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Wildfires in Rio de Janeiro
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 20,120 km² of Rio de Janeiro at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,120 km², ranking 22nd 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 2014, with 5,590 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 1,680 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% lower 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.
July, August and September together hold 46% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 October 2014, with detections in 297 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 20,120 km² with at least one detection, 27% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 10,060 | 50% |
| 2 years | 4,610 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4,300 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,070 | 5.3% |
| 11 years or more | 86 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -22.75, -43.75 and holds 34% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,160 | 4,854 |
| 2013 | 2,250 | 3,780 |
| 2014 | 5,590 | 8,333 |
| 2015 | 2,760 | 4,926 |
| 2016 | 3,240 | 5,001 |
| 2017 | 4,230 | 6,638 |
| 2018 | 1,680 | 3,424 |
| 2019 | 3,410 | 5,240 |
| 2020 | 3,020 | 4,760 |
| 2021 | 2,640 | 4,642 |
| 2022 | 2,890 | 4,626 |
| 2023 | 2,270 | 3,911 |
| 2024 | 4,300 | 6,448 |
| 2025 | 2,220 | 3,904 |
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
- Minas Gerais222 km
- São Paulo312 km
- Espírito Santo456 km
- Paraná623 km
- Distrito Federal884 km
- Santa Catarina893 km