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Wildfires in Ulanga

Ulanga, Tanzania, has had 66 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 437,542 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 19% of its area. Fire danger today: low (FWI 8).

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 2 provisional pages, 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. Sun 1 Low 31° · 47 % · 36 km/h
  2. Mon 2 Low 31° · 47 % · 42 km/h
  3. Tue 3 Moderate 32° · 39 % · 36 km/h
  4. Wed 4 High 33° · 28 % · 40 km/h
  5. Thu 5 High 33° · 30 % · 35 km/h
  6. Fri 6 High 33° · 31 % · 37 km/h
  7. Sat 7 High 33° · 24 % · 35 km/h
  8. Sun 8 High 34° · 29 % · 37 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

437,542
hectares burned
19 %
of its area
66
fires
23,615
km²

How many times has Ulanga burned?

Ulanga has burned 66 times since 2016, in 10 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Namtumbo fire, 21 October 2026, with 1,842 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 7× 16
  2. 10× 17
  3. 5× 18
  4. 5× 19
  5. 6× 20
  6. 17× 21
  7. 1× 22
  8.   23
  9. 1× 24
  10. 11× 25
  11. 3× 26
66
fires
10
years with fire
437,542
cumulative ha
21 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 Ulanga

  1. 4,914 ha Ulanga fire, 23 October 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 0 ha in total · 10 days
  2. 826 ha Ulanga fire, 22 October 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 0 ha in total · 10 days
  3. 1,842 ha Namtumbo fire, 21 October 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 3,475 ha in total · 9 days
  4. 5,489 ha Ulanga fire, 17 October 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,456 ha in total · 13 days
  5. 6,336 ha Namtumbo fire, 15 October 2026 0.3% of the municipality · 22,967 ha in total · 18 days
  6. 6,089 ha Ulanga fire, November 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,051 ha in total · 20 days
  7. 16,565 ha Ulanga fire, October 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 26,732 ha in total · 30 days
  8. 3,161 ha Ulanga fire, 24 September 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,145 ha in total · 7 days
  9. 7,153 ha Ulanga fire, 22 September 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,109 ha in total · 12 days
  10. 36,234 ha Ulanga fire, 19 September 2025 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 37,159 ha in total · 25 days
  11. 5,189 ha Ulanga fire, 14 September 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,172 ha in total · 7 days
  12. 6,965 ha Ulanga fire, 13 September 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,997 ha in total · 9 days
  13. 4,248 ha Ulanga fire, 13 September 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,476 ha in total · 14 days
  14. 3,262 ha Ulanga fire, 11 September 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,238 ha in total · 5 days
  15. 5,258 ha Ulanga fire, 11 September 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,219 ha in total · 5 days
  16. 18,409 ha Ulanga fire, 3 September 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 18,941 ha in total · 26 days
  17. 644 ha Liwale fire, October 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 3,725 ha in total · 8 days
  18. 11,465 ha Ulanga fire, November 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 11,393 ha in total · 9 days
  19. 4,152 ha Ulanga fire, 16 November 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,638 ha in total · 6 days
  20. 5,228 ha Ulanga fire, 12 November 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,186 ha in total · 10 days
  21. 4,966 ha Ulanga fire, 8 November 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,930 ha in total · 12 days
  22. 3,197 ha Ulanga fire, 8 November 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,174 ha in total · 2 days
  23. 3,474 ha Ulanga fire, 5 November 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,446 ha in total · 19 days
  24. 1,217 ha Ulanga fire, 5 November 2021 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 3,014 ha in total · 18 days
  25. 3,311 ha Ulanga fire, 5 November 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,283 ha in total · 13 days
  26. 4,060 ha Ulanga fire, 3 November 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,036 ha in total · 18 days
  27. 4,643 ha Ulanga fire, 3 November 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,608 ha in total · 20 days
  28. 3,169 ha Ulanga fire, 31 October 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,143 ha in total · 13 days
  29. 3,289 ha Ulanga fire, 23 October 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,264 ha in total · 3 days
  30. 167 ha Liwale fire, October 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 3,284 ha in total · 8 days
  31. 3,977 ha Namtumbo fire, 13 October 2021 0.2% of the municipality · 11,332 ha in total · 26 days
  32. 3,399 ha Ulanga fire, 14 September 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 4,929 ha in total · 7 days
  33. 52,754 ha Ulanga fire, 14 September 2021 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 83,831 ha in total · 73 days
  34. 8,020 ha Ulanga fire, 2 September 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,344 ha in total · 13 days
  35. 3,635 ha Ulanga fire, 1 September 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,610 ha in total · 9 days
  36. 3,418 ha Ulanga fire, 17 October 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,400 ha in total · 8 days
  37. 48 ha Liwale fire, 5 October 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 7,408 ha in total · 5 days
  38. 3,217 ha Ulanga fire, 2 October 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,192 ha in total · 5 days
  39. 3,611 ha Ulanga fire, 17 September 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,585 ha in total · 8 days
  40. 3,884 ha Ulanga fire, 11 September 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,266 ha in total · 16 days
  41. 5,737 ha Ulanga fire, August 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,798 ha in total · 6 days
  42. 1,630 ha Namtumbo fire, 22 October 2019 0.1% of the municipality · 3,894 ha in total · 14 days
  43. 7,640 ha Ulanga fire, 11 September 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,580 ha in total · 15 days
  44. 20,397 ha Ulanga fire, 7 September 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 35,204 ha in total · 22 days
  45. 5,901 ha Ulanga fire, August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,859 ha in total · 4 days
  46. 979 ha Liwale fire, 16 August 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 4,180 ha in total · 8 days
  47. 8,865 ha Ulanga fire, 23 October 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 8,797 ha in total · 17 days
  48. 271 ha Liwale fire, October 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 5,747 ha in total · 6 days
  49. 3,456 ha Ulanga fire, 11 October 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,435 ha in total · 7 days
  50. 5,510 ha Ulanga fire, 5 October 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 8,093 ha in total · 11 days
  51. 29,979 ha Ulanga fire, September 2018 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 31,455 ha in total · 35 days
  52. 4,941 ha Ulanga fire, 18 October 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,902 ha in total · 5 days
  53. 4,035 ha Ulanga fire, 17 October 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,009 ha in total · 7 days
  54. 4,753 ha Ulanga fire, 15 October 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,728 ha in total · 9 days
  55. 6,749 ha Ulanga fire, 15 October 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,694 ha in total · 11 days
  56. 3,252 ha Ulanga fire, 15 October 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,235 ha in total · 9 days
  57. 3,214 ha Ulanga fire, 14 October 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,196 ha in total · 8 days
  58. 6,069 ha Ulanga fire, 29 September 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,032 ha in total · 8 days
  59. 3,069 ha Ulanga fire, 24 September 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,045 ha in total · 12 days
  60. 3,179 ha Ulanga fire, 16 September 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,155 ha in total · 3 days
  61. 0 ha Namtumbo fire, 14 September 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 7,684 ha in total · 11 days
  62. 3,090 ha Ulanga fire, 13 November 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,066 ha in total · 8 days
  63. 17,691 ha Ulanga fire, 9 November 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 21,517 ha in total · 11 days
  64. 3,200 ha Ulanga fire, 29 October 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,174 ha in total · 14 days
  65. 5,282 ha Ulanga fire, 23 October 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,254 ha in total · 23 days
  66. 3,105 ha Ulanga fire, 17 October 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,087 ha in total · 11 days
  67. 3,116 ha Ulanga fire, 12 October 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,100 ha in total · 4 days
  68. 7,287 ha Ulanga fire, 4 October 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 7,248 ha in total · 12 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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