AURSEEAursee
Wildfires in Kagera
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 UTC
Follow Kagera: fire alerts by emailNo fires detected in Kagera in the last 24 hours.
Fire alerts for Kagera
Free. One email when satellites detect fire anywhere in Kagera, then at most one update a day while fires continue.
Free. Pick a town and we email you when satellites detect fire within 30 km of it.
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 17,410 km² of Kagera at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 5,240 km², ranking 16th 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 2016, with 8,260 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 2,760 km². The 2021–2025 average is 24% 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.
June, July and August together hold 77% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 August 2013, with detections in 288 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 17,410 km² with at least one detection, 68% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,830 | 16% |
| 2 years | 2,730 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,770 | 39% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,750 | 27% |
| 11 years or more | 327 | 1.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -2.25, 31.25 and holds 15% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,340 | 5,307 |
| 2013 | 7,340 | 7,988 |
| 2014 | 4,190 | 4,165 |
| 2015 | 6,700 | 7,160 |
| 2016 | 8,260 | 9,599 |
| 2017 | 2,760 | 2,711 |
| 2018 | 4,350 | 4,378 |
| 2019 | 4,690 | 4,666 |
| 2020 | 5,700 | 5,814 |
| 2021 | 5,430 | 5,536 |
| 2022 | 4,050 | 4,205 |
| 2023 | 4,600 | 4,726 |
| 2024 | 5,320 | 5,678 |
| 2025 | 4,660 | 5,084 |
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
- Eastern, Rwanda78 km
- Mwanza111 km
- Muyinga, Burundi124 km
- Ruyigi, Burundi157 km
- Cankuzo, Burundi157 km
- Southern, Rwanda166 km