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Wildfires in Buenos Aires
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 33,430 km² of Buenos Aires at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,260 km², ranking 9th of 24 regions of Argentina.
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 4,050 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 1,990 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.9% 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.
July, August and September together hold 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 31 December 2016, with detections in 383 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 33,430 km² with at least one detection, 7.3% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 26,530 | 79% |
| 2 years | 4,460 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,060 | 6.2% |
| 6 to 10 years | 326 | 1.0% |
| 11 years or more | 45 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -34.25, -58.75 and holds 11% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,730 | 4,371 |
| 2013 | 3,900 | 5,804 |
| 2014 | 2,670 | 4,289 |
| 2015 | 3,290 | 4,933 |
| 2016 | 3,930 | 5,310 |
| 2017 | 2,830 | 4,525 |
| 2018 | 3,520 | 5,361 |
| 2019 | 3,550 | 5,117 |
| 2020 | 4,050 | 5,826 |
| 2021 | 3,850 | 6,370 |
| 2022 | 3,920 | 6,982 |
| 2023 | 3,400 | 6,059 |
| 2024 | 1,990 | 3,420 |
| 2025 | 2,070 | 3,712 |
Other regions of Argentina
- Santa Fe14,200 km² in an average year
- Formosa11,650 km² in an average year
- Corrientes10,870 km² in an average year
- Chaco8,420 km² in an average year
- Santiago del Estero7,400 km² in an average year
- Salta4,340 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
- Colonia, Uruguay91 km
- Soriano, Uruguay107 km
- Entre Ríos177 km
- San José, Uruguay183 km
- Río Negro, Uruguay190 km
- Canelones, Uruguay235 km