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Wildfires in Guyana
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Barima-Waini1 fire
- Cuyuni-Mazaruni7 fires
- Demerara-Mahaica10 fires
- East Berbice-Corentyne4 fires
- Mahaica-Berbice31 fires
- Pomeroon-Supenaam24 fires
- Potaro-Siparuni24 fires
- Upper Demerara-Berbice64 fires
- Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo12 fires
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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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 32,700 km² of Guyana at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 7,110 km², ranking 71st 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 2024, with 13,930 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 3,420 km². The 2021–2025 average is 8.1% 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.
September, October and November together hold 46% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 April 2024, with detections in 751 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 32,700 km² with at least one detection, 49% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 10,490 | 32% |
| 2 years | 6,320 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 11,580 | 35% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,980 | 12% |
| 11 years or more | 328 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 6.25, -57.75 and holds 9.1% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,540 | 6,531 |
| 2013 | 5,690 | 5,560 |
| 2014 | 6,750 | 6,953 |
| 2015 | 8,840 | 9,534 |
| 2016 | 7,160 | 7,610 |
| 2017 | 5,910 | 5,839 |
| 2018 | 6,150 | 6,274 |
| 2019 | 7,390 | 7,888 |
| 2020 | 7,290 | 7,489 |
| 2021 | 3,660 | 3,382 |
| 2022 | 3,420 | 3,084 |
| 2023 | 10,640 | 12,584 |
| 2024 | 13,930 | 18,796 |
| 2025 | 6,140 | 6,758 |
Nearby countries
- Brazil613,680 km² in an average year
- Venezuela125,480 km² in an average year
- Bolivia90,610 km² in an average year
- Argentina83,750 km² in an average year
- Colombia72,700 km² in an average year
- Paraguay52,970 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
- Suriname123 km
- Trinidad and Tobago588 km
- Venezuela766 km
- Barbados808 km
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines867 km
- Saint Lucia896 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
