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Wildfires in Western
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 531 km² of Western at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 66 km², ranking 3rd 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 2013, with 144 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 20 km². The 2021–2025 average is 35% 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 80% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 August 2013, with detections in 15 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 531 km² with at least one detection, 15% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 360 | 68% |
| 2 years | 93 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 51 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 27 | 5.1% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -2.25, 29.25 and holds 39% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 50 | 46 |
| 2013 | 144 | 161 |
| 2014 | 47 | 41 |
| 2015 | 89 | 86 |
| 2016 | 128 | 126 |
| 2017 | 56 | 49 |
| 2018 | 41 | 34 |
| 2019 | 36 | 38 |
| 2020 | 37 | 38 |
| 2021 | 45 | 46 |
| 2022 | 20 | 19 |
| 2023 | 80 | 80 |
| 2024 | 120 | 122 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 |
Other regions of Rwanda
- Eastern542 km² in an average year
- Southern82 km² in an average year
- Northern21 km² in an average year
- Kigali City17 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.