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Wildfires in Njombe
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 20,190 km² of Njombe at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,350 km², ranking 14th 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 2025, with 9,500 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 4,210 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% 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.
September, October and November together hold 75% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 30 October 2019, with detections in 431 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 20,190 km² with at least one detection, 68% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,020 | 15% |
| 2 years | 3,430 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7,550 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,440 | 27% |
| 11 years or more | 758 | 3.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -10.25, 34.75 and holds 20% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,490 | 7,400 |
| 2013 | 6,760 | 7,852 |
| 2014 | 5,000 | 5,349 |
| 2015 | 6,160 | 7,096 |
| 2016 | 6,690 | 7,670 |
| 2017 | 4,870 | 5,246 |
| 2018 | 4,210 | 4,386 |
| 2019 | 5,890 | 6,843 |
| 2020 | 6,600 | 7,470 |
| 2021 | 7,910 | 9,591 |
| 2022 | 5,750 | 6,407 |
| 2023 | 6,390 | 7,357 |
| 2024 | 6,690 | 7,546 |
| 2025 | 9,500 | 11,986 |
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
- Ruvuma77 km
- Chitipa, Malawi109 km
- Rumphi, Malawi122 km
- Mzimba, Malawi155 km
- Nkhata Bay, Malawi199 km
- Iringa229 km