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Wildfires in Belize
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 12,030 km² of Belize at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,230 km², ranking 89th 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 2019, with 4,380 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 2,160 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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 78% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 May 2024, with detections in 360 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 12,030 km² with at least one detection, 61% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,540 | 21% |
| 2 years | 2,120 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,630 | 38% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,620 | 22% |
| 11 years or more | 128 | 1.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 17.25, -88.75 and holds 19% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,230 | 3,007 |
| 2013 | 4,380 | 6,529 |
| 2014 | 2,610 | 3,784 |
| 2015 | 3,640 | 5,300 |
| 2016 | 3,050 | 4,117 |
| 2017 | 3,240 | 4,029 |
| 2018 | 2,560 | 3,059 |
| 2019 | 4,380 | 6,224 |
| 2020 | 3,360 | 4,494 |
| 2021 | 2,740 | 3,410 |
| 2022 | 2,160 | 2,572 |
| 2023 | 4,080 | 5,620 |
| 2024 | 4,220 | 6,304 |
| 2025 | 2,520 | 3,143 |
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
- Honduras308 km
- Guatemala396 km
- El Salvador448 km
- Mexico480 km
- Nicaragua619 km
- Costa Rica843 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
