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Wildfires in El Paraíso
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 09:22 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 6,370 km² of El Paraíso at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,740 km², ranking 5th of 18 regions of Honduras.
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 2013, with 2,770 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 834 km². The 2021–2025 average is 25% 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 88% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 April 2022, with detections in 158 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 6,370 km² with at least one detection, 66% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,030 | 16% |
| 2 years | 1,130 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,800 | 44% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,390 | 22% |
| 11 years or more | 22 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 14.25, -86.75 and holds 32% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 886 | 877 |
| 2013 | 2,770 | 3,217 |
| 2014 | 2,220 | 2,466 |
| 2015 | 1,640 | 1,820 |
| 2016 | 2,090 | 2,394 |
| 2017 | 834 | 822 |
| 2018 | 2,010 | 2,167 |
| 2019 | 2,430 | 2,770 |
| 2020 | 2,150 | 2,722 |
| 2021 | 967 | 953 |
| 2022 | 1,520 | 1,723 |
| 2023 | 1,330 | 1,379 |
| 2024 | 2,500 | 2,933 |
| 2025 | 943 | 927 |
Other regions of Honduras
- Olancho7,060 km² in an average year
- Gracias a Dios3,600 km² in an average year
- Yoro2,380 km² in an average year
- Francisco Morazán2,260 km² in an average year
- Colón1,630 km² in an average year
- Comayagua1,440 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
- Francisco Morazán77 km
- Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua77 km
- La Paz107 km
- Madriz, Nicaragua111 km
- Comayagua121 km
- Valle121 km