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Wildfires in Zambezia
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 101,410 km² of Zambezia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 76,460 km², ranking 1st 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 79,360 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 71,490 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 90% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 September 2024, with detections in 6,538 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 101,410 km² with at least one detection, 98% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 942 | 0.9% |
| 2 years | 990 | 1.0% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,770 | 4.7% |
| 6 to 10 years | 33,230 | 33% |
| 11 years or more | 61,480 | 61% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -16.75, 36.25 and holds 4.0% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 78,510 | 120,323 |
| 2013 | 78,650 | 117,170 |
| 2014 | 79,360 | 120,469 |
| 2015 | 78,000 | 121,626 |
| 2016 | 78,480 | 121,504 |
| 2017 | 77,670 | 116,794 |
| 2018 | 75,080 | 108,309 |
| 2019 | 77,070 | 115,782 |
| 2020 | 77,600 | 120,999 |
| 2021 | 76,710 | 120,958 |
| 2022 | 74,220 | 111,082 |
| 2023 | 75,070 | 114,634 |
| 2024 | 71,490 | 104,859 |
| 2025 | 72,540 | 110,504 |
Other regions of Mozambique
- 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
- 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
- Nsanje, Malawi106 km
- Thyolo, Malawi120 km
- Mulanje, Malawi123 km
- Phalombe, Malawi123 km
- Chiradzulu, Malawi154 km
- Chikwawa, Malawi169 km