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Wildfires in Republic of Cabo Verde
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 15:22 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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 285 km² of Republic of Cabo Verde at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 28 km², ranking 179th 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 2014, with 148 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 8.3 km². The 2021–2025 average is 55% 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.
November, December and January together hold 69% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 November 2014, with detections in 59 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 285 km² with at least one detection, 5.5% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 230 | 81% |
| 2 years | 40 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 8.4 | 3.0% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4.8 | 1.7% |
| 11 years or more | 2.4 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 14.75, -24.25 and holds 70% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 22 | 22 |
| 2013 | 17 | 18 |
| 2014 | 148 | 628 |
| 2015 | 41 | 173 |
| 2016 | 8.3 | 8 |
| 2017 | 18 | 22 |
| 2018 | 16 | 20 |
| 2019 | 8.3 | 14 |
| 2020 | 13 | 14 |
| 2021 | 13 | 17 |
| 2022 | 13 | 22 |
| 2023 | 33 | 46 |
| 2024 | 23 | 41 |
| 2025 | 23 | 68 |
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
- The Gambia879 km
- Guinea-Bissau1,132 km
- Senegal1,314 km
- Mali1,474 km
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