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Wildfires in Namibia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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- Erongono fires now
- Hardapno fires now
- Karas1 fire
- Kavango14 fires
- Khomas1 fire
- Kunene4 fires
- Ohangwenano fires now
- Omahekeno fires now
- Omusati2 fires
- Oshanano fires now
- Oshikotono fires now
- Otjozondjupa7 fires
- Zambezi32 fires
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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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 163,330 km² of Namibia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 27,810 km², ranking 52nd of 200 countries.
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 2012, with 67,130 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 12,330 km². The 2021–2025 average is 30% 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 75% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 September 2012, with detections in 1,855 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 163,330 km² with at least one detection, 31% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 84,770 | 52% |
| 2 years | 27,640 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 35,030 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 15,260 | 9.3% |
| 11 years or more | 627 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -18.75, 20.25 and holds 3.6% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 67,130 | 69,472 |
| 2013 | 33,340 | 34,872 |
| 2014 | 25,280 | 25,422 |
| 2015 | 25,810 | 28,221 |
| 2016 | 21,960 | 23,499 |
| 2017 | 28,610 | 29,545 |
| 2018 | 23,070 | 24,714 |
| 2019 | 12,330 | 14,476 |
| 2020 | 29,990 | 30,682 |
| 2021 | 34,720 | 35,331 |
| 2022 | 26,030 | 28,110 |
| 2023 | 29,490 | 33,058 |
| 2024 | 13,620 | 15,308 |
| 2025 | 17,920 | 17,719 |
Nearby countries
- Democratic Republic of the Congo898,730 km² in an average year
- Angola616,940 km² in an average year
- Zambia445,810 km² in an average year
- Mozambique404,050 km² in an average year
- Central African Republic340,550 km² in an average year
- South Sudan321,060 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 countries
- Botswana105 km
- Angola893 km
- Zambia1,003 km
- Zimbabwe1,122 km
- South Africa1,244 km
- Kingdom of eSwatini1,403 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
