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Wildfires in Limpopo
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 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 52,900 km² of Limpopo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 9,110 km², ranking 4th of 9 regions of South Africa.
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 15,400 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 3,950 km². The 2021–2025 average is 31% 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 56% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 September 2023, with detections in 822 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 52,900 km² with at least one detection, 33% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 23,780 | 45% |
| 2 years | 11,730 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 13,000 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,200 | 7.9% |
| 11 years or more | 193 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -24.75, 30.25 and holds 14% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8,880 | 11,791 |
| 2013 | 9,390 | 12,291 |
| 2014 | 12,860 | 16,066 |
| 2015 | 8,670 | 11,913 |
| 2016 | 3,950 | 6,491 |
| 2017 | 6,940 | 9,479 |
| 2018 | 7,040 | 10,149 |
| 2019 | 6,800 | 9,692 |
| 2020 | 5,580 | 7,844 |
| 2021 | 10,710 | 13,665 |
| 2022 | 9,910 | 12,504 |
| 2023 | 15,400 | 18,843 |
| 2024 | 10,860 | 14,025 |
| 2025 | 10,580 | 12,377 |
Other regions of South Africa
- KwaZulu-Natal21,840 km² in an average year
- Mpumalanga14,540 km² in an average year
- Eastern Cape12,280 km² in an average year
- North West6,130 km² in an average year
- Gauteng4,600 km² in an average year
- Free State3,910 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
- Hhohho, Kingdom of eSwatini194 km
- Mpumalanga194 km
- Lubombo, Kingdom of eSwatini224 km
- Manzini, Kingdom of eSwatini243 km
- Maputo, Mozambique257 km
- Gauteng260 km