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Wildfires in Senegal
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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 111,890 km² of Senegal at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 44,770 km², ranking 43rd 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 2023, with 55,630 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 32,170 km². The 2021–2025 average is 22% 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.
November, December and January together hold 52% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 November 2022, with detections in 1,801 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 111,890 km² with at least one detection, 76% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 16,020 | 14% |
| 2 years | 10,410 | 9.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 27,250 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 51,640 | 46% |
| 11 years or more | 6,560 | 5.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 12.75, -12.25 and holds 4.3% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 36,790 | 36,836 |
| 2013 | 45,920 | 48,242 |
| 2014 | 41,700 | 45,937 |
| 2015 | 32,170 | 32,558 |
| 2016 | 45,980 | 49,680 |
| 2017 | 46,600 | 51,074 |
| 2018 | 38,660 | 41,072 |
| 2019 | 43,340 | 47,216 |
| 2020 | 48,830 | 53,431 |
| 2021 | 46,930 | 51,029 |
| 2022 | 51,680 | 57,782 |
| 2023 | 55,630 | 63,510 |
| 2024 | 46,350 | 50,456 |
| 2025 | 46,140 | 50,706 |
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
- Mali162 km
- Guinea-Bissau244 km
- Sierra Leone404 km
- The Gambia436 km
- Guinea467 km
- Liberia570 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
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