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Wildfires in Quintana Roo
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 16,600 km² of Quintana Roo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,300 km², ranking 15th 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 2015, with 4,790 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 2,090 km². The 2021–2025 average is 15% 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 79% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 April 2020, with detections in 445 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 16,600 km² with at least one detection, 44% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,670 | 34% |
| 2 years | 3,550 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,630 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,710 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 33 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 18.75, -88.75 and holds 16% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,470 | 2,706 |
| 2013 | 4,490 | 6,462 |
| 2014 | 2,550 | 2,749 |
| 2015 | 4,790 | 6,961 |
| 2016 | 2,530 | 2,967 |
| 2017 | 3,400 | 4,330 |
| 2018 | 2,370 | 2,778 |
| 2019 | 4,710 | 6,110 |
| 2020 | 4,520 | 7,067 |
| 2021 | 2,090 | 2,280 |
| 2022 | 2,630 | 3,162 |
| 2023 | 2,850 | 3,946 |
| 2024 | 4,550 | 7,718 |
| 2025 | 2,270 | 2,864 |
Other regions of Mexico
- Guerrero14,510 km² in an average year
- Chiapas14,110 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
- 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
- Corozal, Belize76 km
- Orange Walk, Belize111 km
- Belize, Belize123 km
- Cayo, Belize166 km
- Yucatán174 km
- Campeche218 km