AURSEEAursee
Wildfires in El Salvador
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 UTC
Follow El Salvador: fire alerts by emailNo fires detected in El Salvador in the last 24 hours.
Regions
- Ahuachapánno fires now
- Cabañasno fires now
- Chalatenangono fires now
- Cuscatlánno fires now
- La Libertadno fires now
- La Pazno fires now
- La Uniónno fires now
- Morazánno fires now
- San Miguelno fires now
- San Salvadorno fires now
- San Vicenteno fires now
- Santa Anano fires now
- Sonsonateno fires now
- Usulutánno fires now
Fire alerts for El Salvador
Free. One email when satellites detect fire anywhere in El Salvador, then at most one update a day while fires continue.
Free. Pick a town and we email you when satellites detect fire within 30 km of it.
Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 14,750 km² of El Salvador at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,540 km², ranking 84th of 200 countries.
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 2015, with 5,690 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 1,600 km². The 2021–2025 average is 49% 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.
February, March and April together hold 81% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 April 2014, with detections in 339 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 14,750 km² with at least one detection, 54% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,880 | 26% |
| 2 years | 2,970 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,270 | 36% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,480 | 17% |
| 11 years or more | 147 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.25, -88.25 and holds 15% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
Show the table
| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,300 | 3,509 |
| 2013 | 5,480 | 6,494 |
| 2014 | 4,280 | 4,713 |
| 2015 | 5,690 | 6,990 |
| 2016 | 3,190 | 3,416 |
| 2017 | 4,860 | 5,849 |
| 2018 | 4,090 | 4,623 |
| 2019 | 3,790 | 4,417 |
| 2020 | 3,730 | 4,083 |
| 2021 | 2,030 | 1,948 |
| 2022 | 2,750 | 2,930 |
| 2023 | 2,470 | 2,508 |
| 2024 | 2,290 | 2,353 |
| 2025 | 1,600 | 1,555 |
Nearby countries
- Mexico139,170 km² in an average year
- United States133,530 km² in an average year
- Canada57,580 km² in an average year
- Honduras25,150 km² in an average year
- Nicaragua20,510 km² in an average year
- Guatemala19,060 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 countries
Embed this map on your site
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
