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Wildfires in Rakai
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 2,210 km² of Rakai at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 430 km², ranking 34th of 112 regions of Uganda.
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 937 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 201 km². The 2021–2025 average is 53% 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.
July, August and September together hold 54% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 August 2013, with detections in 64 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,210 km² with at least one detection, 41% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 800 | 36% |
| 2 years | 506 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 665 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 224 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 11 | 0.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -0.75, 31.75 and holds 64% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 382 | 360 |
| 2013 | 772 | 816 |
| 2014 | 297 | 278 |
| 2015 | 937 | 1,028 |
| 2016 | 835 | 968 |
| 2017 | 320 | 444 |
| 2018 | 481 | 487 |
| 2019 | 201 | 192 |
| 2020 | 264 | 243 |
| 2021 | 291 | 305 |
| 2022 | 380 | 393 |
| 2023 | 240 | 221 |
| 2024 | 263 | 244 |
| 2025 | 352 | 388 |
Other regions of Uganda
- Lamwo3,720 km² in an average year
- Kaabong3,280 km² in an average year
- Nwoya2,860 km² in an average year
- Amuru2,710 km² in an average year
- Napak2,600 km² in an average year
- Pader2,480 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.