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Wildfires in Mexico
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
- Aguascalientesno fires now
- Baja California3 fires
- Baja California Sur3 fires
- Campeche2 fires
- Chiapas5 fires
- Chihuahua3 fires
- Coahuila8 fires
- Colimano fires now
- Durango3 fires
- Guanajuatono fires now
- Guerrerono fires now
- Hidalgono fires now
- Jaliscono fires now
- Mexicono fires now
- Michoacánno fires now
- Morelosno fires now
- Nayaritno fires now
- Nuevo León8 fires
- Oaxaca2 fires
- Pueblano fires now
- Querétarono fires now
- Quintana Roo1 fire
- San Luis Potosíno fires now
- Sinaloa4 fires
- Sonora5 fires
- State of Mexicono fires now
- Tabasco23 fires
- Tamaulipas4 fires
- Tlaxcalano fires now
- Veracruz4 fires
- Yucatán3 fires
- Zacatecasno fires now
24 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 677,120 km² of Mexico at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 139,170 km², ranking 17th 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 2017, with 171,390 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 101,070 km². The 2021–2025 average is 6.8% 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.
April, May and June together hold 67% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 May 2019, with detections in 4,972 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 677,120 km² with at least one detection, 43% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 248,730 | 37% |
| 2 years | 136,200 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 203,920 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 83,160 | 12% |
| 11 years or more | 5,110 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 17.75, -93.25 and holds 1.6% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 143,660 | 194,377 |
| 2013 | 168,680 | 227,932 |
| 2014 | 101,070 | 130,006 |
| 2015 | 125,820 | 164,626 |
| 2016 | 148,610 | 194,546 |
| 2017 | 171,390 | 236,234 |
| 2018 | 138,900 | 183,119 |
| 2019 | 171,040 | 238,375 |
| 2020 | 137,780 | 191,214 |
| 2021 | 127,740 | 179,300 |
| 2022 | 129,130 | 175,046 |
| 2023 | 142,730 | 203,649 |
| 2024 | 130,300 | 194,501 |
| 2025 | 111,480 | 162,659 |
Nearby countries
- 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
- 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
- Guatemala472 km
- Belize480 km
- El Salvador732 km
- Honduras746 km
- Nicaragua1,060 km
- Costa Rica1,161 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
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