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Wildfires in Agago

Agago, Uganda, has had 61 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 73,690 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 18% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 1).

Only fires of 1,000 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. Fri 23 Moderate 35° · 28 % · 30 km/h
  2. Sat 24 Very low 31° · 42 % · 25 km/h
  3. Sun 25 Very low 33° · 35 % · 30 km/h
  4. Mon 26 Very low 32° · 35 % · 33 km/h
  5. Tue 27 Very low 31° · 48 % · 27 km/h
  6. Wed 28 Very low 31° · 45 % · 36 km/h
  7. Thu 29 Very low 30° · 47 % · 31 km/h
  8. Fri 30 Very low 30° · 49 % · 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

73,690
hectares burned
18 %
of its area
61
fires
4,028
km²

How many times has Agago burned?

Agago has burned 61 times since 2016, in 8 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Agago fire, 19 January 2026, with 1,535 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 14× 16
  2. 10× 17
  3. 3× 18
  4. 2× 19
  5. 1× 20
  6. 7× 21
  7.   22
  8.   23
  9.   24
  10. 7× 25
  11. 17× 26
61
fires
8
years with fire
73,690
cumulative ha
19 Jan 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 1,000 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 Uganda →

Fires that entered Agago

  1. 1,535 ha Agago fire, 19 January 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,524 ha in total · 5 days
  2. 1,111 ha Agago fire, 14 January 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,104 ha in total · 6 days
  3. 1,391 ha Agago fire, 14 January 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,381 ha in total · 4 days
  4. 2,704 ha Agago fire, 14 January 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,092 ha in total · 10 days
  5. 382 ha Chua fire, 13 January 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 1,027 ha in total · 3 days
  6. 1,708 ha Agago fire, 9 January 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,697 ha in total · 8 days
  7. 1,193 ha Agago fire, 9 January 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,185 ha in total · 1 day
  8. 1,106 ha Agago fire, 8 January 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,280 ha in total · 7 days
  9. 214 ha Chua fire, 6 January 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 1,039 ha in total · 3 days
  10. 1,452 ha Agago fire, 6 January 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,442 ha in total · 4 days
  11. 2,163 ha Agago fire, 6 January 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,320 ha in total · 4 days
  12. 1,188 ha Agago fire, 5 January 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,180 ha in total · 5 days
  13. 590 ha Chua fire, 4 January 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 2,227 ha in total · 8 days
  14. 1,693 ha Agago fire, 4 January 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,578 ha in total · 7 days
  15. 1,279 ha Agago fire, 3 January 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,391 ha in total · 9 days
  16. 3,766 ha Agago fire, 1 January 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,741 ha in total · 10 days
  17. 1,001 ha Agago fire, 1 January 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,026 ha in total · 4 days
  18. 1,014 ha Agago fire, 8 December 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,007 ha in total · 1 day
  19. 624 ha Agago fire, 6 December 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,128 ha in total · 3 days
  20. 1,953 ha Agago fire, 30 November 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,940 ha in total · 5 days
  21. 15 ha Chua fire, 30 November 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 1,159 ha in total · 3 days
  22. 1,107 ha Agago fire, 29 November 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,099 ha in total · 5 days
  23. 508 ha Chua fire, 21 November 2025 0.1% of the municipality · 1,499 ha in total · 3 days
  24. 1,425 ha Agago fire, January 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,415 ha in total · 2 days
  25. 1,264 ha Agago fire, 11 December 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,256 ha in total · 3 days
  26. 2,736 ha Agago fire, 9 December 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,352 ha in total · 5 days
  27. 267 ha Aruu fire, January 2021 0.1% of the municipality · 1,070 ha in total · 4 days
  28. 1,208 ha Agago fire, 27 January 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,199 ha in total · 2 days
  29. 1,087 ha Agago fire, 25 January 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,080 ha in total · 5 days
  30. 1,324 ha Agago fire, 18 January 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,314 ha in total · 5 days
  31. 1,114 ha Chua fire, 9 January 2021 0.3% of the municipality · 1,254 ha in total · 4 days
  32. 13 ha Chua fire, 21 January 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 1,282 ha in total · 2 days
  33. 1,732 ha Agago fire, January 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,721 ha in total · 1 day
  34. 1,383 ha Chua fire, 9 January 2019 0.3% of the municipality · 1,444 ha in total · 5 days
  35. 1,049 ha Agago fire, December 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,042 ha in total · 2 days
  36. 1,620 ha Agago fire, January 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 2,048 ha in total · 2 days
  37. 536 ha Chua fire, 20 January 2018 0.1% of the municipality · 1,486 ha in total · 5 days
  38. 1,040 ha Agago fire, 27 December 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,479 ha in total · 5 days
  39. 1,048 ha Agago fire, 25 December 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,041 ha in total · 4 days
  40. 1,326 ha Agago fire, 20 December 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,317 ha in total · 3 days
  41. 2,599 ha Agago fire, 19 December 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,995 ha in total · 4 days
  42. 328 ha Labwor fire, 18 December 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 2,732 ha in total · 7 days
  43. 941 ha Agago fire, 11 December 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,137 ha in total · 2 days
  44. 889 ha Labwor fire, 1 December 2017 0.2% of the municipality · 1,157 ha in total · 3 days
  45. 1,319 ha Agago fire, 13 January 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,310 ha in total · 4 days
  46. 782 ha Agago fire, 11 January 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 1,374 ha in total · 2 days
  47. 2,101 ha Agago fire, 2 January 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 2,337 ha in total · 6 days
  48. 1,701 ha Agago fire, 27 December 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,690 ha in total · 8 days
  49. 1,589 ha Agago fire, 27 December 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,579 ha in total · 3 days
  50. 1,343 ha Agago fire, 20 December 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,334 ha in total · 3 days
  51. 1,086 ha Agago fire, 20 December 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,078 ha in total · 1 day
  52. 1,388 ha Agago fire, 19 December 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,379 ha in total · 5 days
  53. 1,205 ha Agago fire, 19 December 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,197 ha in total · 4 days
  54. 6 ha Labwor fire, 5 December 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 1,344 ha in total · 4 days
  55. 1,177 ha Agago fire, 5 December 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,170 ha in total · 4 days
  56. 1,155 ha Agago fire, 11 February 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,147 ha in total · 3 days
  57. 1,347 ha Agago fire, 10 February 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,338 ha in total · 2 days
  58. 71 ha Chua fire, 5 February 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 1,166 ha in total · 5 days
  59. 1,076 ha Agago fire, 5 February 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,069 ha in total · 6 days
  60. 1,143 ha Agago fire, 4 February 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,135 ha in total · 4 days
  61. 572 ha Agago fire, January 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,161 ha in total · 2 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/geoBoundaries, Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain). 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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