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Wildfires in Arusha
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 6,900 km² of Arusha at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 890 km², ranking 22nd of 30 regions of Tanzania.
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 2024, with 2,190 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 291 km². The 2021–2025 average is 68% higher 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 14 September 2024, with detections in 144 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 6,900 km² with at least one detection, 19% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,240 | 61% |
| 2 years | 1,320 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,120 | 16% |
| 6 to 10 years | 205 | 3.0% |
| 11 years or more | 4.9 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -2.75, 35.75 and holds 24% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 897 | 865 |
| 2013 | 986 | 1,015 |
| 2014 | 319 | 295 |
| 2015 | 358 | 365 |
| 2016 | 969 | 985 |
| 2017 | 291 | 287 |
| 2018 | 346 | 369 |
| 2019 | 420 | 438 |
| 2020 | 1,960 | 1,915 |
| 2021 | 1,290 | 1,308 |
| 2022 | 375 | 517 |
| 2023 | 311 | 415 |
| 2024 | 2,190 | 2,309 |
| 2025 | 1,740 | 1,824 |
Other regions of Tanzania
- Ruvuma34,040 km² in an average year
- Katavi25,860 km² in an average year
- Lindi25,490 km² in an average year
- Mbeya22,410 km² in an average year
- Tabora21,810 km² in an average year
- Morogoro20,130 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
- Simiyu111 km
- Mara124 km
- Kilimanjaro277 km
- Nyanza, Kenya277 km
- Rift Valley, Kenya277 km
- Dodoma283 km