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Wildfires in Suriname
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Brokopondo16 fires
- Commewijne1 fire
- Coronie4 fires
- Marowijne2 fires
- Nickerie10 fires
- Para10 fires
- Paramaribono fires now
- Saramacca3 fires
- Sipaliwini30 fires
- Wanica3 fires
19 fires
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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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 9,840 km² of Suriname at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,960 km², ranking 100th of 200 countries.
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 2023, with 3,400 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 832 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.0% 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.
September, October and November together hold 73% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 1 April 2024, with detections in 163 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 9,840 km² with at least one detection, 39% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,190 | 43% |
| 2 years | 1,850 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,430 | 25% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,300 | 13% |
| 11 years or more | 69 | 0.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 5.75, -56.75 and holds 20% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,410 | 2,736 |
| 2013 | 1,200 | 1,295 |
| 2014 | 2,010 | 2,216 |
| 2015 | 2,410 | 2,809 |
| 2016 | 2,280 | 2,679 |
| 2017 | 1,370 | 1,385 |
| 2018 | 1,760 | 1,858 |
| 2019 | 2,190 | 2,462 |
| 2020 | 2,000 | 2,280 |
| 2021 | 832 | 825 |
| 2022 | 1,130 | 1,055 |
| 2023 | 3,400 | 4,541 |
| 2024 | 2,920 | 4,753 |
| 2025 | 1,510 | 1,589 |
Nearby countries
- Brazil613,680 km² in an average year
- Venezuela125,480 km² in an average year
- Bolivia90,610 km² in an average year
- Argentina83,750 km² in an average year
- Colombia72,700 km² in an average year
- Paraguay52,970 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 countries
- Guyana123 km
- Trinidad and Tobago704 km
- Venezuela890 km
- Barbados896 km
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines968 km
- Saint Lucia991 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
