Wildfires in Nkhata Bay
Nkhata Bay, Malawi: 165 fires since 2016 burned 966,961 hectares inside its boundaries, 2.3 times its area, because some ground burned more than once. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 2).
Only fires of 1,000 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- Sat 31 Very low 26° · 63 % · 37 km/h
- Sun 1 Very low 26° · 60 % · 31 km/h
- Mon 2 Low 29° · 47 % · 34 km/h
- Tue 3 Low 28° · 51 % · 35 km/h
- Wed 4 Low 29° · 52 % · 38 km/h
- Thu 5 Very low 28° · 53 % · 42 km/h
- Fri 6 Moderate 29° · 38 % · 39 km/h
- Sat 7 Moderate 30° · 33 % · 39 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
- 966,961
- hectares burned
- 2.3×
- times its area (some ground burned more than once)
- 165
- fires
- 4,200
- km²
How many times has Nkhata Bay burned?
Nkhata Bay has burned 165 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Nkhata Bay fire, 28 October 2026, with 1,019 hectares inside the municipality.
- 165
- fires
- 11
- years with fire
- 966,961
- cumulative ha
- 28 Oct 2026
- most recent
Fires larger than 1,000 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.
Fires that entered Nkhata Bay
- 1,019 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 28 October 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,014 ha in total · 3 days
- 1,027 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 20 October 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,022 ha in total · 9 days
- 1,065 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 18 October 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,059 ha in total · 14 days
- 1,297 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 17 October 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,290 ha in total · 14 days
- 1,542 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 16 October 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,534 ha in total · 16 days
- 4,712 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 13 October 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 6,928 ha in total · 15 days
- 6,305 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 13 October 2026 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 6,272 ha in total · 19 days
- 879 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 13 October 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,010 ha in total · 16 days
- 41,742 ha Nkhata Bay fire, October 2026 where it started 9.9% of the municipality · 42,712 ha in total · 26 days
- 219,962 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 5 October 2026 where it started 52% of the municipality · 236,903 ha in total · 27 days
- 2,553 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 17 September 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,574 ha in total · 14 days
- 1,807 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 13 September 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,799 ha in total · 10 days
- 1,259 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 11 August 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,251 ha in total · 1 day
- 959 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 7 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,036 ha in total · 6 days
- 1,490 ha Nkhata Bay fire, November 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,484 ha in total · 6 days
- 2,581 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 26 October 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,568 ha in total · 12 days
- 1,120 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 17 October 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,113 ha in total · 13 days
- 1,175 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 14 October 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,168 ha in total · 8 days
- 2,544 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 14 October 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,528 ha in total · 25 days
- 18 ha Mzimba fire, October 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 1,444 ha in total · 5 days
- 115,908 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 9 October 2025 where it started 28% of the municipality · 123,561 ha in total · 30 days
- 18,185 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 8 October 2025 where it started 4.3% of the municipality · 18,092 ha in total · 33 days
- 228 ha Mzimba fire, September 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 1,681 ha in total · 5 days
- 1,225 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 18 September 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,216 ha in total · 8 days
- 1,963 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 3 September 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,970 ha in total · 11 days
- 1,268 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 29 August 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,329 ha in total · 11 days
- 1,051 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 29 August 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,092 ha in total · 5 days
- 1,309 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 29 October 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,303 ha in total · 5 days
- 3,894 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 22 October 2024 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,869 ha in total · 6 days
- 1,889 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 20 October 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,176 ha in total · 8 days
- 1,618 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 20 October 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,609 ha in total · 12 days
- 1,437 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 20 October 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,429 ha in total · 14 days
- 1,095 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 18 October 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,090 ha in total · 8 days
- 64,193 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 18 October 2024 where it started 15% of the municipality · 63,964 ha in total · 16 days
- 1,231 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 18 October 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,224 ha in total · 14 days
- 1,956 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 18 October 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,944 ha in total · 15 days
- 6,224 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 18 October 2024 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 6,186 ha in total · 16 days
- 1,091 ha Nkhata Bay fire, September 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,084 ha in total · 6 days
- 1,209 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 21 October 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,201 ha in total · 4 days
- 1,606 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 17 October 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,599 ha in total · 16 days
- 4 ha Nkhotakota fire, 15 October 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 1,828 ha in total · 16 days
- 2,804 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 15 October 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,785 ha in total · 18 days
- 114 ha Mzimba fire, 12 October 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 1,272 ha in total · 8 days
- 3,550 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 12 October 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,530 ha in total · 21 days
- 2,460 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 10 October 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,447 ha in total · 14 days
- 1,049 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 10 October 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,043 ha in total · 19 days
- 2,132 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 8 October 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,118 ha in total · 16 days
- 2,051 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 8 October 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,280 ha in total · 8 days
- 6,538 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 7 October 2023 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 8,940 ha in total · 26 days
- 64,542 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 2 October 2023 where it started 15% of the municipality · 64,817 ha in total · 31 days
- 264 ha Mzimba fire, 28 September 2023 0.1% of the municipality · 1,351 ha in total · 12 days
- 1,066 ha Nkhata Bay fire, September 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,061 ha in total · 7 days
- 101 ha Mzimba fire, 23 September 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 1,962 ha in total · 3 days
- 1,364 ha Nkhata Bay fire, November 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,354 ha in total · 5 days
- 1,332 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 27 October 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,326 ha in total · 10 days
- 1,396 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 26 October 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,458 ha in total · 8 days
- 1,419 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 19 October 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,410 ha in total · 22 days
- 1,382 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 17 October 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,371 ha in total · 14 days
- 1,159 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 16 October 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,151 ha in total · 23 days
- 1,341 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 13 October 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,330 ha in total · 24 days
- 1,335 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 12 October 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,327 ha in total · 6 days
- 1,306 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 12 October 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,300 ha in total · 10 days
- 14,383 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 11 October 2022 where it started 3.4% of the municipality · 14,277 ha in total · 38 days
- 650 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 10 October 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,322 ha in total · 6 days
- 27,995 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 5 October 2022 where it started 6.7% of the municipality · 28,618 ha in total · 45 days
- 110 ha Mzimba fire, December 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 1,097 ha in total · 14 days
- 1,440 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 22 November 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,431 ha in total · 4 days
- 77 ha Mzimba fire, November 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 1,929 ha in total · 16 days
- 1,665 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 2 November 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,652 ha in total · 10 days
- 1,042 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 1 November 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,033 ha in total · 17 days
- 7,134 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 29 October 2021 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 7,089 ha in total · 25 days
- 2,101 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 29 October 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,207 ha in total · 17 days
- 1,687 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 24 October 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,675 ha in total · 13 days
- 1,455 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 24 October 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,445 ha in total · 13 days
- 3,060 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 24 October 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,039 ha in total · 13 days
- 1,073 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 24 October 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,066 ha in total · 15 days
- 3,315 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 24 October 2021 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 3,290 ha in total · 11 days
- 4,366 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 24 October 2021 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 5,180 ha in total · 22 days
- 1,294 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 18 October 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,284 ha in total · 3 days
- 1,862 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 18 October 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,848 ha in total · 17 days
- 1,719 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 15 October 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,074 ha in total · 5 days
- 3,112 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 14 October 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,089 ha in total · 7 days
- 1,018 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 14 October 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,011 ha in total · 6 days
- 1,113 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 9 October 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,106 ha in total · 12 days
- 1,145 ha Nkhata Bay fire, September 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,138 ha in total · 3 days
- 99 ha Mzimba fire, 4 November 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 1,805 ha in total · 6 days
- 1,177 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 4 November 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,169 ha in total · 9 days
- 2,186 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 4 November 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,171 ha in total · 11 days
- 1,077 ha Mzimba fire, 3 November 2020 0.3% of the municipality · 1,080 ha in total · 10 days
- 2,467 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 1 November 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,760 ha in total · 19 days
- 1,226 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 21 October 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,216 ha in total · 4 days
- 1,388 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 21 October 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,377 ha in total · 4 days
- 1,156 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 19 October 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,147 ha in total · 10 days
- 1,318 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 19 October 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,312 ha in total · 18 days
- 1,537 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 18 October 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,526 ha in total · 11 days
- 1,412 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 17 October 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,403 ha in total · 7 days
- 1,123 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 17 October 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,116 ha in total · 13 days
- 1,187 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 17 October 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,180 ha in total · 13 days
- 1,338 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 17 October 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,329 ha in total · 8 days
- 20,738 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 16 October 2020 where it started 4.9% of the municipality · 20,590 ha in total · 22 days
- 2,207 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 6 October 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,192 ha in total · 7 days
- 1,227 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 6 October 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,219 ha in total · 7 days
- 1,158 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 4 October 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,150 ha in total · 9 days
- 889 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 2 October 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,061 ha in total · 11 days
- 1,066 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 2 October 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,057 ha in total · 11 days
- 1,661 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 25 September 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,648 ha in total · 12 days
- 1,181 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 20 September 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,354 ha in total · 7 days
- 1,243 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 16 September 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,416 ha in total · 7 days
- 1,033 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 14 September 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,026 ha in total · 20 days
- 698 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 29 October 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,342 ha in total · 4 days
- 4,420 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 21 October 2019 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 4,391 ha in total · 17 days
- 1,369 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 21 October 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,360 ha in total · 15 days
- 10 ha Mzimba fire, 19 October 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 1,046 ha in total · 17 days
- 9,655 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 15 October 2019 where it started 2.3% of the municipality · 11,662 ha in total · 26 days
- 1,642 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 14 October 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,631 ha in total · 19 days
- 14,215 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 10 October 2019 where it started 3.4% of the municipality · 14,108 ha in total · 35 days
- 1,064 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 10 October 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,055 ha in total · 17 days
- 14,213 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 7 October 2019 where it started 3.4% of the municipality · 14,115 ha in total · 30 days
- 1,316 ha Nkhata Bay fire, September 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,307 ha in total · 13 days
- 1,950 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 27 October 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,936 ha in total · 7 days
- 1,713 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 27 October 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,701 ha in total · 15 days
- 1,284 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 26 October 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,275 ha in total · 8 days
- 1,383 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 25 October 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,375 ha in total · 9 days
- 5,689 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 24 October 2018 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 5,645 ha in total · 10 days
- 2,447 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 24 October 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,430 ha in total · 10 days
- 4,002 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 19 October 2018 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,976 ha in total · 21 days
- 1,717 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 13 October 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,767 ha in total · 5 days
- 1,915 ha Mzimba fire, 13 October 2018 0.5% of the municipality · 2,132 ha in total · 7 days
- 1,142 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 11 October 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,134 ha in total · 10 days
- 1,595 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 10 October 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,585 ha in total · 10 days
- 1,239 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 9 October 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,231 ha in total · 12 days
- 45 ha Nkhotakota fire, 8 October 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 5,598 ha in total · 19 days
- 6,827 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 7 October 2018 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 6,778 ha in total · 14 days
- 2,030 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 6 October 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,016 ha in total · 14 days
- 40 ha Mzimba fire, September 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 1,302 ha in total · 12 days
- 1,150 ha Nkhata Bay fire, September 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,141 ha in total · 13 days
- 1,547 ha Nkhata Bay fire, November 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,535 ha in total · 16 days
- 1,232 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 25 October 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,225 ha in total · 4 days
- 2,005 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 20 October 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,993 ha in total · 9 days
- 4,905 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 16 October 2017 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 4,872 ha in total · 13 days
- 2,201 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 15 October 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,186 ha in total · 14 days
- 48 ha Nkhotakota fire, 15 October 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 1,645 ha in total · 13 days
- 4,536 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 14 October 2017 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 4,499 ha in total · 14 days
- 1,971 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 14 October 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,959 ha in total · 13 days
- 369 ha Nkhotakota fire, 14 October 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 3,543 ha in total · 13 days
- 1,227 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 12 October 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,219 ha in total · 15 days
- 604 ha Mzimba fire, 9 October 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 2,128 ha in total · 8 days
- 904 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 7 October 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,432 ha in total · 12 days
- 13,281 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 2 October 2017 where it started 3.2% of the municipality · 13,194 ha in total · 27 days
- 681 ha Nkhata Bay fire, September 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,025 ha in total · 4 days
- 371 ha Mzimba fire, 22 November 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 1,683 ha in total · 5 days
- 364 ha Mzimba fire, 13 November 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 1,233 ha in total · 4 days
- 1,143 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 31 October 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,136 ha in total · 12 days
- 1,349 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 19 October 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,342 ha in total · 11 days
- 1,269 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 14 October 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,259 ha in total · 13 days
- 1,024 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 12 October 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,018 ha in total · 17 days
- 2,838 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 10 October 2016 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,821 ha in total · 19 days
- 3,626 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 10 October 2016 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,604 ha in total · 31 days
- 5 ha Nkhotakota fire, 9 October 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 1,322 ha in total · 17 days
- 289 ha Mzimba fire, 8 October 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 6,937 ha in total · 22 days
- 1,101 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 8 October 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,094 ha in total · 21 days
- 6,647 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 6 October 2016 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 8,205 ha in total · 24 days
- 1,328 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 25 September 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,320 ha in total · 9 days
- 68,005 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 17 September 2016 where it started 16% of the municipality · 69,845 ha in total · 71 days
- 1,061 ha Nkhata Bay fire, 11 September 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,052 ha in total · 15 days
Where this data comes from
Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/National Statistics Office of Malawi, OCHA ROSEA (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)). 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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