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Wildfires in Yucatán
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 27,080 km² of Yucatán at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,890 km², ranking 8th 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 10,060 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 5,300 km². The 2021–2025 average is 23% 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 11 May 2012, with detections in 637 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 27,080 km² with at least one detection, 59% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 5,970 | 22% |
| 2 years | 5,080 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 10,670 | 39% |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,170 | 19% |
| 11 years or more | 187 | 0.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 20.25, -89.25 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6,490 | 7,419 |
| 2013 | 10,060 | 12,230 |
| 2014 | 7,300 | 8,493 |
| 2015 | 8,820 | 10,473 |
| 2016 | 6,400 | 7,281 |
| 2017 | 6,960 | 7,931 |
| 2018 | 5,420 | 5,988 |
| 2019 | 8,080 | 9,663 |
| 2020 | 6,940 | 8,440 |
| 2021 | 5,300 | 6,085 |
| 2022 | 5,460 | 6,211 |
| 2023 | 6,670 | 8,001 |
| 2024 | 7,120 | 9,632 |
| 2025 | 5,400 | 6,206 |
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
- Quintana Roo174 km
- Corozal, Belize245 km
- Campeche272 km
- Orange Walk, Belize282 km
- Belize, Belize297 km
- Cayo, Belize337 km