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Wildfires in Liwale

Liwale, Tanzania, has had 76 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 334,119 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 9.7% of its area. Fire danger today: high (FWI 30).

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. Tue 27 High 34° · 32 % · 34 km/h
  2. Wed 28 High 35° · 30 % · 32 km/h
  3. Thu 29 High 37° · 27 % · 35 km/h
  4. Fri 30 High 35° · 27 % · 32 km/h
  5. Sat 31 High 36° · 27 % · 48 km/h
  6. Sun 1 Very high 35° · 35 % · 42 km/h
  7. Mon 2 High 36° · 30 % · 43 km/h
  8. Tue 3 Moderate 34° · 43 % · 43 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

334,119
hectares burned
9.7 %
of its area
76
fires
34,550
km²

How many times has Liwale burned?

Liwale has burned 76 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Liwale fire, 19 October 2026, with 5,920 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 3× 16
  2. 9× 17
  3. 2× 18
  4. 17× 19
  5. 13× 20
  6. 12× 21
  7. 2× 22
  8. 1× 23
  9. 2× 24
  10. 13× 25
  11. 2× 26
76
fires
11
years with fire
334,119
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 Tanzania →

Fires that entered Liwale

  1. 5,920 ha Liwale fire, 19 October 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,891 ha in total · 10 days
  2. 6,144 ha Liwale fire, 28 September 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,092 ha in total · 22 days
  3. 1,754 ha Liwale fire, 30 October 2025 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 3,163 ha in total · 8 days
  4. 3,307 ha Liwale fire, 29 October 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,278 ha in total · 3 days
  5. 23,148 ha Liwale fire, 25 October 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 23,873 ha in total · 18 days
  6. 6,043 ha Liwale fire, 21 October 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,994 ha in total · 13 days
  7. 3,658 ha Liwale fire, 19 October 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,630 ha in total · 15 days
  8. 3,569 ha Liwale fire, 19 October 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,539 ha in total · 14 days
  9. 5,623 ha Liwale fire, 21 September 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,571 ha in total · 10 days
  10. 18 ha Ulanga fire, 14 September 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 5,172 ha in total · 7 days
  11. 260 ha Ulanga fire, 13 September 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 4,476 ha in total · 14 days
  12. 849 ha Rufiji fire, September 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 6,051 ha in total · 5 days
  13. 4,327 ha Liwale fire, 8 September 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,286 ha in total · 7 days
  14. 8,890 ha Liwale fire, 31 August 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,810 ha in total · 17 days
  15. 6,184 ha Liwale fire, 24 August 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,138 ha in total · 25 days
  16. 3,101 ha Liwale fire, October 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,725 ha in total · 8 days
  17. 3,129 ha Liwale fire, September 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,111 ha in total · 5 days
  18. 4,380 ha Liwale fire, July 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,361 ha in total · 7 days
  19. 4,270 ha Rufiji fire, October 2022 0.1% of the municipality · 6,408 ha in total · 10 days
  20. 3,134 ha Liwale fire, October 2022 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,117 ha in total · 4 days
  21. 4,365 ha Liwale fire, 21 November 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,325 ha in total · 6 days
  22. 1,516 ha Ulanga fire, 16 November 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 5,638 ha in total · 6 days
  23. 811 ha Namtumbo fire, November 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 6,970 ha in total · 14 days
  24. 3,518 ha Liwale fire, 4 November 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,490 ha in total · 6 days
  25. 3,164 ha Tunduru fire, October 2021 0.1% of the municipality · 3,662 ha in total · 12 days
  26. 3,136 ha Liwale fire, October 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,284 ha in total · 8 days
  27. 3,258 ha Liwale fire, 16 September 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,240 ha in total · 4 days
  28. 1,563 ha Ulanga fire, 14 September 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 4,929 ha in total · 7 days
  29. 3,198 ha Liwale fire, 13 September 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,180 ha in total · 6 days
  30. 18 ha Rufiji fire, August 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 5,630 ha in total · 18 days
  31. 5,699 ha Liwale fire, 22 August 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,666 ha in total · 15 days
  32. 3,427 ha Liwale fire, 20 August 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,412 ha in total · 5 days
  33. 7,396 ha Liwale fire, 5 October 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,408 ha in total · 5 days
  34. 3,785 ha Liwale fire, 4 October 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,770 ha in total · 5 days
  35. 4,181 ha Liwale fire, 2 October 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,161 ha in total · 10 days
  36. 3,259 ha Liwale fire, 1 October 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,241 ha in total · 7 days
  37. 103 ha Tunduru fire, September 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 3,721 ha in total · 5 days
  38. 10,929 ha Liwale fire, 11 September 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 10,886 ha in total · 10 days
  39. 4,959 ha Liwale fire, 6 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,934 ha in total · 17 days
  40. 3,056 ha Liwale fire, 28 August 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,037 ha in total · 8 days
  41. 3,471 ha Liwale fire, 15 August 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,451 ha in total · 3 days
  42. 94 ha Ulanga fire, August 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 5,798 ha in total · 6 days
  43. 3,608 ha Liwale fire, 12 August 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,592 ha in total · 6 days
  44. 6,400 ha Liwale fire, 15 June 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,368 ha in total · 8 days
  45. 4,000 ha Liwale fire, 15 June 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,979 ha in total · 6 days
  46. 4,753 ha Liwale fire, September 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,726 ha in total · 7 days
  47. 6,645 ha Liwale fire, 24 August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,608 ha in total · 16 days
  48. 3,783 ha Liwale fire, 22 August 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,750 ha in total · 8 days
  49. 3,882 ha Liwale fire, 17 August 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,857 ha in total · 4 days
  50. 8,753 ha Liwale fire, 16 August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 8,703 ha in total · 8 days
  51. 3,229 ha Liwale fire, 16 August 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,180 ha in total · 8 days
  52. 8,047 ha Liwale fire, 15 August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 8,004 ha in total · 14 days
  53. 6,117 ha Liwale fire, 9 August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,084 ha in total · 6 days
  54. 3,605 ha Liwale fire, 2 August 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,573 ha in total · 12 days
  55. 3,651 ha Liwale fire, 31 July 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,630 ha in total · 12 days
  56. 3,715 ha Liwale fire, 25 July 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,698 ha in total · 2 days
  57. 3,263 ha Liwale fire, 23 July 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,243 ha in total · 4 days
  58. 3,384 ha Liwale fire, 23 July 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,362 ha in total · 3 days
  59. 1,917 ha Liwale fire, 22 July 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,165 ha in total · 3 days
  60. 12,181 ha Liwale fire, 20 July 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 12,119 ha in total · 10 days
  61. 4,331 ha Liwale fire, 19 July 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,311 ha in total · 7 days
  62. 3,464 ha Liwale fire, 19 July 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,447 ha in total · 9 days
  63. 5,506 ha Liwale fire, October 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,747 ha in total · 6 days
  64. 3,716 ha Liwale fire, September 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,357 ha in total · 8 days
  65. 3,260 ha Liwale fire, November 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,235 ha in total · 13 days
  66. 3,146 ha Liwale fire, 17 October 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,119 ha in total · 13 days
  67. 3,342 ha Liwale fire, 15 October 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,310 ha in total · 9 days
  68. 14,976 ha Liwale fire, 11 October 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 14,838 ha in total · 17 days
  69. 3,168 ha Liwale fire, 2 October 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,138 ha in total · 3 days
  70. 1,185 ha Tunduru fire, September 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 3,374 ha in total · 10 days
  71. 3,443 ha Liwale fire, 13 September 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,425 ha in total · 6 days
  72. 4,047 ha Liwale fire, 11 September 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,028 ha in total · 3 days
  73. 3,657 ha Liwale fire, 6 September 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,630 ha in total · 13 days
  74. 4,499 ha Liwale fire, 19 October 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,476 ha in total · 12 days
  75. 5,305 ha Liwale fire, 14 October 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,258 ha in total · 19 days
  76. 3,522 ha Liwale fire, 11 October 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,506 ha in total · 6 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics / UN OCHA ROSA, OCHA ROSA (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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