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Wildfires in Ceará
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 89,630 km² of Ceará at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 15,590 km², ranking 13th of 27 regions of Brazil.
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 19,910 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 12,250 km². The 2021–2025 average is 23% 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.
October, November and December together hold 72% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 November 2022, with detections in 710 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 89,630 km² with at least one detection, 35% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 36,140 | 40% |
| 2 years | 21,860 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 25,370 | 28% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,980 | 6.7% |
| 11 years or more | 284 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -3.75, -38.75 and holds 5.8% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 16,170 | 17,327 |
| 2013 | 12,830 | 12,686 |
| 2014 | 12,250 | 12,143 |
| 2015 | 13,860 | 14,364 |
| 2016 | 16,540 | 17,912 |
| 2017 | 13,380 | 14,128 |
| 2018 | 13,050 | 14,006 |
| 2019 | 16,020 | 17,565 |
| 2020 | 15,970 | 17,065 |
| 2021 | 17,520 | 18,774 |
| 2022 | 17,210 | 18,090 |
| 2023 | 19,910 | 22,043 |
| 2024 | 16,010 | 17,196 |
| 2025 | 17,530 | 19,625 |
Other regions of Brazil
- Pará102,950 km² in an average year
- Maranhão74,700 km² in an average year
- Mato Grosso70,190 km² in an average year
- Tocantins52,480 km² in an average year
- Piauí37,190 km² in an average year
- Bahia36,820 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
- Rio Grande do Norte283 km
- Paraíba338 km
- Pernambuco589 km
- Maranhão669 km
- Piauí676 km
- Alagoas695 km