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Wildfires in Timor-Leste
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
- Aileu2 fires
- Ainaro2 fires
- Baucau4 fires
- Bobonaro5 fires
- Cova Lima5 fires
- Dilino fires now
- Ermera2 fires
- Lautém3 fires
- Liquiçá4 fires
- Manatuto10 fires
- Manufahi5 fires
- Oe-Cusse Ambeno8 fires
- Viqueque8 fires
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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 11,650 km² of Timor-Leste at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,070 km², ranking 92nd 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 2014, with 5,460 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 1,090 km². The 2021–2025 average is 40% 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.
September, October and November together hold 81% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 19 September 2014, with detections in 292 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 11,650 km² with at least one detection, 59% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,580 | 22% |
| 2 years | 2,150 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,400 | 38% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,340 | 20% |
| 11 years or more | 181 | 1.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -8.75, 125.75 and holds 25% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,340 | 5,234 |
| 2013 | 2,220 | 2,248 |
| 2014 | 5,460 | 7,145 |
| 2015 | 4,470 | 5,351 |
| 2016 | 1,090 | 1,130 |
| 2017 | 2,950 | 3,513 |
| 2018 | 4,190 | 5,042 |
| 2019 | 4,710 | 5,910 |
| 2020 | 3,020 | 3,402 |
| 2021 | 1,530 | 1,486 |
| 2022 | 1,180 | 1,155 |
| 2023 | 4,250 | 5,227 |
| 2024 | 1,790 | 1,874 |
| 2025 | 1,720 | 1,690 |
Nearby countries
- India324,930 km² in an average year
- Myanmar189,670 km² in an average year
- China182,410 km² in an average year
- Indonesia104,670 km² in an average year
- Thailand104,620 km² in an average year
- Lao PDR73,670 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
- Australia750 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
