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Wildfires in Paraíba
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 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 28,330 km² of Paraíba at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 4,390 km², ranking 21st 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 2021, with 5,870 km² detected; the quietest was 2013, with 2,910 km². The 2021–2025 average is 34% 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 67% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 22 November 2022, with detections in 226 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 28,330 km² with at least one detection, 30% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 12,620 | 45% |
| 2 years | 7,100 | 25% |
| 3 to 5 years | 7,500 | 26% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,110 | 3.9% |
| 11 years or more | 11 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -6.75, -38.25 and holds 13% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,200 | 3,999 |
| 2013 | 2,910 | 2,678 |
| 2014 | 3,060 | 2,892 |
| 2015 | 4,030 | 3,877 |
| 2016 | 4,360 | 4,341 |
| 2017 | 2,940 | 2,765 |
| 2018 | 4,410 | 4,404 |
| 2019 | 5,290 | 5,965 |
| 2020 | 5,280 | 5,315 |
| 2021 | 5,870 | 5,974 |
| 2022 | 4,980 | 5,160 |
| 2023 | 5,150 | 5,184 |
| 2024 | 4,650 | 4,534 |
| 2025 | 4,320 | 4,399 |
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 Norte55 km
- Ceará338 km
- Pernambuco349 km
- Alagoas391 km
- Sergipe458 km
- Piauí609 km