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Wildfires in The Gambia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 UTC
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- Banjulno fires now
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- Lower Riverno fires now
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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 8,990 km² of The Gambia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,010 km², ranking 94th 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 4,190 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 1,760 km². The 2021–2025 average is 26% 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.
February, March and April together hold 55% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 February 2022, with detections in 159 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,990 km² with at least one detection, 74% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,170 | 13% |
| 2 years | 1,160 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,350 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,130 | 35% |
| 11 years or more | 188 | 2.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.25, -16.25 and holds 17% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,770 | 2,764 |
| 2013 | 3,170 | 3,155 |
| 2014 | 2,740 | 2,772 |
| 2015 | 1,760 | 1,724 |
| 2016 | 3,100 | 3,064 |
| 2017 | 3,040 | 3,153 |
| 2018 | 2,830 | 3,016 |
| 2019 | 2,540 | 2,614 |
| 2020 | 3,130 | 3,194 |
| 2021 | 3,020 | 3,058 |
| 2022 | 3,270 | 3,343 |
| 2023 | 4,190 | 4,557 |
| 2024 | 3,590 | 3,711 |
| 2025 | 2,990 | 3,132 |
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
- Guinea-Bissau273 km
- Senegal436 km
- Mali598 km
- Sierra Leone703 km
- Guinea856 km
- Republic of Cabo Verde879 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
