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Wildfires in Mara
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 11,680 km² of Mara at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,250 km², ranking 18th 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 4,930 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 1,070 km². The 2021–2025 average is 8.8% 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.
June, July and August together hold 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 July 2020, with detections in 290 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 11,680 km² with at least one detection, 65% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,470 | 21% |
| 2 years | 1,600 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,640 | 40% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,870 | 25% |
| 11 years or more | 92 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -2.25, 34.75 and holds 24% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,570 | 3,548 |
| 2013 | 4,420 | 4,493 |
| 2014 | 1,370 | 1,244 |
| 2015 | 2,860 | 2,965 |
| 2016 | 4,820 | 4,818 |
| 2017 | 1,070 | 1,000 |
| 2018 | 3,240 | 3,238 |
| 2019 | 1,650 | 1,543 |
| 2020 | 3,980 | 4,122 |
| 2021 | 4,190 | 4,311 |
| 2022 | 3,170 | 3,182 |
| 2023 | 2,440 | 2,336 |
| 2024 | 4,930 | 5,152 |
| 2025 | 3,820 | 4,047 |
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
- Simiyu55 km
- Arusha124 km
- Nyanza, Kenya175 km
- Rift Valley, Kenya248 km
- Mwanza277 km
- Western, Kenya283 km