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Wildfires in Lima
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 3,980 km² of Lima at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 454 km², ranking 20th 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 2016, with 651 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 296 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
September, October and November together hold 36% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 December 2025, with detections in 24 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,980 km² with at least one detection, 13% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,780 | 70% |
| 2 years | 677 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 431 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 76 | 1.9% |
| 11 years or more | 11 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -10.75, -77.75 and holds 19% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 423 | 511 |
| 2013 | 436 | 447 |
| 2014 | 386 | 382 |
| 2015 | 454 | 468 |
| 2016 | 651 | 703 |
| 2017 | 296 | 330 |
| 2018 | 414 | 464 |
| 2019 | 414 | 449 |
| 2020 | 481 | 519 |
| 2021 | 374 | 429 |
| 2022 | 563 | 589 |
| 2023 | 327 | 406 |
| 2024 | 495 | 549 |
| 2025 | 638 | 702 |
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.