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Wildfires in Kilimanjaro
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 11:24 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 3,510 km² of Kilimanjaro at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 470 km², ranking 23rd 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 979 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 195 km². The 2021–2025 average is 62% 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 51% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 14 October 2020, with detections in 61 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,510 km² with at least one detection, 22% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,930 | 55% |
| 2 years | 822 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 661 | 19% |
| 6 to 10 years | 96 | 2.7% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -4.25, 37.75 and holds 34% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 410 | 393 |
| 2013 | 307 | 279 |
| 2014 | 293 | 279 |
| 2015 | 304 | 317 |
| 2016 | 533 | 553 |
| 2017 | 270 | 260 |
| 2018 | 195 | 175 |
| 2019 | 289 | 303 |
| 2020 | 979 | 984 |
| 2021 | 612 | 690 |
| 2022 | 486 | 674 |
| 2023 | 293 | 283 |
| 2024 | 831 | 828 |
| 2025 | 774 | 757 |
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
- Tanga156 km
- Manyara156 km
- Unguja South277 km
- Arusha277 km
- Dodoma298 km
- Dar es Salaam323 km