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Wildfires in Ruvuma
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 62,350 km² of Ruvuma at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 34,040 km², ranking 1st 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 2015, with 40,160 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 29,120 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 85% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 11 October 2014, with detections in 2,610 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 62,350 km² with at least one detection, 93% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,980 | 3.2% |
| 2 years | 2,460 | 3.9% |
| 3 to 5 years | 10,960 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 35,110 | 56% |
| 11 years or more | 11,850 | 19% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -10.75, 35.25 and holds 6.6% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 35,040 | 42,143 |
| 2013 | 36,730 | 44,885 |
| 2014 | 33,700 | 40,742 |
| 2015 | 40,160 | 50,462 |
| 2016 | 35,540 | 42,921 |
| 2017 | 34,050 | 40,582 |
| 2018 | 30,530 | 34,597 |
| 2019 | 34,560 | 42,167 |
| 2020 | 34,620 | 43,127 |
| 2021 | 33,550 | 41,007 |
| 2022 | 32,830 | 40,440 |
| 2023 | 30,400 | 36,788 |
| 2024 | 29,120 | 34,967 |
| 2025 | 35,720 | 46,000 |
Other regions of Tanzania
- 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
- 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
- Njombe77 km
- Rumphi, Malawi163 km
- Mzimba, Malawi172 km
- Chitipa, Malawi173 km
- Nkhata Bay, Malawi197 km
- Nkhotakota, Malawi233 km