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Wildfires in Tabora
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 59,180 km² of Tabora at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 21,810 km², ranking 5th 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 2016, with 27,880 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 17,550 km². The 2021–2025 average is 23% 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.
June, July and August together hold 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 5 July 2015, with detections in 624 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 59,180 km² with at least one detection, 71% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 9,790 | 17% |
| 2 years | 7,120 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 15,980 | 27% |
| 6 to 10 years | 22,990 | 39% |
| 11 years or more | 3,300 | 5.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -6.25, 33.25 and holds 7.6% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 24,860 | 26,444 |
| 2013 | 24,460 | 26,016 |
| 2014 | 25,100 | 26,575 |
| 2015 | 23,610 | 25,877 |
| 2016 | 27,880 | 30,402 |
| 2017 | 21,320 | 23,423 |
| 2018 | 19,000 | 19,885 |
| 2019 | 20,810 | 22,873 |
| 2020 | 21,550 | 22,658 |
| 2021 | 21,550 | 23,051 |
| 2022 | 17,550 | 19,150 |
| 2023 | 20,570 | 21,858 |
| 2024 | 17,630 | 18,194 |
| 2025 | 19,440 | 21,741 |
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
- 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.