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Wildfires in Chiapas
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 52,410 km² of Chiapas at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 14,110 km², ranking 2nd of 32 regions of Mexico.
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 18,850 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 7,970 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% 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 76% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 8 May 2013, with detections in 1,219 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 52,410 km² with at least one detection, 60% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 11,570 | 22% |
| 2 years | 9,390 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 19,390 | 37% |
| 6 to 10 years | 11,090 | 21% |
| 11 years or more | 975 | 1.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 17.75, -93.25 and holds 13% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 15,380 | 19,329 |
| 2013 | 18,850 | 24,588 |
| 2014 | 11,510 | 14,080 |
| 2015 | 15,610 | 19,349 |
| 2016 | 14,840 | 18,788 |
| 2017 | 15,460 | 19,512 |
| 2018 | 14,340 | 17,865 |
| 2019 | 18,400 | 25,626 |
| 2020 | 12,390 | 16,224 |
| 2021 | 11,700 | 15,668 |
| 2022 | 12,660 | 16,987 |
| 2023 | 14,070 | 19,240 |
| 2024 | 14,430 | 20,899 |
| 2025 | 7,970 | 11,444 |
Other regions of Mexico
- Guerrero14,510 km² in an average year
- Campeche13,010 km² in an average year
- Jalisco10,370 km² in an average year
- Michoacán10,140 km² in an average year
- Oaxaca9,750 km² in an average year
- Veracruz8,660 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
- Tabasco55 km
- Veracruz158 km
- Campeche270 km
- Oaxaca270 km
- Petén, Guatemala270 km
- Huehuetenango, Guatemala273 km