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Wildfires in Guayas
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 10,030 km² of Guayas at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,670 km², ranking 1st of 24 regions of Ecuador.
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 2016, with 3,970 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 1,010 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% 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.
October, November and December together hold 67% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 15 November 2016, with detections in 342 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 10,030 km² with at least one detection, 61% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,150 | 21% |
| 2 years | 1,740 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 3,830 | 38% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,230 | 22% |
| 11 years or more | 87 | 0.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -1.75, -80.25 and holds 31% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,810 | 2,886 |
| 2013 | 3,190 | 3,420 |
| 2014 | 2,850 | 2,990 |
| 2015 | 1,690 | 1,585 |
| 2016 | 3,970 | 4,627 |
| 2017 | 2,160 | 2,160 |
| 2018 | 2,840 | 2,981 |
| 2019 | 2,390 | 2,430 |
| 2020 | 3,420 | 3,743 |
| 2021 | 2,220 | 2,257 |
| 2022 | 2,840 | 3,007 |
| 2023 | 1,010 | 935 |
| 2024 | 3,350 | 3,757 |
| 2025 | 2,650 | 2,833 |
Other regions of Ecuador
- Manabí2,450 km² in an average year
- Los Ríos1,680 km² in an average year
- Loja1,110 km² in an average year
- Esmeraldas437 km² in an average year
- El Oro344 km² in an average year
- Sucumbíos304 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
- Santa Elena55 km
- Los Ríos78 km
- Bolívar111 km
- Manabí111 km
- Cañar124 km
- Chimborazo166 km