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Wildfires in Lautém
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 1,070 km² of Lautém at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 193 km², ranking 9th 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 2018, with 372 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 48 km². The 2021–2025 average is 50% 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 95% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 October 2018, with detections in 34 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,070 km² with at least one detection, 42% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 358 | 33% |
| 2 years | 262 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 390 | 36% |
| 6 to 10 years | 61 | 5.7% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -8.75, 126.75 and holds 50% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 249 | 248 |
| 2013 | 137 | 125 |
| 2014 | 358 | 386 |
| 2015 | 320 | 359 |
| 2016 | 48 | 40 |
| 2017 | 192 | 187 |
| 2018 | 372 | 529 |
| 2019 | 337 | 434 |
| 2020 | 134 | 126 |
| 2021 | 69 | 58 |
| 2022 | 58 | 51 |
| 2023 | 241 | 246 |
| 2024 | 78 | 73 |
| 2025 | 108 | 98 |
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.