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Wildfires in Havana
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 425 km² of Havana at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 81 km², ranking 16th of 16 regions of Cuba.
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 2020, with 154 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 38 km². The 2021–2025 average is 82% 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.
March, April and May together hold 49% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 March 2020, with detections in 8 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 425 km² with at least one detection, 39% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 176 | 41% |
| 2 years | 83 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 126 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 35 | 8.3% |
| 11 years or more | 4.5 | 1.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 23.25, -82.25 and holds 87% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 40 | 91 |
| 2013 | 87 | 320 |
| 2014 | 59 | 287 |
| 2015 | 59 | 313 |
| 2016 | 38 | 207 |
| 2017 | 56 | 145 |
| 2018 | 63 | 159 |
| 2019 | 62 | 103 |
| 2020 | 154 | 264 |
| 2021 | 105 | 123 |
| 2022 | 83 | 94 |
| 2023 | 114 | 143 |
| 2024 | 112 | 117 |
| 2025 | 102 | 106 |
Other regions of Cuba
- Camagüey2,890 km² in an average year
- Granma1,690 km² in an average year
- Matanzas1,630 km² in an average year
- Ciego de Ávila1,370 km² in an average year
- Pinar del Río1,120 km² in an average year
- Cienfuegos996 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
- Mayabeque55 km
- Artemisa75 km
- Matanzas116 km
- Pinar del Río116 km
- Isla de la Juventud174 km
- Villa Clara212 km