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Wildfires in Sofala
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 65,000 km² of Sofala at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 40,470 km², ranking 6th 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 46,250 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 35,800 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.8% 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 74% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 October 2019, with detections in 3,434 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 65,000 km² with at least one detection, 96% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,180 | 1.8% |
| 2 years | 1,360 | 2.1% |
| 3 to 5 years | 8,230 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 33,230 | 51% |
| 11 years or more | 21,010 | 32% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -19.25, 34.25 and holds 5.8% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 42,640 | 59,758 |
| 2013 | 39,110 | 50,644 |
| 2014 | 40,640 | 54,998 |
| 2015 | 46,250 | 69,124 |
| 2016 | 36,340 | 49,248 |
| 2017 | 39,440 | 52,639 |
| 2018 | 41,380 | 56,790 |
| 2019 | 45,670 | 70,194 |
| 2020 | 41,880 | 60,334 |
| 2021 | 42,640 | 64,333 |
| 2022 | 37,060 | 50,108 |
| 2023 | 41,790 | 60,335 |
| 2024 | 35,800 | 48,554 |
| 2025 | 35,890 | 49,205 |
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
- 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
- Manicaland, Zimbabwe166 km
- Manica197 km
- Nsanje, Malawi297 km
- Masvingo, Zimbabwe333 km
- Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe334 km
- Chikwawa, Malawi337 km