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Wildfires in Mtwara
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 17,390 km² of Mtwara at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,790 km², ranking 12th 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 9,880 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 7,830 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.3% 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.
September, October and November together hold 60% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 November 2019, with detections in 496 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 17,390 km² with at least one detection, 91% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 756 | 4.3% |
| 2 years | 851 | 4.9% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,550 | 20% |
| 6 to 10 years | 10,080 | 58% |
| 11 years or more | 2,150 | 12% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -10.75, 38.75 and holds 13% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8,910 | 10,471 |
| 2013 | 8,900 | 10,484 |
| 2014 | 8,470 | 9,549 |
| 2015 | 9,270 | 10,866 |
| 2016 | 8,890 | 10,163 |
| 2017 | 8,830 | 10,246 |
| 2018 | 9,060 | 11,151 |
| 2019 | 8,820 | 10,503 |
| 2020 | 9,880 | 13,047 |
| 2021 | 8,870 | 11,203 |
| 2022 | 8,590 | 11,219 |
| 2023 | 8,290 | 10,211 |
| 2024 | 7,830 | 9,277 |
| 2025 | 8,500 | 10,131 |
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
- Lindi123 km
- Morogoro312 km
- Cabo Delgado, Mozambique322 km
- Pwani333 km
- Ruvuma382 km
- Niassa, Mozambique428 km