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Wildfires in Nampula
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 76,950 km² of Nampula at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 47,160 km², ranking 4th 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 2020, with 52,720 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 44,090 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.2% 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.
August, September and October together hold 79% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 August 2020, with detections in 2,244 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 76,950 km² with at least one detection, 96% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,540 | 2.0% |
| 2 years | 1,810 | 2.4% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9,390 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 41,550 | 54% |
| 11 years or more | 22,660 | 29% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -15.25, 40.25 and holds 6.6% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 44,620 | 54,293 |
| 2013 | 50,360 | 63,703 |
| 2014 | 48,880 | 60,874 |
| 2015 | 48,650 | 61,313 |
| 2016 | 49,360 | 62,426 |
| 2017 | 44,650 | 54,443 |
| 2018 | 44,090 | 52,424 |
| 2019 | 47,610 | 59,777 |
| 2020 | 52,720 | 73,101 |
| 2021 | 45,690 | 59,122 |
| 2022 | 45,720 | 59,350 |
| 2023 | 46,540 | 58,826 |
| 2024 | 47,180 | 60,331 |
| 2025 | 44,220 | 55,836 |
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
- Cabo Delgado41,480 km² in an average year
- Sofala40,470 km² in an average year
- Manica38,630 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
- Cabo Delgado222 km
- Zambezia458 km
- Mulanje, Malawi485 km
- Phalombe, Malawi485 km
- Machinga, Malawi486 km
- Andjazîdja, Comoros506 km