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Wildfires in San Salvador
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 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 592 km² of San Salvador at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 147 km², ranking 10th of 14 regions of El Salvador.
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 2017, with 207 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 60 km². The 2021–2025 average is 36% 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 75% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 March 2017, with detections in 16 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 592 km² with at least one detection, 55% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 146 | 25% |
| 2 years | 119 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 218 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 105 | 18% |
| 11 years or more | 4.8 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 13.75, -89.25 and holds 81% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 112 | 117 |
| 2013 | 195 | 220 |
| 2014 | 138 | 151 |
| 2015 | 200 | 235 |
| 2016 | 162 | 159 |
| 2017 | 207 | 222 |
| 2018 | 154 | 154 |
| 2019 | 179 | 186 |
| 2020 | 188 | 195 |
| 2021 | 110 | 109 |
| 2022 | 124 | 121 |
| 2023 | 107 | 123 |
| 2024 | 118 | 121 |
| 2025 | 60 | 60 |
Other regions of El Salvador
- Santa Ana437 km² in an average year
- La Unión395 km² in an average year
- Usulután393 km² in an average year
- San Miguel340 km² in an average year
- San Vicente326 km² in an average year
- La Libertad304 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
- La Libertad0 km
- Cuscatlán0 km
- San Vicente54 km
- Sonsonate54 km
- Cabañas54 km
- Ahuachapán54 km