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Wildfires in Somalia
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 16,750 km² of Somalia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,930 km², ranking 102nd 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 2012, with 3,320 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 1,050 km². The 2021–2025 average is 34% 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.
January, February and March together hold 50% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 30 August 2021, with detections in 86 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 16,750 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 12,090 | 72% |
| 2 years | 2,350 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,800 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 495 | 3.0% |
| 11 years or more | 9.9 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 0.25, 42.75 and holds 11% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,320 | 3,147 |
| 2013 | 2,950 | 2,873 |
| 2014 | 2,840 | 3,237 |
| 2015 | 1,420 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 2,330 | 2,402 |
| 2017 | 1,350 | 1,460 |
| 2018 | 1,050 | 999 |
| 2019 | 1,800 | 1,865 |
| 2020 | 1,530 | 1,428 |
| 2021 | 2,130 | 2,264 |
| 2022 | 1,280 | 1,377 |
| 2023 | 1,190 | 1,303 |
| 2024 | 1,610 | 1,603 |
| 2025 | 2,220 | 2,444 |
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
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
