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Wildfires in Honduras
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
- Atlántida2 fires
- Bay Islandsno fires now
- Cholutecano fires now
- Colón4 fires
- Comayaguano fires now
- Copán1 fire
- Cortés3 fires
- El Paraíso1 fire
- Francisco Morazán2 fires
- Gracias a Diosno fires now
- Intibucáno fires now
- La Pazno fires now
- Lempirano fires now
- Ocotepequeno fires now
- Olancho20 fires
- Santa Bárbara2 fires
- Valleno fires now
- Yoro4 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 88,510 km² of Honduras at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 25,150 km², ranking 53rd 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 2020, with 35,180 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 12,040 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% 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.
March, April and May together hold 86% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 20 April 2020, with detections in 1,925 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 88,510 km² with at least one detection, 67% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 15,570 | 18% |
| 2 years | 14,000 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 35,960 | 41% |
| 6 to 10 years | 22,240 | 25% |
| 11 years or more | 734 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 15.25, -86.75 and holds 5.4% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 15,710 | 15,977 |
| 2013 | 32,250 | 37,729 |
| 2014 | 28,940 | 32,690 |
| 2015 | 25,750 | 29,362 |
| 2016 | 28,160 | 32,881 |
| 2017 | 18,260 | 19,938 |
| 2018 | 26,140 | 29,666 |
| 2019 | 31,890 | 40,615 |
| 2020 | 35,180 | 50,581 |
| 2021 | 16,600 | 17,382 |
| 2022 | 17,280 | 18,709 |
| 2023 | 33,490 | 45,675 |
| 2024 | 30,370 | 39,222 |
| 2025 | 12,040 | 12,117 |
Nearby countries
- Mexico139,170 km² in an average year
- United States133,530 km² in an average year
- Canada57,580 km² in an average year
- Nicaragua20,510 km² in an average year
- Guatemala19,060 km² in an average year
- Cuba16,030 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
- El Salvador274 km
- Belize308 km
- Nicaragua316 km
- Guatemala444 km
- Costa Rica566 km
- Mexico746 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
