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Wildfires in Zambezi
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 19,140 km² of Zambezi at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 7,480 km², ranking 2nd 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 10,160 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 4,290 km². The 2021–2025 average is 18% 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.
July, August and September together hold 66% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 September 2017, with detections in 369 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 19,140 km² with at least one detection, 84% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,460 | 7.6% |
| 2 years | 1,620 | 8.5% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,710 | 35% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8,730 | 46% |
| 11 years or more | 614 | 3.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -17.75, 23.75 and holds 13% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 10,160 | 11,494 |
| 2013 | 8,390 | 9,362 |
| 2014 | 8,740 | 9,303 |
| 2015 | 8,370 | 10,119 |
| 2016 | 6,270 | 7,347 |
| 2017 | 8,920 | 9,674 |
| 2018 | 7,510 | 8,258 |
| 2019 | 6,000 | 7,520 |
| 2020 | 6,090 | 6,699 |
| 2021 | 8,670 | 9,570 |
| 2022 | 7,120 | 7,730 |
| 2023 | 9,200 | 10,574 |
| 2024 | 4,930 | 5,778 |
| 2025 | 4,290 | 4,365 |
Other regions of Namibia
- Kavango9,080 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
- Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe270 km
- North-West, Botswana286 km
- Central, Botswana306 km
- Kavango385 km
- Otjozondjupa386 km
- Western, Zambia389 km