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Wildfires in Antigua and Barbuda
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 140 km² of Antigua and Barbuda at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 19 km², ranking 182nd of 200 countries.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2014, with 37 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 9.5 km². The 2021–2025 average is 27% lower than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
March, April and May together hold 38% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 March 2014, with detections in 7 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 140 km² with at least one detection, 24% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 71 | 51% |
| 2 years | 36 | 25% |
| 3 to 5 years | 31 | 22% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2.4 | 1.7% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 17.25, -61.75 and holds 88% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 12 | 10 |
| 2013 | 24 | 20 |
| 2014 | 37 | 41 |
| 2015 | 27 | 40 |
| 2016 | 15 | 21 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9 |
| 2018 | 25 | 25 |
| 2019 | 15 | 13 |
| 2020 | 17 | 15 |
| 2021 | 25 | 26 |
| 2022 | 18 | 17 |
| 2023 | 9.5 | 11 |
| 2024 | 17 | 19 |
| 2025 | 15 | 17 |
Nearby countries
- Mexico139,170 km² in an average year
- United States133,530 km² in an average year
- Canada57,580 km² in an average year
- Honduras25,150 km² in an average year
- Nicaragua20,510 km² in an average year
- Guatemala19,060 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby countries
- Saint Kitts and Nevis106 km
- Dominica228 km
- United States Virgin Islands322 km
- British Virgin Islands336 km
- Saint Lucia403 km
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines448 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
