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Wildfires in São Tomé and Principe
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 54 km² of São Tomé and Principe at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 15 km², ranking 188th 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 2025, with 22 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 7.4 km². The 2021–2025 average is 33% higher 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 89% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 August 2021, with detections in 4 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 54 km² with at least one detection, 43% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 21 | 39% |
| 2 years | 9.9 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 8.7 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 14 | 25% |
| 11 years or more | 1.2 | 2.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 0.25, 6.75 and holds 100% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 15 | 15 |
| 2013 | 15 | 14 |
| 2014 | 7.4 | 6 |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 |
| 2016 | 14 | 14 |
| 2017 | 16 | 14 |
| 2018 | 8.7 | 7 |
| 2019 | 17 | 14 |
| 2020 | 14 | 12 |
| 2021 | 12 | 15 |
| 2022 | 16 | 15 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 |
| 2024 | 17 | 16 |
| 2025 | 22 | 21 |
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
- Gabon400 km
- Equatorial Guinea527 km
- Cameroon789 km
- Republic of the Congo1,073 km
- Togo1,155 km
- Nigeria1,167 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
