
- Limpopo, South Africa257 km
- Shiselweni, Kingdom of eSwatini268 km