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Wildfires in Mbeya
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 50,940 km² of Mbeya at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 22,410 km², ranking 4th 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 2012, with 26,670 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 17,150 km². The 2021–2025 average is 25% 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.
July, August and September together hold 72% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 2 October 2023, with detections in 594 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 50,940 km² with at least one detection, 83% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,530 | 8.9% |
| 2 years | 4,000 | 7.9% |
| 3 to 5 years | 12,430 | 24% |
| 6 to 10 years | 25,830 | 51% |
| 11 years or more | 4,150 | 8.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -7.75, 32.75 and holds 9.4% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 26,670 | 30,544 |
| 2013 | 26,520 | 30,592 |
| 2014 | 23,850 | 26,406 |
| 2015 | 25,570 | 29,354 |
| 2016 | 25,930 | 29,888 |
| 2017 | 23,870 | 27,265 |
| 2018 | 20,910 | 22,574 |
| 2019 | 23,140 | 26,480 |
| 2020 | 21,140 | 23,351 |
| 2021 | 21,700 | 24,662 |
| 2022 | 17,150 | 18,779 |
| 2023 | 18,560 | 20,297 |
| 2024 | 18,290 | 19,866 |
| 2025 | 20,480 | 23,895 |
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
- Tabora21,810 km² in an average year
- Morogoro20,130 km² in an average year
- Kigoma19,910 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
- Singida156 km
- Tabora175 km
- Katavi199 km
- Rukwa227 km
- Northern, Zambia234 km
- Muchinga, Zambia248 km