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Wildfires in Kigoma
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 37,330 km² of Kigoma at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 19,910 km², ranking 7th 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 23,400 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 16,290 km². The 2021–2025 average is 19% 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 80% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 10 July 2017, with detections in 696 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 37,330 km² with at least one detection, 94% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 995 | 2.7% |
| 2 years | 1,210 | 3.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,980 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 22,580 | 60% |
| 11 years or more | 5,550 | 15% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -4.25, 30.75 and holds 8.9% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 21,250 | 25,203 |
| 2013 | 22,230 | 27,396 |
| 2014 | 21,630 | 26,204 |
| 2015 | 22,120 | 27,103 |
| 2016 | 23,400 | 29,404 |
| 2017 | 20,940 | 24,961 |
| 2018 | 18,390 | 21,118 |
| 2019 | 20,220 | 24,108 |
| 2020 | 19,030 | 22,083 |
| 2021 | 18,930 | 21,928 |
| 2022 | 16,290 | 18,328 |
| 2023 | 17,260 | 19,921 |
| 2024 | 17,480 | 20,615 |
| 2025 | 19,520 | 23,811 |
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
- Rutana, Burundi78 km
- Bururi, Burundi110 km
- Makamba, Burundi110 km
- Geita124 km
- Shinyanga124 km
- Ruyigi, Burundi124 km