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Wildfires in Tanga
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 19,970 km² of Tanga at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,970 km², ranking 17th 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 7,690 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 2,100 km². The 2021–2025 average is 12% 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 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 October 2020, with detections in 374 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 19,970 km² with at least one detection, 57% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,890 | 24% |
| 2 years | 3,770 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7,370 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,810 | 19% |
| 11 years or more | 130 | 0.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -5.25, 38.75 and holds 18% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,690 | 9,362 |
| 2013 | 3,960 | 4,357 |
| 2014 | 3,420 | 3,798 |
| 2015 | 6,610 | 8,193 |
| 2016 | 6,290 | 7,154 |
| 2017 | 2,100 | 2,333 |
| 2018 | 4,350 | 4,717 |
| 2019 | 4,580 | 5,055 |
| 2020 | 5,830 | 6,178 |
| 2021 | 6,750 | 7,859 |
| 2022 | 3,830 | 4,181 |
| 2023 | 2,610 | 2,952 |
| 2024 | 5,720 | 6,229 |
| 2025 | 5,770 | 6,755 |
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
- Unguja South124 km
- Kilimanjaro156 km
- Dar es Salaam175 km
- Manyara221 km
- Pwani277 km
- Dodoma387 km