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Wildfires in Vanuatu
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 1,060 km² of Vanuatu at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 132 km², ranking 160th 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 2015, with 342 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 30 km². The 2021–2025 average is 67% 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 28% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 October 2015, with detections in 32 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,060 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 729 | 68% |
| 2 years | 184 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 105 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 40 | 3.8% |
| 11 years or more | 5.9 | 0.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -16.25, 168.25 and holds 52% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 78 | 845 |
| 2013 | 114 | 1,222 |
| 2014 | 139 | 1,388 |
| 2015 | 342 | 1,542 |
| 2016 | 232 | 2,166 |
| 2017 | 301 | 1,620 |
| 2018 | 145 | 1,792 |
| 2019 | 153 | 668 |
| 2020 | 42 | 413 |
| 2021 | 68 | 260 |
| 2022 | 38 | 297 |
| 2023 | 85 | 388 |
| 2024 | 79 | 243 |
| 2025 | 30 | 184 |
Nearby countries
- Australia465,550 km² in an average year
- Papua New Guinea22,120 km² in an average year
- New Zealand1,880 km² in an average year
- Fiji1,730 km² in an average year
- New Caledonia584 km² in an average year
- Solomon Islands167 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
- New Caledonia666 km
- Fiji1,023 km
- Solomon Islands1,165 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
