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Wildfires in Banikoara

Banikoara, Benin, has had 67 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 110,497 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 25% of its area. Fire danger today: high (FWI 22).

Only fires of 1,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Sat 31 High 35° · 32 % · 22 km/h
  2. Sun 1 High 35° · 36 % · 18 km/h
  3. Mon 2 High 35° · 37 % · 17 km/h
  4. Tue 3 High 35° · 39 % · 21 km/h
  5. Wed 4 High 35° · 34 % · 21 km/h
  6. Thu 5 High 35° · 27 % · 18 km/h
  7. Fri 6 High 35° · 30 % · 15 km/h
  8. Sat 7 High 35° · 30 % · 18 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service.

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

110,497
hectares burned
25 %
of its area
67
fires
4,414
km²

How many times has Banikoara burned?

Banikoara has burned 67 times since 2016, in 10 years: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Banikoara fire, 30 January 2026, with 1,090 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 3× 16
  2. 10× 17
  3.   18
  4. 5× 19
  5. 9× 20
  6. 6× 21
  7. 8× 22
  8. 4× 23
  9. 6× 24
  10. 13× 25
  11. 3× 26
67
fires
10
years with fire
110,497
cumulative ha
30 Jan 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.

Where it has burned most often in Benin →

Fires that entered Banikoara

  1. 1,090 ha Banikoara fire, 30 January 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,082 ha in total · 2 days
  2. 1,997 ha Banikoara fire, 20 January 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,086 ha in total · 6 days
  3. 1,215 ha Banikoara fire, 8 January 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,207 ha in total · 3 days
  4. 1,095 ha Banikoara fire, 10 December 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,088 ha in total · 3 days
  5. 1,414 ha Banikoara fire, 7 December 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,429 ha in total · 6 days
  6. 7,432 ha Banikoara fire, 5 December 2025 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 9,461 ha in total · 17 days
  7. 5,439 ha Banikoara fire, 5 December 2025 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 5,631 ha in total · 5 days
  8. 5,802 ha Banikoara fire, 22 November 2025 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 5,763 ha in total · 6 days
  9. 2,318 ha Banikoara fire, 21 November 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,303 ha in total · 6 days
  10. 989 ha Banikoara fire, 21 November 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,478 ha in total · 3 days
  11. 1,665 ha Banikoara fire, 21 November 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,653 ha in total · 3 days
  12. 425 ha Banikoara fire, 20 November 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,722 ha in total · 6 days
  13. 1,786 ha Banikoara fire, 16 November 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,114 ha in total · 11 days
  14. 1,091 ha Banikoara fire, 15 November 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,084 ha in total · 13 days
  15. 2,531 ha Karimama fire, 14 November 2025 0.6% of the municipality · 4,625 ha in total · 16 days
  16. 73 ha Kérou fire, 13 November 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 9,280 ha in total · 17 days
  17. 1,317 ha Banikoara fire, December 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 2,065 ha in total · 6 days
  18. 2,334 ha Banikoara fire, 25 November 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,318 ha in total · 2 days
  19. 522 ha Kérou fire, 20 November 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 3,972 ha in total · 9 days
  20. 643 ha Banikoara fire, 17 November 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,253 ha in total · 7 days
  21. 2,464 ha Banikoara fire, 15 November 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,446 ha in total · 9 days
  22. 2,199 ha Banikoara fire, 11 November 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,880 ha in total · 18 days
  23. 582 ha Kérou fire, 29 December 2023 0.1% of the municipality · 1,280 ha in total · 2 days
  24. 1,656 ha Banikoara fire, 13 November 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,645 ha in total · 1 day
  25. 2,233 ha Banikoara fire, 13 November 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,217 ha in total · 9 days
  26. 1,242 ha Banikoara fire, 11 November 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,233 ha in total · 5 days
  27. 1,147 ha Banikoara fire, 11 December 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,139 ha in total · 1 day
  28. 159 ha Kérou fire, 7 December 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 2,344 ha in total · 1 day
  29. 1,157 ha Banikoara fire, 7 December 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,149 ha in total · 5 days
  30. 1,446 ha Banikoara fire, 7 December 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,436 ha in total · 6 days
  31. 1,068 ha Banikoara fire, 28 November 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,061 ha in total · 4 days
  32. 1,040 ha Banikoara fire, 19 November 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,033 ha in total · 6 days
  33. 2,167 ha Banikoara fire, February 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,152 ha in total · 5 days
  34. 2,264 ha Banikoara fire, January 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,249 ha in total · 7 days
  35. 1,150 ha Banikoara fire, 28 December 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,142 ha in total · 3 days
  36. 533 ha Kérou fire, 12 December 2021 0.1% of the municipality · 1,738 ha in total · 2 days
  37. 1,315 ha Banikoara fire, 7 December 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,458 ha in total · 8 days
  38. 1,353 ha Banikoara fire, 1 December 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,344 ha in total · 6 days
  39. 5,346 ha Banikoara fire, 26 November 2021 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 7,341 ha in total · 9 days
  40. 1,073 ha Banikoara fire, 25 November 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,066 ha in total · 1 day
  41. 1,331 ha Banikoara fire, 24 December 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,322 ha in total · 3 days
  42. 1,484 ha Banikoara fire, 21 December 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,474 ha in total · 6 days
  43. 1,699 ha Banikoara fire, 20 December 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,688 ha in total · 6 days
  44. 2,603 ha Banikoara fire, 14 December 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,586 ha in total · 10 days
  45. 2,547 ha Banikoara fire, 8 December 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,530 ha in total · 6 days
  46. 1,641 ha Banikoara fire, 6 December 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,631 ha in total · 2 days
  47. 640 ha Banikoara fire, 5 December 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,147 ha in total · 9 days
  48. 1,040 ha Banikoara fire, 5 December 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,375 ha in total · 6 days
  49. 36 ha Kérou fire, 26 November 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 1,166 ha in total · 2 days
  50. 1,036 ha Banikoara fire, December 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,192 ha in total · 1 day
  51. 2,234 ha Banikoara fire, 29 November 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,380 ha in total · 8 days
  52. 48 ha Kérou fire, 27 November 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 5,465 ha in total · 5 days
  53. 4,012 ha Banikoara fire, 27 November 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,985 ha in total · 5 days
  54. 1,292 ha Banikoara fire, 27 November 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,283 ha in total · 3 days
  55. 1,080 ha Banikoara fire, 25 December 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,072 ha in total · 3 days
  56. 1,099 ha Banikoara fire, 16 December 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,092 ha in total · 4 days
  57. 1,115 ha Banikoara fire, 14 December 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,107 ha in total · 1 day
  58. 233 ha Kandi fire, 3 December 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 4,502 ha in total · 8 days
  59. 1,421 ha Banikoara fire, 15 November 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,412 ha in total · 3 days
  60. 1,421 ha Banikoara fire, 12 November 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,835 ha in total · 2 days
  61. 82 ha Kérou fire, 10 November 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 1,016 ha in total · 13 days
  62. 2,713 ha Banikoara fire, 9 November 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,973 ha in total · 7 days
  63. 989 ha Banikoara fire, 8 November 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 2,857 ha in total · 11 days
  64. 1,093 ha Banikoara fire, January 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,085 ha in total · 2 days
  65. 2,121 ha Banikoara fire, December 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,107 ha in total · 4 days
  66. 1,254 ha Banikoara fire, 23 November 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,246 ha in total · 6 days
  67. 1,462 ha Banikoara fire, 23 November 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,452 ha in total · 4 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Map Maker Ltd., Stanford earthworks (Public Domain). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

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