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Wildfires in Amazonas
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 8,780 km² of Amazonas at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,330 km², ranking 12th of 26 regions of Peru.
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 2024, with 2,170 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 838 km². The 2021–2025 average is 17% higher 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.
August, September and October together hold 53% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 November 2016, with detections in 117 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,780 km² with at least one detection, 26% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,420 | 50% |
| 2 years | 2,050 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,840 | 21% |
| 6 to 10 years | 446 | 5.1% |
| 11 years or more | 21 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -5.75, -78.25 and holds 25% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,240 | 1,118 |
| 2013 | 1,060 | 966 |
| 2014 | 965 | 870 |
| 2015 | 1,170 | 1,093 |
| 2016 | 1,880 | 1,815 |
| 2017 | 925 | 841 |
| 2018 | 1,090 | 1,022 |
| 2019 | 838 | 821 |
| 2020 | 2,000 | 2,015 |
| 2021 | 861 | 804 |
| 2022 | 1,900 | 2,096 |
| 2023 | 1,490 | 1,427 |
| 2024 | 2,170 | 2,239 |
| 2025 | 959 | 912 |
Other regions of Peru
- San Martín7,840 km² in an average year
- Ucayali7,180 km² in an average year
- Huanuco5,660 km² in an average year
- Loreto5,240 km² in an average year
- Junín3,900 km² in an average year
- Madre de Dios2,920 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
- Cajamarca78 km
- Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador156 km
- Lambayeque199 km
- La Libertad200 km
- Loreto221 km
- San Martín235 km