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Wildfires in Port Moresby
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 197 km² of Port Moresby at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 78 km², ranking 18th of 20 regions of Papua New Guinea.
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 2015, with 94 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 59 km². The 2021–2025 average is 22% 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.
June, July and August together hold 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 19 July 2023, with detections in 12 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 197 km² with at least one detection, 70% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 33 | 17% |
| 2 years | 27 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 49 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 64 | 32% |
| 11 years or more | 24 | 12% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -9.25, 147.25 and holds 94% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 83 | 110 |
| 2013 | 86 | 124 |
| 2014 | 82 | 106 |
| 2015 | 94 | 135 |
| 2016 | 94 | 144 |
| 2017 | 93 | 125 |
| 2018 | 77 | 98 |
| 2019 | 67 | 81 |
| 2020 | 73 | 92 |
| 2021 | 70 | 74 |
| 2022 | 72 | 91 |
| 2023 | 75 | 95 |
| 2024 | 66 | 71 |
| 2025 | 59 | 70 |
Other regions of Papua New Guinea
- Western4,740 km² in an average year
- East Sepik2,660 km² in an average year
- Morobe2,640 km² in an average year
- Central2,380 km² in an average year
- Madang2,180 km² in an average year
- Eastern Highlands1,570 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.