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Wildfires in Muanza

Muanza, Mozambique, has had 69 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 598,676 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 79% of its area. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 21).

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; 2 pages with faulty data, under review. They appear in the lists, marked.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Thu 5 High 33° · 43 % · 31 km/h
  2. Fri 6 Moderate 36° · 33 % · 37 km/h
  3. Sat 7 High 39° · 25 % · 40 km/h
  4. Sun 8 High 38° · 41 % · 40 km/h
  5. Mon 9 Low 30° · 60 % · 52 km/h
  6. Tue 10 Moderate 32° · 38 % · 35 km/h
  7. Wed 11 Moderate 35° · 31 % · 37 km/h
  8. Thu 12 High 35° · 46 % · 50 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. Put this widget on your website

Smoke today in Muanza: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

598,676
hectares burned
79 %
of its area
69
fires
7,549
km²

How many times has Muanza burned?

Muanza has burned 69 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Muanza fire, 8 October 2026, with 99,788 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 8× 16
  2. 7× 17
  3. 5× 18
  4. 11× 19
  5. 8× 20
  6. 8× 21
  7. 2× 22
  8. 2× 23
  9. 4× 24
  10. 8× 25
  11. 6× 26
69
fires
11
years with fire
598,676
cumulative ha
8 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 Muanza

  1. 2,968 ha Dondo fire, October 2026 0.4% of the municipality · 0 ha in total · 10 days
  2. 12,692 ha Muanza fire, 13 October 2026 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 9,120 ha in total · 11 days
  3. 79,560 ha Muanza fire, 10 October 2026 where it started 11% of the municipality · 62,636 ha in total · 25 days
  4. 99,788 ha Muanza fire, 8 October 2026 where it started 13% of the municipality · 110,209 ha in total · 29 days
  5. 834 ha Cheringoma fire, 14 September 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 4,362 ha in total · 14 days
  6. 4,330 ha Dondo fire, 12 September 2026 0.6% of the municipality · 7,117 ha in total · 15 days
  7. 1,640 ha Cheringoma fire, 12 September 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 3,618 ha in total · 15 days
  8. 3,401 ha Muanza fire, September 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,388 ha in total · 13 days
  9. 3,021 ha Cheringoma fire, 10 September 2026 0.4% of the municipality · 6,814 ha in total · 19 days
  10. 3,394 ha Muanza fire, 25 October 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,378 ha in total · 12 days
  11. 3,819 ha Muanza fire, 25 October 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,796 ha in total · 8 days
  12. 12,337 ha Muanza fire, 25 October 2025 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 12,278 ha in total · 15 days
  13. 7,966 ha Muanza fire, 25 October 2025 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 8,186 ha in total · 14 days
  14. 7,650 ha Muanza fire, 6 October 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 7,584 ha in total · 14 days
  15. 3,410 ha Muanza fire, 16 September 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,394 ha in total · 9 days
  16. 3,266 ha Muanza fire, 12 September 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,245 ha in total · 13 days
  17. 8,529 ha Muanza fire, 11 September 2025 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 10,243 ha in total · 19 days
  18. 3,380 ha Muanza fire, 18 October 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,364 ha in total · 11 days
  19. 10,217 ha Muanza fire, 18 October 2024 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 10,170 ha in total · 11 days
  20. 321 ha Cheringoma fire, 27 September 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 3,171 ha in total · 4 days
  21. 3,059 ha Muanza fire, August 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,043 ha in total · 17 days
  22. 6,172 ha Muanza fire, 7 October 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 6,139 ha in total · 8 days
  23. 5,968 ha Muanza fire, 7 October 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,932 ha in total · 8 days
  24. 3,367 ha Muanza fire, 23 October 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,351 ha in total · 9 days
  25. 4,232 ha Muanza fire, 3 October 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,224 ha in total · 9 days
  26. 3,452 ha Muanza fire, December 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,435 ha in total · 10 days
  27. 4,176 ha Muanza fire, 10 November 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,154 ha in total · 9 days
  28. 3,880 ha Muanza fire, 2 November 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,855 ha in total · 10 days
  29. 3,020 ha Muanza fire, 29 October 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,000 ha in total · 12 days
  30. 18,227 ha Muanza fire, 29 October 2021 where it started 2.4% of the municipality · 18,081 ha in total · 21 days
  31. 4,808 ha Muanza fire, 24 October 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,775 ha in total · 17 days
  32. 328 ha Dondo fire, October 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 10,685 ha in total · 25 days
  33. 5,855 ha Muanza fire, 22 October 2021 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,821 ha in total · 19 days
  34. 2,468 ha Muanza fire, 4 November 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,135 ha in total · 6 days
  35. 3,741 ha Muanza fire, 2 November 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,723 ha in total · 7 days
  36. 821 ha Muanza fire, 19 October 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,297 ha in total · 19 days
  37. 5,892 ha Muanza fire, 16 October 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,855 ha in total · 8 days
  38. 724 ha Cheringoma fire, October 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 5,598 ha in total · 26 days
  39. 3,033 ha Muanza fire, 25 September 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,098 ha in total · 11 days
  40. 3,840 ha Muanza fire, 19 September 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,823 ha in total · 8 days
  41. 6,403 ha Muanza fire, 15 September 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 6,444 ha in total · 13 days
  42. 3,221 ha Muanza fire, November 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,204 ha in total · 11 days
  43. 6,082 ha Muanza fire, 18 October 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,408 ha in total · 25 days
  44. 1,983 ha Muanza fire, 17 October 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,114 ha in total · 13 days
  45. 6,986 ha Muanza fire, 16 October 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 6,940 ha in total · 23 days
  46. 10,896 ha Muanza fire, 16 October 2019 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 10,831 ha in total · 22 days
  47. 5,857 ha Muanza fire, 15 October 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,825 ha in total · 22 days
  48. 6,534 ha Muanza fire, 14 October 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 6,504 ha in total · 16 days
  49. 4,208 ha Cheringoma fire, 13 October 2019 0.6% of the municipality · 11,902 ha in total · 26 days
  50. 117,615 ha Muanza fire, 10 October 2019 where it started 16% of the municipality · 116,900 ha in total · 36 days
  51. 47,268 ha Muanza fire, 7 October 2019 where it started 6.3% of the municipality · 57,955 ha in total · 39 days
  52. 3,551 ha Muanza fire, August 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,534 ha in total · 9 days
  53. 4,476 ha Muanza fire, 26 October 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,451 ha in total · 6 days
  54. 4,828 ha Muanza fire, 26 October 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,806 ha in total · 6 days
  55. 6,567 ha Muanza fire, 7 October 2018 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 6,541 ha in total · 14 days
  56. 4,632 ha Muanza fire, 4 October 2018 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,612 ha in total · 14 days
  57. 1,319 ha Gorongosa fire, 2 September 2018 0.2% of the municipality · 13,131 ha in total · 19 days
  58. 4,900 ha Muanza fire, 21 October 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,870 ha in total · 6 days
  59. 7,130 ha Muanza fire, 16 October 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 7,088 ha in total · 12 days
  60. 6,858 ha Muanza fire, 15 October 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 6,826 ha in total · 7 days
  61. 4,891 ha Muanza fire, 13 October 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,869 ha in total · 5 days
  62. 2,228 ha Cheringoma fire, 13 October 2017 0.3% of the municipality · 11,433 ha in total · 15 days
  63. 5,834 ha Muanza fire, 8 October 2017 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 7,109 ha in total · 10 days
  64. 2 ha Gorongosa fire, September 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 4,447 ha in total · 11 days
  65. 2,498 ha Muanza fire, 12 October 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,745 ha in total · 11 days
  66. 21,052 ha Muanza fire, 8 October 2016 where it started 2.8% of the municipality · 20,256 ha in total · 26 days
  67. 4,295 ha Muanza fire, 26 September 2016 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,275 ha in total · 7 days
  68. 11,582 ha Muanza fire, 22 September 2016 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 11,369 ha in total · 29 days
  69. 7,425 ha Muanza fire, 22 September 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 7,386 ha in total · 20 days
  70. 2,836 ha Muanza fire, 19 September 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,148 ha in total · 13 days
  71. 6,529 ha Muanza fire, 15 September 2016 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 6,503 ha in total · 17 days
  72. 3,823 ha Muanza fire, 15 September 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,808 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/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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