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Wildfires in Gorongosa

Gorongosa, Mozambique, has had 74 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 507,294 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 74% of its area. Fire danger today: low (FWI 10).

Only fires of 3,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

These figures leave out one provisional page, seen only as heat detections and still without a perimeter. They appear in the lists, marked.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Thu 29 Moderate 31° · 40 % · 37 km/h
  2. Fri 30 Low 30° · 39 % · 32 km/h
  3. Sat 31 Moderate 29° · 44 % · 23 km/h
  4. Sun 1 Moderate 31° · 38 % · 30 km/h
  5. Mon 2 Moderate 32° · 36 % · 31 km/h
  6. Tue 3 Moderate 33° · 38 % · 23 km/h
  7. Wed 4 Moderate 33° · 46 % · 39 km/h
  8. Thu 5 Moderate 33° · 44 % · 27 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

507,294
hectares burned
74 %
of its area
74
fires
6,813
km²

How many times has Gorongosa burned?

Gorongosa has burned 74 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Gorongosa fire, 13 October 2026, with 4,352 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 3× 16
  2. 5× 17
  3. 12× 18
  4. 6× 19
  5. 7× 20
  6. 5× 21
  7. 4× 22
  8. 5× 23
  9. 7× 24
  10. 5× 25
  11. 15× 26
74
fires
11
years with fire
507,294
cumulative ha
13 Oct 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 3,000 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 Mozambique →

Fires that entered Gorongosa

  1. 1,946 ha Gorongosa fire, 16 October 2026 0.3% of the municipality · 0 ha in total · 8 days
  2. 4,352 ha Gorongosa fire, 13 October 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,335 ha in total · 11 days
  3. 4,159 ha Gorongosa fire, 11 October 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,144 ha in total · 13 days
  4. 4,589 ha Gorongosa fire, 8 October 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,568 ha in total · 16 days
  5. 5,971 ha Gorongosa fire, 14 September 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,945 ha in total · 15 days
  6. 4,369 ha Gorongosa fire, 14 September 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,345 ha in total · 9 days
  7. 3,627 ha Gorongosa fire, 12 September 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,612 ha in total · 17 days
  8. 595 ha Gondola fire, September 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 9,984 ha in total · 18 days
  9. 2,841 ha Gorongosa fire, 11 September 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,622 ha in total · 18 days
  10. 61,233 ha Gorongosa fire, 30 August 2026 where it started 9.0% of the municipality · 60,863 ha in total · 31 days
  11. 4,353 ha Gorongosa fire, 21 August 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,325 ha in total · 7 days
  12. 4,863 ha Gorongosa fire, 20 August 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,835 ha in total · 19 days
  13. 4,857 ha Gorongosa fire, 3 August 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,836 ha in total · 9 days
  14. 3,545 ha Gorongosa fire, 2 August 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,528 ha in total · 9 days
  15. 903 ha Gorongosa fire, 2 August 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,132 ha in total · 6 days
  16. 1,624 ha Gorongosa fire, 1 August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,026 ha in total · 10 days
  17. 5,070 ha Gorongosa fire, 10 September 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 5,103 ha in total · 16 days
  18. 13,443 ha Gorongosa fire, 3 September 2025 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 13,387 ha in total · 30 days
  19. 3,778 ha Gorongosa fire, 2 September 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,759 ha in total · 23 days
  20. 3,971 ha Gorongosa fire, 21 August 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,955 ha in total · 16 days
  21. 56,283 ha Gorongosa fire, 20 August 2025 where it started 8.3% of the municipality · 59,348 ha in total · 45 days
  22. 4,286 ha Gorongosa fire, 8 September 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,272 ha in total · 13 days
  23. 3,269 ha Gorongosa fire, 7 September 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,250 ha in total · 15 days
  24. 5,989 ha Gorongosa fire, 7 September 2024 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,965 ha in total · 14 days
  25. 3,219 ha Gorongosa fire, 6 September 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,198 ha in total · 15 days
  26. 3,126 ha Gorongosa fire, 10 August 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,111 ha in total · 12 days
  27. 3,879 ha Gorongosa fire, 9 August 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,854 ha in total · 21 days
  28. 490 ha Maringué fire, August 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 3,212 ha in total · 12 days
  29. 11,678 ha Gorongosa fire, October 2023 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 11,598 ha in total · 10 days
  30. 3,126 ha Gorongosa fire, 22 September 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,108 ha in total · 23 days
  31. 13,235 ha Gorongosa fire, 1 September 2023 where it started 1.9% of the municipality · 13,157 ha in total · 19 days
  32. 5,981 ha Gorongosa fire, August 2023 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 6,027 ha in total · 9 days
  33. 3,260 ha Gorongosa fire, July 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,238 ha in total · 7 days
  34. 19,488 ha Gorongosa fire, 23 September 2022 where it started 2.9% of the municipality · 19,369 ha in total · 29 days
  35. 16,389 ha Gorongosa fire, 20 September 2022 where it started 2.4% of the municipality · 16,281 ha in total · 27 days
  36. 3,366 ha Gorongosa fire, 19 September 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,346 ha in total · 19 days
  37. 8,904 ha Gorongosa fire, 9 September 2022 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 8,858 ha in total · 22 days
  38. 5,047 ha Gorongosa fire, 28 September 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 5,019 ha in total · 5 days
  39. 3,542 ha Gorongosa fire, 20 September 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,739 ha in total · 14 days
  40. 22,741 ha Gorongosa fire, 17 September 2021 where it started 3.3% of the municipality · 22,610 ha in total · 16 days
  41. 3,035 ha Gorongosa fire, 12 September 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,026 ha in total · 5 days
  42. 3,941 ha Gorongosa fire, 7 September 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,913 ha in total · 10 days
  43. 3,957 ha Gorongosa fire, October 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,936 ha in total · 5 days
  44. 72 ha Muanza fire, 15 September 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 6,444 ha in total · 13 days
  45. 5,086 ha Gorongosa fire, 15 September 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,054 ha in total · 14 days
  46. 4,864 ha Gorongosa fire, 11 September 2020 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,833 ha in total · 17 days
  47. 3,767 ha Gorongosa fire, 10 September 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,745 ha in total · 20 days
  48. 3,339 ha Gorongosa fire, 9 September 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,322 ha in total · 19 days
  49. 5,293 ha Gorongosa fire, 8 September 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,262 ha in total · 22 days
  50. 3,709 ha Gorongosa fire, 10 September 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,683 ha in total · 15 days
  51. 3,544 ha Gorongosa fire, 10 September 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,520 ha in total · 15 days
  52. 3,450 ha Gorongosa fire, 9 September 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,433 ha in total · 13 days
  53. 3,168 ha Gorongosa fire, 27 August 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,152 ha in total · 6 days
  54. 5,800 ha Gorongosa fire, 24 August 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,768 ha in total · 14 days
  55. 4,560 ha Gorongosa fire, 23 August 2019 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,532 ha in total · 14 days
  56. 3,698 ha Gorongosa fire, October 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,673 ha in total · 8 days
  57. 5,652 ha Gorongosa fire, 16 September 2018 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,610 ha in total · 14 days
  58. 3,184 ha Gorongosa fire, 4 September 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,166 ha in total · 23 days
  59. 4,570 ha Gorongosa fire, 3 September 2018 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,542 ha in total · 20 days
  60. 3,641 ha Gorongosa fire, 3 September 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,625 ha in total · 5 days
  61. 7,693 ha Gorongosa fire, 3 September 2018 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 7,652 ha in total · 13 days
  62. 11,884 ha Gorongosa fire, 2 September 2018 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 13,131 ha in total · 19 days
  63. 10,020 ha Gorongosa fire, 2 September 2018 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 9,955 ha in total · 7 days
  64. 4,882 ha Gorongosa fire, 2 September 2018 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,856 ha in total · 8 days
  65. 7,154 ha Gorongosa fire, 2 September 2018 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 8,285 ha in total · 8 days
  66. 9,950 ha Gorongosa fire, 23 August 2018 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 9,903 ha in total · 26 days
  67. 4,948 ha Gorongosa fire, 13 August 2018 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,920 ha in total · 15 days
  68. 3,082 ha Gorongosa fire, 9 October 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,072 ha in total · 9 days
  69. 3,068 ha Gorongosa fire, 8 October 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,051 ha in total · 17 days
  70. 4,493 ha Gorongosa fire, 1 October 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,468 ha in total · 9 days
  71. 4,478 ha Gorongosa fire, September 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,447 ha in total · 11 days
  72. 4,457 ha Gorongosa fire, July 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,428 ha in total · 7 days
  73. 5 ha Muanza fire, 15 September 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 3,808 ha in total · 11 days
  74. 5,411 ha Gorongosa fire, 3 September 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,384 ha in total · 9 days
  75. 11,999 ha Gorongosa fire, 2 September 2016 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 11,928 ha in total · 30 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Mozambique INE (Instituto Nacional de Estatistica), 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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