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Wildfires in Pinar del Río
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 11:26 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 5,450 km² of Pinar del Río at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,120 km², ranking 5th 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 2023, with 2,240 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 579 km². The 2021–2025 average is 99% 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 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 4 March 2023, with detections in 112 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 5,450 km² with at least one detection, 44% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,870 | 34% |
| 2 years | 1,200 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,680 | 31% |
| 6 to 10 years | 662 | 12% |
| 11 years or more | 30 | 0.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 22.75, -83.25 and holds 34% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 598 | 657 |
| 2013 | 823 | 903 |
| 2014 | 763 | 867 |
| 2015 | 1,130 | 1,344 |
| 2016 | 579 | 664 |
| 2017 | 1,100 | 1,289 |
| 2018 | 768 | 855 |
| 2019 | 942 | 1,123 |
| 2020 | 1,230 | 1,475 |
| 2021 | 837 | 970 |
| 2022 | 1,290 | 1,572 |
| 2023 | 2,240 | 3,045 |
| 2024 | 1,230 | 1,384 |
| 2025 | 2,180 | 2,783 |
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
- 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
- Artemisa51 km
- Mayabeque102 km
- Havana116 km
- Isla de la Juventud122 km
- Matanzas205 km
- Villa Clara307 km