Wildfires in Mexico Today
Live active-fire map for Mexico from NASA FIRMS satellite data. Where fires are burning right now — updated hourly. Typical fire season: spring–summer.
4 km/h from the NW — carrying smoke towards the SE.
28°C · 73% humidity
Air quality Fair
PM2.5 6.5 µg/m³ this hour · EU AQI 25 · US AQI 53
Air quality is acceptable for almost everyone.
Wind direction only — not a smoke dispersion forecast. Air quality is modelled, not a street-level measurement. Weather from MET Norway; air quality from Open-Meteo (Copernicus CAMS). Both CC BY 4.0.
110 active fires in Mexico
Neighbouring detections grouped into single incidents, largest first.
- 1699 MWRemote area51 detections~15.3 km acrosslast seen 2026-09-19 07:54 UTC17.854, -93.135
- 2332 MWRemote area15 detections~19.1 km acrosslast seen 2026-09-17 19:47 UTC30.537, -100.724
- 3263 MWRemote area41 detections~13.6 km acrosslast seen 2026-09-19 07:54 UTC19.412, -92.047
- 4242 MWRemote area5 detectionslast seen 2026-09-18 19:28 UTC31.046, -92.818
- 5231 MWRemote area29 detections~18 km acrosslast seen 2026-09-18 19:23 UTC17.707, -92.769
- 6191 MWRemote area4 detectionslast seen 2026-09-18 19:25 UTC30.809, -89.963
- 7186 MWRemote area37 detections~48.5 km acrosslast seen 2026-09-19 07:54 UTC17.917, -93.019
- 8159 MWRemote area8 detections~10.4 km acrosslast seen 2026-09-19 07:50 UTC30.824, -93.279
- 9149 MWRemote area21 detections~8 km acrosslast seen 2026-09-18 08:13 UTC17.749, -92.884
- 10141 MWRemote area22 detections~23 km acrosslast seen 2026-09-18 19:23 UTC17.729, -92.534
Plus 196 smaller heat detections — often agricultural burning rather than wildfire.
About this wildfire map
This map uses NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), which publishes active-fire detections from the VIIRS and MODIS instruments aboard NASA and NOAA satellites. Each dot is a thermal “hotspot” where the sensor measured fire-level heat, usually within 3 hours of the satellite passing overhead. It shows where fires are actively burning — not fire perimeters or evacuation zones. For safety and evacuation information, always follow your local emergency services.