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Wildfires in Pernambuco
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 47,930 km² of Pernambuco at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,810 km², ranking 18th 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 8,940 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 4,420 km². The 2021–2025 average is 27% 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 58% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 November 2021, with detections in 161 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 47,930 km² with at least one detection, 26% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 23,280 | 49% |
| 2 years | 12,390 | 26% |
| 3 to 5 years | 11,120 | 23% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,120 | 2.3% |
| 11 years or more | 18 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -7.75, -35.25 and holds 6.5% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,510 | 7,230 |
| 2013 | 5,630 | 5,344 |
| 2014 | 4,910 | 4,665 |
| 2015 | 7,180 | 7,096 |
| 2016 | 6,760 | 6,668 |
| 2017 | 4,420 | 4,342 |
| 2018 | 5,640 | 5,485 |
| 2019 | 5,940 | 5,876 |
| 2020 | 6,700 | 6,582 |
| 2021 | 7,800 | 7,729 |
| 2022 | 6,680 | 6,648 |
| 2023 | 8,940 | 8,967 |
| 2024 | 8,780 | 8,618 |
| 2025 | 8,400 | 8,504 |
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.