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Wildfires in Zimbabwe
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Bulawayono fires now
- Harare1 fire
- Manicaland54 fires
- Mashonaland Central106 fires
- Mashonaland East87 fires
- Mashonaland West172 fires
- Masvingo37 fires
- Matabeleland North38 fires
- Matabeleland South22 fires
- Midlands66 fires
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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 207,780 km² of Zimbabwe at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 58,700 km², ranking 36th 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 2023, with 73,490 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 37,280 km². The 2021–2025 average is 8.2% 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 75% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 October 2022, with detections in 2,945 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 207,780 km² with at least one detection, 58% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 53,550 | 26% |
| 2 years | 33,480 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 63,700 | 31% |
| 6 to 10 years | 50,990 | 25% |
| 11 years or more | 6,060 | 2.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -17.25, 30.75 and holds 2.9% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 68,340 | 75,645 |
| 2013 | 59,710 | 66,641 |
| 2014 | 67,010 | 74,513 |
| 2015 | 68,510 | 77,117 |
| 2016 | 47,950 | 55,280 |
| 2017 | 57,990 | 62,582 |
| 2018 | 68,190 | 78,309 |
| 2019 | 60,980 | 72,291 |
| 2020 | 37,280 | 41,669 |
| 2021 | 59,760 | 67,197 |
| 2022 | 63,430 | 71,457 |
| 2023 | 73,490 | 86,895 |
| 2024 | 44,970 | 54,189 |
| 2025 | 44,210 | 52,786 |
Nearby countries
- Democratic Republic of the Congo898,730 km² in an average year
- Angola616,940 km² in an average year
- Zambia445,810 km² in an average year
- Mozambique404,050 km² in an average year
- Central African Republic340,550 km² in an average year
- South Sudan321,060 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
- Mozambique592 km
- Malawi642 km
- Zambia702 km
- Kingdom of eSwatini1,002 km
- South Africa1,012 km
- Botswana1,018 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
