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Wildfires in Sudan
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Al Jazirahno fires now
- Al Qadarifno fires now
- Blue Nile11 fires
- Central Darfur9 fires
- East Darfur25 fires
- Kassala1 fire
- Khartoumno fires now
- North Darfur3 fires
- North Kordofan1 fire
- Northern3 fires
- Red Sea2 fires
- River Nileno fires now
- Sennar2 fires
- South Darfur27 fires
- South Kordofan117 fires
- West Soudanno fires now
- White Nile1 fire
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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 392,990 km² of Sudan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 105,830 km², ranking 24th 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 162,140 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 89,070 km². The 2021–2025 average is 30% 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 63% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 November 2018, with detections in 2,601 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 392,990 km² with at least one detection, 51% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 128,690 | 33% |
| 2 years | 63,060 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 95,770 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 93,170 | 24% |
| 11 years or more | 12,300 | 3.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 9.25, 24.25 and holds 2.2% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 96,490 | 102,127 |
| 2013 | 103,860 | 110,586 |
| 2014 | 91,630 | 99,841 |
| 2015 | 90,170 | 99,489 |
| 2016 | 89,070 | 98,395 |
| 2017 | 92,510 | 99,742 |
| 2018 | 93,780 | 100,663 |
| 2019 | 98,030 | 105,641 |
| 2020 | 113,630 | 125,077 |
| 2021 | 109,920 | 119,357 |
| 2022 | 95,550 | 99,194 |
| 2023 | 123,930 | 136,051 |
| 2024 | 120,890 | 127,419 |
| 2025 | 162,140 | 176,798 |
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
- Chad548 km
- Central African Republic616 km
- South Sudan989 km
- Uganda1,099 km
- Ethiopia1,104 km
- Democratic Republic of the Congo1,391 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
