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Wildfires in Mwanza
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 898 km² of Mwanza at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 494 km², ranking 23rd of 28 regions of Malawi.
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 2012, with 588 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 322 km². The 2021–2025 average is 23% 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 88% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 September 2012, with detections in 50 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 898 km² with at least one detection, 93% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 30 | 3.3% |
| 2 years | 32 | 3.6% |
| 3 to 5 years | 162 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 493 | 55% |
| 11 years or more | 181 | 20% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -15.75, 34.75 and holds 73% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 588 | 715 |
| 2013 | 503 | 563 |
| 2014 | 540 | 615 |
| 2015 | 550 | 683 |
| 2016 | 522 | 646 |
| 2017 | 520 | 614 |
| 2018 | 496 | 574 |
| 2019 | 549 | 687 |
| 2020 | 560 | 690 |
| 2021 | 446 | 483 |
| 2022 | 450 | 522 |
| 2023 | 508 | 644 |
| 2024 | 322 | 340 |
| 2025 | 357 | 393 |
Other regions of Malawi
- Mzimba3,870 km² in an average year
- Kasungu3,240 km² in an average year
- Mangochi2,950 km² in an average year
- Nkhata Bay2,760 km² in an average year
- Rumphi2,490 km² in an average year
- Nkhotakota2,460 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.