# Wildfires in Angola in 2019

207 fires larger than 5,000 hectares in Angola in 2019, with 1,973,674 hectares burned according to their perimeters. Here is the whole year: what the official record says, when and where it burned and what the weather was like.

## The year in a few sentences

- According to Copernicus GWIS, 40,544,645 hectares burned in Angola in 2019: 1.1 times the average of the other years from 2012 to 2024 (35,383,311 ha). It is the year with the most burned area of the 13 in the record. (Copernicus GWIS)
- The worst week was 2 July to 8 July: 3,193,128 hectares burned in seven days, 8% of the year according to Copernicus GWIS. (Copernicus GWIS)
- The largest fire was the Dirico fire, which started on 23 July 2019 and burned 93,844 hectares: 5% of the area of the year's 207 fires with a page. (WorldFires)
- The day of highest danger at a fire this year was 18 September 2019: a Fire Weather Index of 117 (very extreme on the EFFIS scale) at the Calai fire, calculated by WorldFires from ERA5. (WorldFires · ERA5)

## Month by month

Hectares within the perimeters by the month the fire started. Tap a month to see it on the map.

| Month | Fires | Hectares |
|---|---:|---:|
| January | 0 | 0 |
| February | 0 | 0 |
| March | 0 | 0 |
| April | 0 | 0 |
| May | 7 | 50,347 |
| June | 16 | 118,775 |
| July | 65 | 652,851 |
| August | 60 | 605,661 |
| September | 58 | 539,337 |
| October | 0 | 0 |
| November | 1 | 6,703 |
| December | 0 | 0 |

## Week by week, against other years (Copernicus GWIS)

The average and the band are the Copernicus GWIS climatology for 2012–2025, which includes 2019 itself.

| Week | 2019 | That week | average | lowest and highest |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 (1 Jan–7 Jan) | 882 | 882 | 1,924 | 0–6,305 |
| 2 (8 Jan–14 Jan) | 8,283 | 7,401 | 6,265 | 634–26,729 |
| 3 (15 Jan–21 Jan) | 14,354 | 6,071 | 12,117 | 2,476–44,157 |
| 4 (22 Jan–28 Jan) | 19,340 | 4,986 | 20,624 | 2,667–87,688 |
| 5 (29 Jan–4 Feb) | 21,870 | 2,530 | 28,605 | 5,012–150,352 |
| 6 (5 Feb–11 Feb) | 27,484 | 5,614 | 38,661 | 5,666–165,839 |
| 7 (12 Feb–18 Feb) | 37,579 | 10,095 | 50,350 | 8,859–173,014 |
| 8 (19 Feb–25 Feb) | 54,420 | 16,841 | 58,260 | 10,507–191,420 |
| 9 (26 Feb–4 Mar) | 64,800 | 10,380 | 68,665 | 10,507–218,182 |
| 10 (5 Mar–11 Mar) | 78,028 | 13,228 | 81,316 | 17,452–245,902 |
| 11 (12 Mar–18 Mar) | 100,467 | 22,439 | 96,159 | 20,903–305,822 |
| 12 (19 Mar–25 Mar) | 125,558 | 25,091 | 105,665 | 22,474–310,963 |
| 13 (26 Mar–1 Apr) | 163,017 | 37,459 | 112,135 | 24,148–315,572 |
| 14 (2 Apr–8 Apr) | 192,689 | 29,672 | 130,297 | 24,478–322,807 |
| 15 (9 Apr–15 Apr) | 196,176 | 3,487 | 137,563 | 26,145–327,269 |
| 16 (16 Apr–22 Apr) | 215,145 | 18,969 | 152,116 | 27,520–347,940 |
| 17 (23 Apr–29 Apr) | 252,132 | 36,987 | 200,916 | 30,954–443,150 |
| 18 (30 Apr–6 May) | 324,579 | 72,447 | 320,193 | 34,437–708,294 |
| 19 (7 May–13 May) | 686,891 | 362,312 | 548,950 | 70,683–1,067,800 |
| 20 (14 May–20 May) | 1,170,558 | 483,667 | 1,000,710 | 134,263–1,714,279 |
| 21 (21 May–27 May) | 1,786,541 | 615,983 | 1,766,469 | 338,251–3,188,972 |
| 22 (28 May–3 Jun) | 3,378,882 | 1,592,341 | 2,790,943 | 682,491–4,801,427 |
| 23 (4 Jun–10 Jun) | 5,751,745 | 2,372,863 | 4,145,466 | 993,883–6,755,987 |
| 24 (11 Jun–17 Jun) | 7,480,223 | 1,728,478 | 5,708,436 | 1,718,994–9,297,370 |
| 25 (18 Jun–24 Jun) | 9,350,002 | 1,869,779 | 7,263,451 | 2,516,883–10,289,920 |
| 26 (25 Jun–1 Jul) | 11,680,645 | 2,330,643 | 9,004,185 | 3,445,671–12,076,674 |
| 27 (2 Jul–8 Jul) | 14,873,773 | 3,193,128 | 11,004,564 | 4,693,651–14,873,773 |
| 28 (9 Jul–15 Jul) | 17,279,483 | 2,405,710 | 13,112,711 | 5,726,445–17,279,483 |
| 29 (16 Jul–22 Jul) | 20,072,379 | 2,792,896 | 15,232,210 | 6,895,454–20,072,379 |
| 30 (23 Jul–29 Jul) | 22,849,656 | 2,777,277 | 17,462,350 | 9,206,673–22,849,656 |
| 31 (30 Jul–5 Aug) | 24,611,563 | 1,761,907 | 19,607,800 | 11,479,118–24,611,563 |
| 32 (6 Aug–12 Aug) | 26,353,351 | 1,741,788 | 21,873,811 | 12,746,354–26,911,343 |
| 33 (13 Aug–19 Aug) | 29,196,249 | 2,842,898 | 24,037,816 | 14,976,123–29,196,249 |
| 34 (20 Aug–26 Aug) | 31,907,078 | 2,710,829 | 26,088,852 | 17,105,411–31,907,078 |
| 35 (27 Aug–2 Sept) | 33,648,864 | 1,741,786 | 28,165,780 | 19,434,273–33,648,864 |
| 36 (3 Sept–9 Sept) | 35,637,893 | 1,989,029 | 30,137,508 | 20,915,223–35,637,893 |
| 37 (10 Sept–16 Sept) | 37,424,429 | 1,786,536 | 31,787,465 | 22,283,993–37,424,429 |
| 38 (17 Sept–23 Sept) | 38,757,020 | 1,332,591 | 32,932,094 | 22,961,650–38,757,020 |
| 39 (24 Sept–30 Sept) | 39,684,710 | 927,690 | 33,704,769 | 23,561,301–39,684,710 |
| 40 (1 Oct–7 Oct) | 40,016,941 | 332,231 | 34,238,663 | 24,429,043–40,016,941 |
| 41 (8 Oct–14 Oct) | 40,093,432 | 76,491 | 34,593,110 | 24,641,011–40,093,432 |
| 42 (15 Oct–21 Oct) | 40,369,735 | 276,303 | 34,785,891 | 24,735,550–40,369,735 |
| 43 (22 Oct–28 Oct) | 40,456,020 | 86,285 | 34,879,623 | 24,805,131–40,456,020 |
| 44 (29 Oct–4 Nov) | 40,477,930 | 21,910 | 34,927,629 | 24,810,540–40,477,930 |
| 45 (5 Nov–11 Nov) | 40,482,967 | 5,037 | 34,948,359 | 24,817,079–40,482,967 |
| 46 (12 Nov–18 Nov) | 40,495,536 | 12,569 | 34,966,628 | 24,847,462–40,495,536 |
| 47 (19 Nov–25 Nov) | 40,526,412 | 30,876 | 34,980,056 | 24,876,994–40,526,412 |
| 48 (26 Nov–2 Dec) | 40,530,646 | 4,234 | 34,985,802 | 24,889,646–40,530,646 |
| 49 (3 Dec–9 Dec) | 40,532,406 | 1,760 | 34,989,180 | 24,891,753–40,532,406 |
| 50 (10 Dec–16 Dec) | 40,541,990 | 9,584 | 34,997,398 | 24,897,653–40,541,990 |
| 51 (17 Dec–23 Dec) | 40,544,056 | 2,066 | 35,001,208 | 24,905,790–40,544,056 |
| 52 (24 Dec–30 Dec) | 40,544,645 | 589 | 35,003,634 | 24,913,085–40,544,645 |

## Largest recorded fires

- [Dirico fire, July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/dirico-2019-07.md) · 93,844 ha
- [Rivungo fire, 26 August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/rivungo-2019-08-4.md) · 43,364 ha
- [Cacolo fire, 9 August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/cacolo-2019-08-2.md) · 35,901 ha
- [Cuanhama fire, August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/cuanhama-2019-08.md) · 34,107 ha
- [Cacolo fire, 12 August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/cacolo-2019-08.md) · 29,602 ha
- [Nancova fire, 19 July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/nancova-2019-07-2.md) · 29,013 ha
- [Rivungo fire, 8 September 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/rivungo-2019-09.md) · 27,413 ha
- [Luchazes fire, 14 September 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/luchazes-2019-09-6.md) · 27,276 ha
- [Cuvelai fire, 2 July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/cuvelai-2019-07-3.md) · 23,010 ha
- [Bundas fire, 19 September 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/bundas-2019-09-4.md) · 21,854 ha
- [Lubalo fire, 10 July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/lubalo-2019-07-4.md) · 21,142 ha
- [Quipungo fire, 3 August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/quipungo-2019-08-2.md) · 21,094 ha
- [Rivungo fire, 11 September 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/rivungo-2019-09-3.md) · 19,607 ha
- [Dirico fire, 4 September 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/dirico-2019-09-2.md) · 19,465 ha
- [Dirico fire, 20 August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/dirico-2019-08-2.md) · 17,785 ha
- [Mavinga fire, 30 August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mavinga-2019-08-7.md) · 17,717 ha
- [Cuvelai fire, 1 July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/cuvelai-2019-07.md) · 17,158 ha
- [Luchazes fire, 1 September 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/luchazes-2019-09-2.md) · 16,937 ha
- [Mavinga fire, 12 July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mavinga-2019-07.md) · 16,207 ha
- [Mavinga fire, 12 September 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mavinga-2019-09-7.md) · 16,182 ha

## Sources and limits

Fire-page areas are satellite-measured perimeters and may differ from official statistics. The yearly and weekly record is the Copernicus GWIS estimate. The FWI is our own calculation from ERA5 at each fire's location: it is not an official danger warning.

## How to cite

WorldFires, “Wildfires in Angola in 2019”, https://worldfires.org/en/country/angola/2019 (accessed 15 November 2026). Sources: Copernicus GWIS, WorldFires, WorldFires · ERA5, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS).

> Experimental site with automatically processed open data: it may contain errors and is not an official emergency service. If there is a fire, call your local emergency number.

Full version with maps: https://worldfires.org/en/country/angola/2019