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Wildfires in Cova Lima
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 1,040 km² of Cova Lima at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 258 km², ranking 5th of 13 regions of Timor-Leste.
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 511 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 55 km². The 2021–2025 average is 54% 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 89% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 October 2018, with detections in 37 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,040 km² with at least one detection, 60% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 207 | 20% |
| 2 years | 213 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 448 | 43% |
| 6 to 10 years | 174 | 17% |
| 11 years or more | 3.6 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -9.25, 125.25 and holds 89% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 398 | 513 |
| 2013 | 210 | 193 |
| 2014 | 511 | 606 |
| 2015 | 445 | 516 |
| 2016 | 89 | 83 |
| 2017 | 238 | 241 |
| 2018 | 377 | 417 |
| 2019 | 352 | 409 |
| 2020 | 231 | 236 |
| 2021 | 142 | 133 |
| 2022 | 55 | 47 |
| 2023 | 385 | 453 |
| 2024 | 86 | 82 |
| 2025 | 93 | 86 |
Other regions of Timor-Leste
- Manatuto486 km² in an average year
- Manufahi396 km² in an average year
- Viqueque287 km² in an average year
- Bobonaro276 km² in an average year
- Oe-Cusse Ambeno250 km² in an average year
- Baucau235 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.