# Wildfires in Tanzania in 2019

123 fires larger than 3,000 hectares in Tanzania in 2019, with 862,830 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, 9,145,594 hectares burned in Tanzania in 2019, in line with the average of the other years from 2012 to 2024 (9,416,632 ha). (Copernicus GWIS)
- The worst week was 23 July to 29 July: 682,800 hectares burned in seven days, 7% of the year according to Copernicus GWIS. (Copernicus GWIS)
- The largest fire was the Iringa fire, which started on 6 July 2019 and burned 97,231 hectares: 11% of the area of the year's 123 fires with a page. (WorldFires)
- The day of highest danger at a fire this year was 15 August 2019: a Fire Weather Index of 67 (extreme on the EFFIS scale) at the Mbarali 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 | 1 | 3,174 |
| May | 1 | 6,004 |
| June | 30 | 176,587 |
| July | 40 | 366,620 |
| August | 26 | 154,500 |
| September | 9 | 75,783 |
| October | 15 | 71,952 |
| November | 1 | 8,210 |
| 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) | 2,336 | 2,336 | 3,465 | 0–10,900 |
| 2 (8 Jan–14 Jan) | 4,133 | 1,797 | 8,627 | 0–31,189 |
| 3 (15 Jan–21 Jan) | 4,340 | 207 | 12,116 | 0–43,117 |
| 4 (22 Jan–28 Jan) | 5,387 | 1,047 | 18,127 | 0–50,565 |
| 5 (29 Jan–4 Feb) | 14,206 | 8,819 | 28,156 | 0–72,660 |
| 6 (5 Feb–11 Feb) | 20,891 | 6,685 | 39,823 | 647–136,811 |
| 7 (12 Feb–18 Feb) | 54,906 | 34,015 | 49,942 | 1,280–172,161 |
| 8 (19 Feb–25 Feb) | 57,629 | 2,723 | 60,128 | 3,451–211,372 |
| 9 (26 Feb–4 Mar) | 63,572 | 5,943 | 70,211 | 4,178–218,734 |
| 10 (5 Mar–11 Mar) | 67,263 | 3,691 | 81,343 | 6,723–259,093 |
| 11 (12 Mar–18 Mar) | 79,396 | 12,133 | 91,645 | 10,819–312,942 |
| 12 (19 Mar–25 Mar) | 107,986 | 28,590 | 100,238 | 11,225–325,206 |
| 13 (26 Mar–1 Apr) | 111,658 | 3,672 | 102,874 | 12,169–325,709 |
| 14 (2 Apr–8 Apr) | 119,952 | 8,294 | 103,899 | 12,169–325,709 |
| 15 (9 Apr–15 Apr) | 122,710 | 2,758 | 104,633 | 12,478–325,887 |
| 16 (16 Apr–22 Apr) | 134,280 | 11,570 | 105,746 | 12,478–326,109 |
| 17 (23 Apr–29 Apr) | 134,672 | 392 | 106,644 | 12,478–326,617 |
| 18 (30 Apr–6 May) | 134,893 | 221 | 108,349 | 12,769–327,093 |
| 19 (7 May–13 May) | 140,546 | 5,653 | 113,706 | 13,425–328,876 |
| 20 (14 May–20 May) | 162,746 | 22,200 | 135,994 | 19,202–349,481 |
| 21 (21 May–27 May) | 203,894 | 41,148 | 194,052 | 31,446–486,118 |
| 22 (28 May–3 Jun) | 328,761 | 124,867 | 287,990 | 55,899–621,065 |
| 23 (4 Jun–10 Jun) | 682,000 | 353,239 | 506,673 | 117,958–966,606 |
| 24 (11 Jun–17 Jun) | 1,200,611 | 518,611 | 788,607 | 209,983–1,406,650 |
| 25 (18 Jun–24 Jun) | 1,623,012 | 422,401 | 1,110,387 | 339,887–2,016,420 |
| 26 (25 Jun–1 Jul) | 2,110,915 | 487,903 | 1,495,190 | 544,458–2,567,000 |
| 27 (2 Jul–8 Jul) | 2,611,738 | 500,823 | 1,955,647 | 784,429–3,284,254 |
| 28 (9 Jul–15 Jul) | 3,209,447 | 597,709 | 2,436,960 | 1,129,252–4,058,984 |
| 29 (16 Jul–22 Jul) | 3,882,589 | 673,142 | 2,949,146 | 1,444,088–4,608,414 |
| 30 (23 Jul–29 Jul) | 4,565,389 | 682,800 | 3,445,654 | 1,794,504–5,276,576 |
| 31 (30 Jul–5 Aug) | 5,025,653 | 460,264 | 3,914,097 | 2,157,985–6,050,538 |
| 32 (6 Aug–12 Aug) | 5,532,502 | 506,849 | 4,327,519 | 2,303,323–6,519,069 |
| 33 (13 Aug–19 Aug) | 6,082,684 | 550,182 | 4,742,356 | 2,470,964–7,195,732 |
| 34 (20 Aug–26 Aug) | 6,405,949 | 323,265 | 5,198,263 | 2,907,091–7,668,105 |
| 35 (27 Aug–2 Sept) | 6,644,786 | 238,837 | 5,611,712 | 3,558,544–7,876,572 |
| 36 (3 Sept–9 Sept) | 7,077,129 | 432,343 | 5,965,292 | 3,912,334–8,297,197 |
| 37 (10 Sept–16 Sept) | 7,328,904 | 251,775 | 6,433,120 | 4,249,193–8,864,499 |
| 38 (17 Sept–23 Sept) | 7,712,672 | 383,768 | 6,835,427 | 4,524,003–9,616,095 |
| 39 (24 Sept–30 Sept) | 7,933,149 | 220,477 | 7,207,341 | 4,828,118–9,915,551 |
| 40 (1 Oct–7 Oct) | 8,028,617 | 95,468 | 7,556,275 | 5,039,450–10,320,613 |
| 41 (8 Oct–14 Oct) | 8,138,383 | 109,766 | 7,966,600 | 5,328,370–10,897,440 |
| 42 (15 Oct–21 Oct) | 8,226,605 | 88,222 | 8,277,328 | 5,533,818–11,172,485 |
| 43 (22 Oct–28 Oct) | 8,629,453 | 402,848 | 8,577,868 | 5,748,270–11,373,752 |
| 44 (29 Oct–4 Nov) | 8,899,699 | 270,246 | 8,773,548 | 5,929,120–11,423,516 |
| 45 (5 Nov–11 Nov) | 8,966,831 | 67,132 | 8,925,381 | 5,987,567–11,532,072 |
| 46 (12 Nov–18 Nov) | 9,119,932 | 153,101 | 9,033,929 | 6,058,127–11,614,791 |
| 47 (19 Nov–25 Nov) | 9,136,404 | 16,472 | 9,093,677 | 6,112,416–11,661,342 |
| 48 (26 Nov–2 Dec) | 9,136,633 | 229 | 9,125,802 | 6,177,057–11,763,901 |
| 49 (3 Dec–9 Dec) | 9,140,910 | 4,277 | 9,140,398 | 6,208,743–11,773,199 |
| 50 (10 Dec–16 Dec) | 9,144,191 | 3,281 | 9,153,362 | 6,229,795–11,790,779 |
| 51 (17 Dec–23 Dec) | 9,144,401 | 210 | 9,162,173 | 6,231,852–11,815,139 |
| 52 (24 Dec–30 Dec) | 9,145,594 | 1,193 | 9,169,118 | 6,232,131–11,838,102 |

## Largest recorded fires

- [Iringa fire, 6 July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/iringa-2019-07.md) · 97,231 ha
- [Ulanga fire, 7 September 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/ulanga-2019-09-2.md) · 35,195 ha
- [Iringa fire, 29 July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/iringa-2019-07-3.md) · 26,180 ha
- [Manyoni fire, 10 July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/manyoni-2019-07.md) · 18,449 ha
- [Iringa fire, 14 July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/iringa-2019-07-2.md) · 18,155 ha
- [Chunya fire, July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/chunya-2019-07.md) · 17,071 ha
- [Mlele fire, 5 June 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mlele-2019-06-2.md) · 16,714 ha
- [Itilima fire, July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/itilima-2019-07.md) · 15,264 ha
- [Manyoni fire, 7 June 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/manyoni-2019-06.md) · 15,188 ha
- [Kibondo fire, 16 July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/kibondo-2019-07-4.md) · 14,304 ha
- [Mlele fire, 17 July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mlele-2019-07-4.md) · 13,557 ha
- [Mpanda fire, June 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mpanda-2019-06.md) · 13,086 ha
- [Liwale fire, 20 July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/liwale-2019-07-2.md) · 12,119 ha
- [Makete fire, October 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/makete-2019-10.md) · 11,660 ha
- [Mlele fire, 22 August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mlele-2019-08-3.md) · 11,555 ha
- [Uvinza fire, August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/uvinza-2019-08.md) · 10,514 ha
- [Kibondo fire, 9 July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/kibondo-2019-07.md) · 10,189 ha
- [Mlele fire, September 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mlele-2019-09.md) · 10,170 ha
- [Mlele fire, 18 June 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mlele-2019-06-8.md) · 9,312 ha
- [Manyoni fire, 5 June 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/manyoni-2019-06-7.md) · 9,311 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 Tanzania in 2019”, https://worldfires.org/en/country/tanzania/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/tanzania/2019