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Wildfires in Dili
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 337 km² of Dili at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 101 km², ranking 13th 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 147 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 56 km². The 2021–2025 average is 33% 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.
August, September and October together hold 72% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 August 2020, with detections in 12 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 337 km² with at least one detection, 65% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 70 | 21% |
| 2 years | 48 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 115 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 98 | 29% |
| 11 years or more | 6.1 | 1.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -8.75, 125.75 and holds 73% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 137 | 151 |
| 2013 | 78 | 80 |
| 2014 | 147 | 171 |
| 2015 | 142 | 178 |
| 2016 | 59 | 68 |
| 2017 | 94 | 114 |
| 2018 | 126 | 165 |
| 2019 | 116 | 164 |
| 2020 | 140 | 181 |
| 2021 | 61 | 73 |
| 2022 | 56 | 72 |
| 2023 | 93 | 121 |
| 2024 | 88 | 99 |
| 2025 | 77 | 85 |
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
- Cova Lima258 km² in an average year
- Oe-Cusse Ambeno250 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.