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Wildfires in Arequipa
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 3,880 km² of Arequipa at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 465 km², ranking 19th 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 2013, with 633 km² detected; the quietest was 2016, with 367 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% 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 36% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 3 September 2018, with detections in 22 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,880 km² with at least one detection, 14% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,620 | 67% |
| 2 years | 715 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 437 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 93 | 2.4% |
| 11 years or more | 20 | 0.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -15.75, -71.75 and holds 30% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 417 | 495 |
| 2013 | 633 | 704 |
| 2014 | 387 | 427 |
| 2015 | 369 | 430 |
| 2016 | 367 | 427 |
| 2017 | 447 | 733 |
| 2018 | 542 | 767 |
| 2019 | 423 | 783 |
| 2020 | 515 | 752 |
| 2021 | 520 | 846 |
| 2022 | 523 | 869 |
| 2023 | 461 | 748 |
| 2024 | 413 | 645 |
| 2025 | 495 | 557 |
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
- Moquegua175 km
- Apurímac274 km
- Puno316 km
- Ayacucho397 km
- Cusco Departament403 km
- Oruro, Bolivia433 km