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Wildfires in Nancova

Nancova, Angola, has had 86 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 814,989 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 78% of its area. Fire danger today: high (FWI 28).

Only fires of 5,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Tue 3 High 34° · 24 % · 26 km/h
  2. Wed 4 High 35° · 23 % · 30 km/h
  3. Thu 5 High 36° · 21 % · 30 km/h
  4. Fri 6 Very high 36° · 21 % · 50 km/h
  5. Sat 7 High 36° · 22 % · 35 km/h
  6. Sun 8 High 33° · 32 % · 33 km/h
  7. Mon 9 Moderate 33° · 37 % · 38 km/h
  8. Tue 10 Low 34° · 34 % · 63 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service.

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

814,989
hectares burned
78 %
of its area
86
fires
10,407
km²

How many times has Nancova burned?

Nancova has burned 86 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Nancova fire, 5 October 2026, with 9,857 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 3× 16
  2. 7× 17
  3. 5× 18
  4. 12× 19
  5. 2× 20
  6. 14× 21
  7. 11× 22
  8. 12× 23
  9. 3× 24
  10. 6× 25
  11. 11× 26
86
fires
11
years with fire
814,989
cumulative ha
5 Oct 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 5,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.

Where it has burned most often in Angola →

Fires that entered Nancova

  1. 9,857 ha Nancova fire, 5 October 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 9,956 ha in total · 5 days
  2. 10,753 ha Nancova fire, 3 October 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 10,693 ha in total · 6 days
  3. 10,265 ha Nancova fire, 24 September 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 10,210 ha in total · 5 days
  4. 8,750 ha Nancova fire, 18 September 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 8,717 ha in total · 4 days
  5. 8,912 ha Nancova fire, 10 September 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 8,867 ha in total · 9 days
  6. 5,244 ha Nancova fire, 28 August 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,208 ha in total · 7 days
  7. 5,256 ha Cuito Cuanavale fire, 26 August 2026 0.5% of the municipality · 6,284 ha in total · 13 days
  8. 7,990 ha Nancova fire, 21 August 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 7,953 ha in total · 8 days
  9. 30,593 ha Nancova fire, 21 August 2026 where it started 2.9% of the municipality · 30,362 ha in total · 18 days
  10. 176 ha Mavinga fire, 4 August 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 5,021 ha in total · 10 days
  11. 4,238 ha Nancova fire, 3 August 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,749 ha in total · 11 days
  12. 9,833 ha Nancova fire, October 2025 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 9,793 ha in total · 6 days
  13. 11,828 ha Nancova fire, 11 September 2025 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 11,754 ha in total · 4 days
  14. 5,475 ha Nancova fire, 8 September 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,452 ha in total · 13 days
  15. 17,210 ha Nancova fire, 8 September 2025 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 17,093 ha in total · 8 days
  16. 9,311 ha Nancova fire, 4 September 2025 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 9,242 ha in total · 18 days
  17. 38,726 ha Nancova fire, August 2025 where it started 3.7% of the municipality · 72,306 ha in total · 30 days
  18. 5 ha Menongue fire, 26 September 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 10,973 ha in total · 14 days
  19. 5,777 ha Nancova fire, August 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,747 ha in total · 6 days
  20. 7,564 ha Nancova fire, July 2024 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 7,512 ha in total · 11 days
  21. 5,561 ha Nancova fire, 15 September 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,529 ha in total · 8 days
  22. 6,141 ha Nancova fire, 11 September 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,271 ha in total · 15 days
  23. 9,120 ha Nancova fire, 2 September 2023 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 9,833 ha in total · 19 days
  24. 8,539 ha Nancova fire, 27 August 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 8,475 ha in total · 14 days
  25. 7,823 ha Nancova fire, 26 August 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 7,792 ha in total · 18 days
  26. 13,088 ha Nancova fire, 23 August 2023 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 13,018 ha in total · 28 days
  27. 15,300 ha Nancova fire, 23 August 2023 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 15,252 ha in total · 22 days
  28. 24,118 ha Nancova fire, 17 August 2023 where it started 2.3% of the municipality · 23,999 ha in total · 21 days
  29. 6,962 ha Nancova fire, 16 August 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,933 ha in total · 11 days
  30. 14,091 ha Nancova fire, 15 August 2023 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 14,022 ha in total · 14 days
  31. 1,008 ha Cuito Cuanavale fire, 15 August 2023 0.1% of the municipality · 8,725 ha in total · 19 days
  32. 5,044 ha Nancova fire, June 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,017 ha in total · 9 days
  33. 13,124 ha Nancova fire, October 2022 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 13,041 ha in total · 8 days
  34. 7,962 ha Nancova fire, 24 September 2022 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 7,918 ha in total · 16 days
  35. 5,823 ha Nancova fire, 23 September 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,798 ha in total · 6 days
  36. 5,598 ha Nancova fire, 23 September 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,576 ha in total · 5 days
  37. 5,610 ha Nancova fire, 23 September 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,582 ha in total · 7 days
  38. 6,163 ha Nancova fire, 21 September 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,131 ha in total · 11 days
  39. 6,337 ha Nancova fire, 20 September 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,289 ha in total · 11 days
  40. 5,198 ha Nancova fire, 19 September 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,162 ha in total · 5 days
  41. 10,432 ha Nancova fire, 11 September 2022 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 12,012 ha in total · 18 days
  42. 8,866 ha Nancova fire, 3 September 2022 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 8,821 ha in total · 22 days
  43. 7,794 ha Nancova fire, 2 September 2022 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 7,749 ha in total · 10 days
  44. 13,365 ha Nancova fire, 15 September 2021 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 13,274 ha in total · 19 days
  45. 27,742 ha Nancova fire, 12 September 2021 where it started 2.7% of the municipality · 27,636 ha in total · 17 days
  46. 5,127 ha Nancova fire, 8 September 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,087 ha in total · 11 days
  47. 2,180 ha Mavinga fire, 4 September 2021 0.2% of the municipality · 9,528 ha in total · 12 days
  48. 19,381 ha Nancova fire, 1 September 2021 where it started 1.9% of the municipality · 19,298 ha in total · 30 days
  49. 17,024 ha Nancova fire, 28 August 2021 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 33,936 ha in total · 23 days
  50. 15,266 ha Nancova fire, 24 August 2021 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 15,742 ha in total · 15 days
  51. 8,537 ha Nancova fire, 23 August 2021 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 8,482 ha in total · 18 days
  52. 16,148 ha Nancova fire, 21 August 2021 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 16,190 ha in total · 26 days
  53. 5,479 ha Nancova fire, 19 August 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,446 ha in total · 9 days
  54. 7,650 ha Nancova fire, 18 August 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 7,601 ha in total · 12 days
  55. 7,440 ha Nancova fire, 16 August 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 7,399 ha in total · 16 days
  56. 22,368 ha Nancova fire, 15 August 2021 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 22,260 ha in total · 21 days
  57. 14,449 ha Nancova fire, 10 August 2021 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 14,379 ha in total · 23 days
  58. 4,461 ha Nancova fire, October 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,191 ha in total · 5 days
  59. 6,965 ha Nancova fire, September 2020 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,932 ha in total · 11 days
  60. 3,989 ha Nancova fire, 28 September 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,154 ha in total · 6 days
  61. 0 ha Calai fire, September 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 5,423 ha in total · 5 days
  62. 8,618 ha Nancova fire, 15 September 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 8,560 ha in total · 11 days
  63. 10,429 ha Nancova fire, 12 September 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 10,518 ha in total · 15 days
  64. 6,288 ha Nancova fire, 7 September 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,265 ha in total · 13 days
  65. 6,946 ha Nancova fire, 2 September 2019 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,907 ha in total · 6 days
  66. 9,025 ha Nancova fire, August 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 8,984 ha in total · 19 days
  67. 33 ha Mavinga fire, 29 July 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 7,909 ha in total · 12 days
  68. 619 ha Mavinga fire, 27 July 2019 0.1% of the municipality · 9,636 ha in total · 14 days
  69. 5,861 ha Nancova fire, 24 July 2019 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,828 ha in total · 8 days
  70. 13,371 ha Nancova fire, 21 July 2019 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 13,288 ha in total · 15 days
  71. 29,309 ha Nancova fire, 19 July 2019 where it started 2.8% of the municipality · 29,184 ha in total · 45 days
  72. 9,454 ha Nancova fire, October 2018 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 9,387 ha in total · 12 days
  73. 8,434 ha Nancova fire, 4 September 2018 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 8,392 ha in total · 11 days
  74. 13,017 ha Nancova fire, 4 September 2018 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 12,967 ha in total · 11 days
  75. 14,504 ha Nancova fire, 1 September 2018 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 14,956 ha in total · 9 days
  76. 7,471 ha Nancova fire, August 2018 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 10,871 ha in total · 10 days
  77. 11,003 ha Nancova fire, 20 September 2017 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 10,925 ha in total · 8 days
  78. 6,874 ha Nancova fire, 14 September 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,820 ha in total · 12 days
  79. 6,126 ha Cuangar fire, 12 September 2017 0.6% of the municipality · 18,619 ha in total · 16 days
  80. 5,747 ha Nancova fire, 9 September 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,713 ha in total · 11 days
  81. 8,542 ha Nancova fire, 7 September 2017 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 11,539 ha in total · 21 days
  82. 6,510 ha Cuito Cuanavale fire, 6 September 2017 0.6% of the municipality · 8,976 ha in total · 8 days
  83. 5,119 ha Nancova fire, August 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,094 ha in total · 18 days
  84. 7,964 ha Nancova fire, 11 September 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 7,911 ha in total · 9 days
  85. 8,480 ha Nancova fire, 9 September 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 8,451 ha in total · 11 days
  86. 211 ha Mavinga fire, 8 September 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 5,798 ha in total · 11 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/geoBoundaries, Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

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