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Wildfires in Kigali City
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 139 km² of Kigali City at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 17 km², ranking 5th of 5 regions of Rwanda.
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 31 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 8.7 km². The 2021–2025 average is 21% 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 56% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 August 2015, with detections in 3 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 139 km² with at least one detection, 19% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 84 | 61% |
| 2 years | 28 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 25 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.2 | 0.9% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -1.75, 30.25 and holds 62% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 14 | 18 |
| 2013 | 16 | 19 |
| 2014 | 11 | 18 |
| 2015 | 30 | 45 |
| 2016 | 31 | 34 |
| 2017 | 28 | 35 |
| 2018 | 8.7 | 19 |
| 2019 | 12 | 19 |
| 2020 | 8.7 | 13 |
| 2021 | 16 | 27 |
| 2022 | 14 | 19 |
| 2023 | 16 | 28 |
| 2024 | 19 | 18 |
| 2025 | 16 | 14 |
Other regions of Rwanda
- Eastern542 km² in an average year
- Southern82 km² in an average year
- Western66 km² in an average year
- Northern21 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.