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Wildfires in Distrito Capital
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 09:19 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 283 km² of Distrito Capital at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 57 km², ranking 22nd of 25 regions of Venezuela.
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 2020, with 135 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 15 km². The 2021–2025 average is 26% 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 41% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 12 April 2020, with detections in 35 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 283 km² with at least one detection, 43% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 102 | 36% |
| 2 years | 58 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 99 | 35% |
| 6 to 10 years | 21 | 7.4% |
| 11 years or more | 2.4 | 0.8% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.25, -66.75 and holds 78% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 30 | 148 |
| 2013 | 56 | 195 |
| 2014 | 71 | 165 |
| 2015 | 101 | 222 |
| 2016 | 43 | 153 |
| 2017 | 15 | 103 |
| 2018 | 66 | 155 |
| 2019 | 57 | 127 |
| 2020 | 135 | 286 |
| 2021 | 17 | 121 |
| 2022 | 32 | 126 |
| 2023 | 41 | 171 |
| 2024 | 84 | 231 |
| 2025 | 48 | 142 |
Other regions of Venezuela
- Bolívar22,520 km² in an average year
- Apure20,660 km² in an average year
- Guárico State20,230 km² in an average year
- Anzoátegui13,060 km² in an average year
- Monagas6,380 km² in an average year
- Portuguesa5,860 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
- Miranda0 km
- Aragua55 km
- Vargas state77 km
- Carabobo164 km
- Cojedes173 km
- Anzoátegui218 km