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Wildfires in Kibanda

Kibanda, Uganda, has had 73 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 162,964 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 45% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 0).

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 Very low 29° · 49 % · 23 km/h
  2. Sat 24 Very low 28° · 67 % · 31 km/h
  3. Sun 25 Very low 29° · 53 % · 34 km/h
  4. Mon 26 Very low 30° · 49 % · 30 km/h
  5. Tue 27 Very low 28° · 65 % · 31 km/h
  6. Wed 28 Very low 27° · 70 % · 24 km/h
  7. Thu 29 Very low 27° · 66 % · 41 km/h
  8. Fri 30 Very low 28° · 62 % · 25 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

162,964
hectares burned
45 %
of its area
73
fires
3,589
km²

Hectares per year

1617181920212223242526

Fires that entered Kibanda

  1. 4,793 ha Kibanda fire, 22 January 2026 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 4,760 ha in total · 6 days
  2. 1,240 ha Kibanda fire, 20 January 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,232 ha in total · 5 days
  3. 130 ha Nwoya fire, 20 January 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 1,003 ha in total · 3 days
  4. 1 ha Nwoya fire, 15 January 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 2,214 ha in total · 4 days
  5. 1,106 ha Kibanda fire, 15 January 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,098 ha in total · 4 days
  6. 1,853 ha Kibanda fire, 15 January 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,840 ha in total · 3 days
  7. 2,054 ha Kibanda fire, 15 January 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,822 ha in total · 2 days
  8. 2,240 ha Kibanda fire, 12 January 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,225 ha in total · 7 days
  9. 872 ha Nwoya fire, 11 January 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 3,983 ha in total · 7 days
  10. 1,247 ha Kibanda fire, 8 January 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,239 ha in total · 2 days
  11. 36 ha Nwoya fire, 4 January 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 2,096 ha in total · 7 days
  12. 1,371 ha Kibanda fire, 7 December 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,362 ha in total · 2 days
  13. 1,057 ha Kibanda fire, 6 December 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,050 ha in total · 6 days
  14. 1,305 ha Kibanda fire, 23 February 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,297 ha in total · 7 days
  15. 1,317 ha Kibanda fire, 19 February 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,308 ha in total · 3 days
  16. 1,449 ha Kibanda fire, 4 February 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,439 ha in total · 2 days
  17. 1,359 ha Kibanda fire, 30 January 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,350 ha in total · 2 days
  18. 2,711 ha Kibanda fire, 25 January 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,692 ha in total · 13 days
  19. 1,328 ha Kibanda fire, 16 January 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,319 ha in total · 1 day
  20. 1,198 ha Kibanda fire, 16 January 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,190 ha in total · 2 days
  21. 1,655 ha Kibanda fire, 23 February 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,644 ha in total · 3 days
  22. 1,471 ha Kibanda fire, 22 February 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,461 ha in total · 2 days
  23. 1,014 ha Kibanda fire, 21 February 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,008 ha in total · 1 day
  24. 1,115 ha Kibanda fire, 18 February 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,108 ha in total · 4 days
  25. 611 ha Buliisa fire, 17 February 2023 0.2% of the municipality · 1,584 ha in total · 5 days
  26. 1,257 ha Kibanda fire, 17 February 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,249 ha in total · 2 days
  27. 1,205 ha Kibanda fire, 16 February 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,196 ha in total · 4 days
  28. 1,076 ha Kibanda fire, 12 February 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,069 ha in total · 1 day
  29. 4,487 ha Kibanda fire, 11 February 2023 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 4,457 ha in total · 11 days
  30. 1,155 ha Kibanda fire, 10 February 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,147 ha in total · 5 days
  31. 2,473 ha Kibanda fire, 10 February 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 3,007 ha in total · 5 days
  32. 2,126 ha Kibanda fire, 16 January 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 2,111 ha in total · 3 days
  33. 1,135 ha Kibanda fire, 15 January 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,127 ha in total · 3 days
  34. 1,072 ha Kibanda fire, January 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,160 ha in total · 1 day
  35. 75 ha Buliisa fire, 8 January 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 1,001 ha in total · 1 day
  36. 1,113 ha Kibanda fire, 3 February 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,106 ha in total · 3 days
  37. 2,627 ha Kibanda fire, 2 February 2021 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 2,609 ha in total · 5 days
  38. 4,141 ha Kibanda fire, January 2021 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 4,390 ha in total · 7 days
  39. 1,722 ha Kibanda fire, 25 January 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,710 ha in total · 2 days
  40. 1,184 ha Kibanda fire, 24 January 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,176 ha in total · 3 days
  41. 1,257 ha Kibanda fire, 9 February 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,249 ha in total · 3 days
  42. 1,510 ha Kibanda fire, 3 February 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,500 ha in total · 1 day
  43. 1,072 ha Kibanda fire, 3 February 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,065 ha in total · 3 days
  44. 1,379 ha Kibanda fire, 30 January 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,370 ha in total · 5 days
  45. 3,123 ha Kibanda fire, 29 January 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,102 ha in total · 6 days
  46. 1,802 ha Kibanda fire, 26 January 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,790 ha in total · 9 days
  47. 7 ha Nwoya fire, 9 January 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 1,009 ha in total · 5 days
  48. 2,925 ha Kibanda fire, 7 January 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,905 ha in total · 5 days
  49. 86 ha Buliisa fire, 6 January 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 10,795 ha in total · 9 days
  50. 1,891 ha Kibanda fire, 17 January 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,879 ha in total · 3 days
  51. 3,600 ha Kibanda fire, 10 January 2018 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,576 ha in total · 9 days
  52. 3,728 ha Kibanda fire, 5 January 2018 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 3,703 ha in total · 7 days
  53. 1,649 ha Kibanda fire, 5 January 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,637 ha in total · 2 days
  54. 1,390 ha Buliisa fire, 31 December 2017 0.4% of the municipality · 2,811 ha in total · 5 days
  55. 1,188 ha Kibanda fire, February 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,180 ha in total · 5 days
  56. 1,380 ha Kibanda fire, 23 January 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,371 ha in total · 2 days
  57. 3,221 ha Kibanda fire, 18 January 2017 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,199 ha in total · 3 days
  58. 1,135 ha Kibanda fire, 9 January 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,354 ha in total · 4 days
  59. 1,896 ha Kibanda fire, 8 January 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 1,883 ha in total · 8 days
  60. 1,203 ha Kibanda fire, 7 January 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,195 ha in total · 6 days
  61. 1,272 ha Kibanda fire, 6 January 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,263 ha in total · 3 days
  62. 2,890 ha Kibanda fire, 4 January 2017 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 2,871 ha in total · 9 days
  63. 107 ha Nwoya fire, 3 January 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 3,657 ha in total · 4 days
  64. 35,760 ha Kibanda fire, 2 January 2017 where it started 10.0% of the municipality · 41,220 ha in total · 15 days
  65. 5,490 ha Kibanda fire, 1 January 2017 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 5,453 ha in total · 11 days
  66. 1,355 ha Kibanda fire, 23 December 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,346 ha in total · 5 days
  67. 1,066 ha Kibanda fire, 23 December 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,059 ha in total · 6 days
  68. 1,077 ha Kibanda fire, 29 February 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,070 ha in total · 3 days
  69. 1,078 ha Kibanda fire, 17 February 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 1,071 ha in total · 1 day
  70. 365 ha Buliisa fire, 12 February 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 2,438 ha in total · 3 days
  71. 3,266 ha Kibanda fire, 10 February 2016 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 3,244 ha in total · 6 days
  72. 10,836 ha Kibanda fire, 9 February 2016 where it started 3.0% of the municipality · 13,858 ha in total · 7 days
  73. 1,580 ha Kibanda fire, 1 February 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 1,569 ha in total · 1 day

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).