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.
16 km/h from the E — carrying smoke towards the W.
35°C · 48% humidity
Air quality Fair
PM2.5 10.1 µg/m³ this hour · EU AQI 28 · US AQI 41
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.
92 active fires in Mexico
Neighbouring detections grouped into single incidents, largest first.
- 1683 MWRemote area54 detections~30.9 km acrosslast seen 2026-08-05 08:37 UTC17.817, -93.115
- 2349 MWRemote area7 detectionslast seen 2026-08-04 18:30 UTC31.565, -88.204
- 3305 MWRemote area10 detections~4.4 km acrosslast seen 2026-08-04 20:10 UTC30.919, -92.787
- 4269 MWRemote area11 detectionslast seen 2026-08-04 20:10 UTC30.915, -92.541
- 5236 MWRemote area2 detectionslast seen 2026-08-04 20:08 UTC23.623, -97.942
- 6204 MWRemote area8 detectionslast seen 2026-08-04 20:10 UTC32.683, -89.597
- 7144 MWRemote area4 detectionslast seen 2026-08-04 18:30 UTC31.643, -93.239
- 898 MWRemote area5 detectionslast seen 2026-08-04 20:06 UTC17.981, -94.526
- 996 MWRemote area4 detections~15.2 km acrosslast seen 2026-08-04 20:08 UTC21.299, -97.555
- 1087 MWRemote area9 detections~3.7 km acrosslast seen 2026-08-05 08:37 UTC17.893, -92.490
Plus 198 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.