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Wildfires in Pwani
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 27,110 km² of Pwani at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 8,870 km², ranking 11th 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 12,140 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 5,090 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% 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.
August, September and October together hold 61% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 October 2018, with detections in 741 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 27,110 km² with at least one detection, 72% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,930 | 14% |
| 2 years | 3,760 | 14% |
| 3 to 5 years | 10,190 | 38% |
| 6 to 10 years | 8,360 | 31% |
| 11 years or more | 881 | 3.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -7.75, 38.75 and holds 14% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 12,140 | 14,601 |
| 2013 | 8,760 | 10,760 |
| 2014 | 8,460 | 9,593 |
| 2015 | 10,490 | 13,180 |
| 2016 | 9,710 | 12,187 |
| 2017 | 5,090 | 5,434 |
| 2018 | 9,670 | 11,123 |
| 2019 | 6,570 | 7,020 |
| 2020 | 9,240 | 10,593 |
| 2021 | 10,890 | 14,411 |
| 2022 | 9,000 | 11,739 |
| 2023 | 7,010 | 8,149 |
| 2024 | 8,560 | 9,726 |
| 2025 | 8,590 | 10,419 |
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
- Dar es Salaam124 km
- Unguja South175 km
- Lindi229 km
- Morogoro246 km
- Tanga277 km
- Mtwara333 km