Wildfires in Huambo
Huambo, Angola: 9 fires with a page have entered 7 of its 11 municipalities since 2016, burning 55,019 hectares inside the region. The largest was Tchinjenje in August 2026, with 16,182 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 2).
Only fires of 5,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.
- hectares burned
- 55,019ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 1.7%
- 33,333 km²
- fires
- 9
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 7
- of 11
- Largest fire
- 16,182ha
- Tchinjenje · August 2026
- Inhabitants
- —
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Mon 26 Very low 30° · 37 % · 29 km/h
- Tue 27 Very low 31° · 34 % · 21 km/h
- Wed 28 Very low 29° · 50 % · 31 km/h
- Thu 29 Very low 26° · 63 % · 21 km/h
- Fri 30 Very low 28° · 52 % · 44 km/h
- Sat 31 Very low 26° · 46 % · 32 km/h
- Sun 1 Very low 27° · 57 % · 32 km/h
- Mon 2 Very low 27° · 58 % · 26 km/h
Click a perimeter to see which fire it is
The municipalities that burned most
- Tchinjenje 14,143 ha · 14 %
- Bailundo 12,856 ha · 1.8 %
- Tchikala-Tcholohanga 9,392 ha · 2.1 %
- Catchiungo 6,465 ha · 2.2 %
- Mungo 4,853 ha · 1.6 %
- Ukuma 4,226 ha · 2.5 %
- Londuimbale 3,085 ha · 1.1 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more large fires (1,000 ha or more) since 2016.
- 4×Bailundo12,856 ha
- 2×Tchikala-Tcholohanga9,392 ha
- 2×Catchiungo6,465 ha
- 2×Ukuma4,226 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 16,182 haTchinjenjeAugust 2026 · 32 days
- 6,271 haBailundoAugust 2026 · 19 days
- 6,111 haCatchiungoMay 2019 · 38 days
- 5,795 haTchikala-TcholohangaAugust 2026 · 11 days
- 5,339 haBailundoAugust 2024 · 8 days
- 5,271 haLonduimbaleJune 2026 · 21 days
- 5,044 haCatchiungoJune 2026 · 21 days
- 4,853 haMungoAugust 2026 · 20 days of 6,175 ha in total
Hectares inside the region; the fire may have burned more outside it.
Year by year
| Year | fires | hectares burned | Largest of the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 43,569 | Tchinjenje 16,182 ha |
| 2024 | 1 | 5,339 | Bailundo 5,339 ha |
| 2019 | 1 | 6,111 | Catchiungo 6,111 ha |
All fires in Huambo · 9
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
- 4,853 haMungoAugust 2026 · 20 days of 6,175 ha in total
- 5,795 haTchikala-TcholohangaAugust 2026 · 11 days
- 16,182 haTchinjenjeAugust 2026 · 32 days
- 6,271 haBailundoAugust 2026 · 19 days
- 154 haCela (Waku Kungo)August 2026 · 19 days of 8,321 ha in total
- 5,271 haLonduimbaleJune 2026 · 21 days
- 5,044 haCatchiungoJune 2026 · 21 days
- 5,339 haBailundoAugust 2024 · 8 days
- 6,111 haCatchiungoMay 2019 · 38 days
Where this data comes from
Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/U.S. Census Bureau (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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