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Wildfires in Trinidad and Tobago
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 UTC
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Regions
- Chaguanasno fires now
- Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo1 fire
- Mayaro-Rio Clarono fires now
- Penal-Debe Regional Corporationno fires now
- Princes Townno fires now
- San Fernandono fires now
- San Juan–Laventilleno fires now
- Sangre Grande Regional Corporationno fires now
- Siparia Regional Corporationno fires now
- Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporationno fires now
- Western Tobagono fires now
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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 2,340 km² of Trinidad and Tobago at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 584 km², ranking 133rd 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 2024, with 917 km² detected; the quietest was 2021, with 199 km². The 2021–2025 average is 19% 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 53% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 March 2023, with detections in 110 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,340 km² with at least one detection, 53% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 735 | 31% |
| 2 years | 360 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 759 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 424 | 18% |
| 11 years or more | 57 | 2.5% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.25, -61.25 and holds 76% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 226 | 1,038 |
| 2013 | 690 | 1,609 |
| 2014 | 681 | 1,544 |
| 2015 | 651 | 1,392 |
| 2016 | 826 | 1,439 |
| 2017 | 611 | 1,069 |
| 2018 | 396 | 940 |
| 2019 | 898 | 1,423 |
| 2020 | 702 | 1,146 |
| 2021 | 199 | 612 |
| 2022 | 332 | 628 |
| 2023 | 668 | 970 |
| 2024 | 917 | 1,193 |
| 2025 | 384 | 637 |
Nearby countries
- Mexico139,170 km² in an average year
- United States133,530 km² in an average year
- Canada57,580 km² in an average year
- Honduras25,150 km² in an average year
- Nicaragua20,510 km² in an average year
- Guatemala19,060 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
- Venezuela279 km
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines333 km
- Barbados371 km
- Saint Lucia392 km
- Dominica555 km
- Guyana588 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
