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Wildfires in Palawan
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 7,310 km² of Palawan at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,560 km², ranking 1st of 118 regions of Philippines.
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 2,790 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 512 km². The 2021–2025 average is 52% 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.
February, March and April together hold 92% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 March 2016, with detections in 164 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 7,310 km² with at least one detection, 48% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 2,230 | 30% |
| 2 years | 1,570 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,530 | 35% |
| 6 to 10 years | 955 | 13% |
| 11 years or more | 29 | 0.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 9.25, 118.25 and holds 16% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,050 | 987 |
| 2013 | 1,690 | 1,705 |
| 2014 | 1,870 | 1,932 |
| 2015 | 2,570 | 2,906 |
| 2016 | 2,790 | 3,375 |
| 2017 | 1,570 | 1,584 |
| 2018 | 1,280 | 1,210 |
| 2019 | 2,210 | 2,441 |
| 2020 | 2,110 | 2,308 |
| 2021 | 860 | 800 |
| 2022 | 680 | 615 |
| 2023 | 873 | 797 |
| 2024 | 1,810 | 1,844 |
| 2025 | 512 | 460 |
Other regions of Philippines
- Occidental Mindoro1,260 km² in an average year
- Bukidnon1,070 km² in an average year
- Isabela800 km² in an average year
- Nueva Ecija766 km² in an average year
- Negros Occidental751 km² in an average year
- Cagayan725 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
- Puerto Princesa78 km
- Zamboanga Sibugay470 km
- Antique490 km
- Capiz490 km
- Aklan490 km
- Sabah, Malaysia496 km