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Wildfires in Kavango
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 38,120 km² of Kavango at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 9,080 km², ranking 1st of 13 regions of Namibia.
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 18,690 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 3,930 km². The 2021–2025 average is 50% 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 3 September 2012, with detections in 835 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 38,120 km² with at least one detection, 61% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 7,680 | 20% |
| 2 years | 7,350 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 17,590 | 46% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,480 | 14% |
| 11 years or more | 19 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -18.75, 20.25 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 18,690 | 19,700 |
| 2013 | 14,960 | 15,638 |
| 2014 | 9,320 | 9,178 |
| 2015 | 10,500 | 11,291 |
| 2016 | 10,060 | 10,462 |
| 2017 | 10,410 | 10,696 |
| 2018 | 7,140 | 7,688 |
| 2019 | 4,350 | 4,835 |
| 2020 | 9,700 | 10,024 |
| 2021 | 4,820 | 4,871 |
| 2022 | 8,080 | 9,468 |
| 2023 | 9,110 | 10,701 |
| 2024 | 6,040 | 6,800 |
| 2025 | 3,930 | 4,018 |
Other regions of Namibia
- Zambezi7,480 km² in an average year
- Otjozondjupa5,190 km² in an average year
- Omaheke1,690 km² in an average year
- Oshikoto1,380 km² in an average year
- Kunene872 km² in an average year
- Omusati742 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
- North-West, Botswana105 km
- Otjozondjupa122 km
- Omaheke228 km
- Oshikoto268 km
- Ohangwena286 km
- Zambezi385 km