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Wildfires in Matanzas
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 7,040 km² of Matanzas at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,630 km², ranking 3rd 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 2025, with 2,740 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 1,070 km². The 2021–2025 average is 59% 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.
February, March and April together hold 67% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 April 2020, with detections in 92 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 7,040 km² with at least one detection, 52% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,920 | 27% |
| 2 years | 1,460 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,530 | 36% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,060 | 15% |
| 11 years or more | 68 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 22.75, -81.25 and holds 37% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,070 | 1,274 |
| 2013 | 1,220 | 1,473 |
| 2014 | 1,340 | 1,751 |
| 2015 | 1,480 | 1,901 |
| 2016 | 1,220 | 1,512 |
| 2017 | 1,790 | 2,185 |
| 2018 | 1,270 | 1,465 |
| 2019 | 1,100 | 1,306 |
| 2020 | 2,300 | 2,791 |
| 2021 | 1,960 | 2,409 |
| 2022 | 1,480 | 1,697 |
| 2023 | 2,040 | 2,397 |
| 2024 | 1,820 | 2,140 |
| 2025 | 2,740 | 3,565 |
Other regions of Cuba
- Camagüey2,890 km² in an average year
- Granma1,690 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
- Las Tunas986 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
- Villa Clara102 km
- Mayabeque102 km
- Havana116 km
- Cienfuegos116 km
- Artemisa153 km
- Isla de la Juventud190 km