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Wildfires in Dodoma
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 28,420 km² of Dodoma at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,930 km², ranking 13th 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 2020, with 10,860 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 4,210 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% 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.
September, October and November together hold 87% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 October 2020, with detections in 565 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 28,420 km² with at least one detection, 51% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 8,120 | 29% |
| 2 years | 5,670 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 9,120 | 32% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,030 | 18% |
| 11 years or more | 474 | 1.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -5.25, 35.25 and holds 16% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,540 | 8,565 |
| 2013 | 6,890 | 7,875 |
| 2014 | 5,900 | 6,391 |
| 2015 | 5,140 | 5,846 |
| 2016 | 8,020 | 8,926 |
| 2017 | 4,660 | 5,191 |
| 2018 | 4,720 | 4,903 |
| 2019 | 4,210 | 4,419 |
| 2020 | 10,860 | 12,025 |
| 2021 | 9,570 | 11,083 |
| 2022 | 6,320 | 7,511 |
| 2023 | 6,150 | 7,185 |
| 2024 | 9,140 | 10,545 |
| 2025 | 7,950 | 10,940 |
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.