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Wildfires in La Paz
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 37,070 km² of La Paz at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,540 km², ranking 3rd of 9 regions of Bolivia.
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 2023, with 10,600 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 3,230 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% higher 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.
August, September and October together hold 67% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 October 2024, with detections in 504 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 37,070 km² with at least one detection, 36% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 15,470 | 42% |
| 2 years | 8,360 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 10,310 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,820 | 7.6% |
| 11 years or more | 110 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -15.75, -67.25 and holds 7.6% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,300 | 6,653 |
| 2013 | 4,430 | 4,414 |
| 2014 | 5,050 | 5,323 |
| 2015 | 4,530 | 4,644 |
| 2016 | 9,120 | 9,780 |
| 2017 | 5,530 | 5,971 |
| 2018 | 4,630 | 4,920 |
| 2019 | 7,790 | 8,247 |
| 2020 | 9,710 | 10,908 |
| 2021 | 6,110 | 6,359 |
| 2022 | 6,960 | 7,517 |
| 2023 | 10,600 | 12,944 |
| 2024 | 7,550 | 8,469 |
| 2025 | 3,230 | 3,168 |
Other regions of Bolivia
- Santa Cruz39,610 km² in an average year
- El Beni33,690 km² in an average year
- Cochabamba4,120 km² in an average year
- Pando2,440 km² in an average year
- Chuquisaca1,830 km² in an average year
- Tarija1,370 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 regions
- Cochabamba240 km
- Oruro246 km
- Puno, Peru271 km
- El Beni391 km
- Madre de Dios, Peru444 km
- Moquegua, Peru457 km