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Wildfires in Argentina
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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- Chubut1 fire
- Corrientesno fires now
- Córdobano fires now
- Entre Ríosno fires now
- Formosano fires now
- Jujuy3 fires
- La Pampano fires now
- La Riojano fires now
- Mendozano fires now
- Misionesno fires now
- Neuquénno fires now
- Río Negro1 fire
- Salta2 fires
- San Juanno fires now
- San Luisno fires now
- Santa Cruzno fires now
- Santa Feno fires now
- Santiago del Esterono fires now
- Tierra del Fuegono fires now
- Tucumánno 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 520,680 km² of Argentina at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 83,750 km², ranking 29th 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 2020, with 154,550 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 56,520 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of 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.
August, September and October together hold 50% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 1 October 2020, with detections in 5,651 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 520,680 km² with at least one detection, 30% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 263,170 | 51% |
| 2 years | 102,910 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 117,550 | 23% |
| 6 to 10 years | 35,830 | 6.9% |
| 11 years or more | 1,230 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -33.25, -60.25 and holds 1.6% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 81,970 | 112,330 |
| 2013 | 90,190 | 129,186 |
| 2014 | 56,520 | 73,738 |
| 2015 | 70,990 | 90,719 |
| 2016 | 81,090 | 102,446 |
| 2017 | 87,600 | 109,692 |
| 2018 | 85,330 | 107,754 |
| 2019 | 73,760 | 95,837 |
| 2020 | 154,550 | 242,539 |
| 2021 | 84,500 | 116,457 |
| 2022 | 106,120 | 158,963 |
| 2023 | 63,730 | 93,953 |
| 2024 | 64,680 | 89,822 |
| 2025 | 71,510 | 99,851 |
Nearby countries
- Brazil613,680 km² in an average year
- Venezuela125,480 km² in an average year
- Bolivia90,610 km² in an average year
- Colombia72,700 km² in an average year
- Paraguay52,970 km² in an average year
- Peru49,920 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
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
