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Wildfires in Lusaka
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 20,980 km² of Lusaka at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 11,500 km², ranking 10th of 10 regions of Zambia.
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 13,420 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 9,040 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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 76% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 August 2014, with detections in 617 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 20,980 km² with at least one detection, 94% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 530 | 2.5% |
| 2 years | 657 | 3.1% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,670 | 17% |
| 6 to 10 years | 12,390 | 59% |
| 11 years or more | 3,730 | 18% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -15.25, 29.25 and holds 18% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 12,610 | 15,403 |
| 2013 | 12,290 | 15,057 |
| 2014 | 12,250 | 14,881 |
| 2015 | 12,770 | 15,892 |
| 2016 | 11,870 | 14,813 |
| 2017 | 10,400 | 12,181 |
| 2018 | 13,420 | 16,793 |
| 2019 | 12,170 | 15,380 |
| 2020 | 10,520 | 12,967 |
| 2021 | 11,420 | 13,824 |
| 2022 | 11,250 | 13,661 |
| 2023 | 11,340 | 14,178 |
| 2024 | 9,660 | 11,845 |
| 2025 | 9,040 | 10,769 |
Other regions of Zambia
- Northwestern82,900 km² in an average year
- Western77,200 km² in an average year
- Central59,410 km² in an average year
- Muchinga59,070 km² in an average year
- Northern43,770 km² in an average year
- Luapula32,860 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 regions
- Eastern195 km
- Southern221 km
- Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe246 km
- Central247 km
- Copperbelt298 km
- Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe308 km