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Wildfires in Diffa
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 5,430 km² of Diffa at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 948 km², ranking 2nd of 8 regions of Niger.
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 2016, with 1,450 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 391 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
October, November and December together hold 50% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 November 2024, with detections in 93 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,430 km² with at least one detection, 35% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,650 | 49% |
| 2 years | 903 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,380 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 496 | 9.1% |
| 11 years or more | 8.4 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.75, 13.25 and holds 36% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,260 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 851 | 1,575 |
| 2014 | 548 | 1,104 |
| 2015 | 456 | 597 |
| 2016 | 1,450 | 1,784 |
| 2017 | 826 | 989 |
| 2018 | 1,220 | 1,530 |
| 2019 | 1,240 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 864 | 1,012 |
| 2021 | 867 | 1,071 |
| 2022 | 869 | 876 |
| 2023 | 391 | 501 |
| 2024 | 1,160 | 1,103 |
| 2025 | 1,260 | 1,311 |
Other regions of Niger
- Tillabéri2,190 km² in an average year
- Zinder535 km² in an average year
- Dosso510 km² in an average year
- Tahoua498 km² in an average year
- Maradi343 km² in an average year
- Agadez119 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
- Lac, Chad121 km
- Kanem, Chad171 km
- Hadjer-Lamis, Chad196 km
- Zinder242 km
- Borno State, Nigeria277 km
- Far North, Cameroon322 km