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Wildfires in Dakar
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 229 km² of Dakar at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 39 km², ranking 13th of 14 regions of Senegal.
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 2020, with 55 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 22 km². The 2021–2025 average is 41% 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.
December, January and February together hold 37% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 December 2018, with detections in 6 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 229 km² with at least one detection, 23% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 125 | 54% |
| 2 years | 52 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 30 | 13% |
| 6 to 10 years | 13 | 5.8% |
| 11 years or more | 9.6 | 4.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 14.75, -17.25 and holds 100% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 32 | 94 |
| 2013 | 37 | 92 |
| 2014 | 35 | 139 |
| 2015 | 22 | 92 |
| 2016 | 32 | 150 |
| 2017 | 34 | 174 |
| 2018 | 31 | 196 |
| 2019 | 44 | 223 |
| 2020 | 55 | 199 |
| 2021 | 43 | 167 |
| 2022 | 52 | 180 |
| 2023 | 46 | 107 |
| 2024 | 44 | 100 |
| 2025 | 40 | 98 |
Other regions of Senegal
- Tambacounda16,400 km² in an average year
- Kédougou11,210 km² in an average year
- Kolda6,810 km² in an average year
- Sédhiou3,360 km² in an average year
- Matam2,240 km² in an average year
- Ziguinchor2,000 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 regions
- Thiès0 km
- Fatick154 km
- Kaolack196 km
- Saint-Louis198 km
- West Coast, The Gambia198 km
- North Bank, The Gambia198 km