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Wildfires in Majune

Majune, Mozambique, has had 65 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 383,743 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 34% of its area. Fire danger today: high (FWI 35).

Only fires of 3,000 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. Mon 26 High 36° · 24 % · 28 km/h
  2. Tue 27 High 35° · 27 % · 33 km/h
  3. Wed 28 Very high 37° · 20 % · 36 km/h
  4. Thu 29 Moderate 37° · 23 % · 28 km/h
  5. Fri 30 Low 32° · 42 % · 26 km/h
  6. Sat 31 Moderate 32° · 33 % · 24 km/h
  7. Sun 1 Moderate 31° · 41 % · 21 km/h
  8. Mon 2 Moderate 33° · 49 % · 36 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

383,743
hectares burned
34 %
of its area
65
fires
11,366
km²

How many times has Majune burned?

Majune has burned 65 times since 2016, in 10 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Majune fire, 19 October 2026, with 3,108 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 3× 16
  2. 4× 17
  3. 4× 18
  4. 3× 19
  5. 6× 20
  6. 3× 21
  7. 14× 22
  8. 1× 23
  9.   24
  10. 14× 25
  11. 13× 26
65
fires
10
years with fire
383,743
cumulative ha
19 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 Majune

  1. 3,108 ha Majune fire, 19 October 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,095 ha in total · 9 days
  2. 12,713 ha Majune fire, 16 October 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 12,648 ha in total · 12 days
  3. 7,272 ha Majune fire, 15 October 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 7,221 ha in total · 13 days
  4. 3,396 ha Majune fire, 14 October 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,373 ha in total · 13 days
  5. 4,936 ha Majune fire, 14 October 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,900 ha in total · 14 days
  6. 7,766 ha Majune fire, 13 October 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 7,729 ha in total · 15 days
  7. 7,542 ha Majune fire, 6 October 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 7,504 ha in total · 22 days
  8. 2,007 ha Muembe fire, 5 October 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 67,220 ha in total · 23 days
  9. 4,160 ha Ngauma fire, October 2026 0.4% of the municipality · 16,488 ha in total · 23 days
  10. 3,368 ha Majune fire, 12 September 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,343 ha in total · 7 days
  11. 5,862 ha Majune fire, 6 September 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,822 ha in total · 12 days
  12. 3,671 ha Ngauma fire, 3 September 2026 0.3% of the municipality · 7,182 ha in total · 24 days
  13. 3,504 ha Majune fire, August 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,480 ha in total · 23 days
  14. 5,903 ha Majune fire, 22 September 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,869 ha in total · 6 days
  15. 10,409 ha Majune fire, 17 September 2025 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 10,332 ha in total · 13 days
  16. 12,914 ha Majune fire, 12 September 2025 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 12,856 ha in total · 28 days
  17. 5,531 ha Majune fire, 11 September 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,502 ha in total · 15 days
  18. 3,213 ha Marrupa fire, 10 September 2025 0.3% of the municipality · 3,268 ha in total · 11 days
  19. 146 ha Ngauma fire, 6 September 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 5,466 ha in total · 12 days
  20. 3,563 ha Majune fire, 5 September 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,795 ha in total · 9 days
  21. 3,239 ha Majune fire, 5 September 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,214 ha in total · 15 days
  22. 4,029 ha Chimbonila fire, 4 September 2025 0.4% of the municipality · 6,944 ha in total · 16 days
  23. 10,915 ha Majune fire, 3 September 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 10,862 ha in total · 32 days
  24. 4,291 ha Majune fire, 3 September 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,267 ha in total · 23 days
  25. 5,444 ha Majune fire, 3 September 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,458 ha in total · 12 days
  26. 2,951 ha Maúa fire, 3 September 2025 0.3% of the municipality · 3,647 ha in total · 20 days
  27. 3,376 ha Majune fire, 3 September 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,403 ha in total · 4 days
  28. 44 ha Chimbonila fire, 1 October 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 6,573 ha in total · 17 days
  29. 4,188 ha Majune fire, 21 October 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,170 ha in total · 8 days
  30. 3,552 ha Majune fire, 7 October 2022 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 3,552 ha in total · 7 days
  31. 4,000 ha Majune fire, 6 October 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,971 ha in total · 10 days
  32. 7,981 ha Majune fire, 5 October 2022 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 7,927 ha in total · 4 days
  33. 5,794 ha Majune fire, 4 October 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,760 ha in total · 15 days
  34. 239 ha Chimbonila fire, 4 October 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 3,811 ha in total · 14 days
  35. 8,191 ha Majune fire, 3 October 2022 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 8,132 ha in total · 7 days
  36. 568 ha Marrupa fire, 1 October 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 3,935 ha in total · 15 days
  37. 53,210 ha Majune fire, 1 October 2022 where it started 4.7% of the municipality · 53,253 ha in total · 29 days
  38. 191 ha Chimbonila fire, 1 October 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 4,591 ha in total · 7 days
  39. 6,542 ha Majune fire, September 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,508 ha in total · 10 days
  40. 311 ha Marrupa fire, 30 September 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 6,285 ha in total · 12 days
  41. 334 ha Marrupa fire, 29 September 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 10,183 ha in total · 15 days
  42. 3,040 ha Maúa fire, September 2022 0.3% of the municipality · 9,210 ha in total · 17 days
  43. 5,665 ha Majune fire, November 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,639 ha in total · 17 days
  44. 3,052 ha Majune fire, 7 October 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,031 ha in total · 4 days
  45. 3,292 ha Majune fire, 5 October 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,279 ha in total · 6 days
  46. 3,395 ha Majune fire, October 2020 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 3,395 ha in total · 5 days
  47. 8,839 ha Majune fire, 29 September 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 8,800 ha in total · 14 days
  48. 12,306 ha Majune fire, 24 September 2020 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 12,240 ha in total · 19 days
  49. 5,850 ha Majune fire, 23 September 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,828 ha in total · 14 days
  50. 4,604 ha Majune fire, 20 September 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,569 ha in total · 14 days
  51. 26,504 ha Majune fire, 1 September 2020 where it started 2.3% of the municipality · 26,386 ha in total · 22 days
  52. 9,678 ha Majune fire, October 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 9,690 ha in total · 10 days
  53. 1 ha Chimbonila fire, October 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 3,225 ha in total · 12 days
  54. 3,024 ha Mavago fire, 23 September 2019 0.3% of the municipality · 3,140 ha in total · 8 days
  55. 4,174 ha Majune fire, October 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,153 ha in total · 10 days
  56. 4,896 ha Majune fire, 25 September 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,875 ha in total · 17 days
  57. 5,301 ha Majune fire, 19 September 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,276 ha in total · 5 days
  58. 6,477 ha Majune fire, 17 September 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,429 ha in total · 14 days
  59. 6,664 ha Majune fire, 23 October 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,633 ha in total · 5 days
  60. 6,214 ha Majune fire, 17 October 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,179 ha in total · 11 days
  61. 4,615 ha Majune fire, 15 October 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,716 ha in total · 12 days
  62. 3,327 ha Majune fire, September 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,312 ha in total · 9 days
  63. 3,117 ha Majune fire, 20 October 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,100 ha in total · 9 days
  64. 3,726 ha Majune fire, 13 October 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,709 ha in total · 18 days
  65. 5,603 ha Majune fire, 8 October 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,577 ha in total · 9 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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