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Wildfires in Vila Real
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 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 2,260 km² of Vila Real at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 294 km², ranking 2nd of 20 regions of Portugal.
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 2017, with 563 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 110 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.
August, September and October together hold 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 September 2024, with detections in 129 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,260 km² with at least one detection, 20% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,240 | 55% |
| 2 years | 577 | 26% |
| 3 to 5 years | 417 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 30 | 1.3% |
| 11 years or more | 1.8 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 41.75, -7.75 and holds 45% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 482 | 598 |
| 2013 | 530 | 728 |
| 2014 | 110 | 128 |
| 2015 | 297 | 384 |
| 2016 | 320 | 434 |
| 2017 | 563 | 760 |
| 2018 | 130 | 157 |
| 2019 | 182 | 250 |
| 2020 | 156 | 184 |
| 2021 | 207 | 257 |
| 2022 | 422 | 525 |
| 2023 | 169 | 221 |
| 2024 | 237 | 310 |
| 2025 | 309 | 421 |
Other regions of Portugal
- Viseu320 km² in an average year
- Braga245 km² in an average year
- Guarda213 km² in an average year
- Viana do Castelo204 km² in an average year
- Porto197 km² in an average year
- Bragança161 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
- Braga41 km
- Viana do Castelo41 km
- Ourense, Spain69 km
- Porto69 km
- León, Spain99 km
- Bragança100 km