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Wildfires in Colombia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 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 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 364,320 km² of Colombia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 72,700 km², ranking 33rd 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 91,290 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 56,300 km². The 2021–2025 average is 13% 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.
January, February and March together hold 65% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 February 2019, with detections in 3,352 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 364,320 km² with at least one detection, 44% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 125,010 | 34% |
| 2 years | 78,530 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 121,550 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 38,230 | 10% |
| 11 years or more | 994 | 0.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 11.25, -72.75 and holds 2.4% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 64,600 | 64,249 |
| 2013 | 70,810 | 72,016 |
| 2014 | 83,760 | 88,587 |
| 2015 | 74,060 | 78,427 |
| 2016 | 83,650 | 91,536 |
| 2017 | 64,180 | 64,361 |
| 2018 | 84,130 | 90,399 |
| 2019 | 75,040 | 80,958 |
| 2020 | 91,290 | 99,432 |
| 2021 | 60,120 | 62,448 |
| 2022 | 71,110 | 78,487 |
| 2023 | 67,110 | 70,747 |
| 2024 | 71,670 | 74,698 |
| 2025 | 56,300 | 56,826 |
Nearby countries
- Brazil613,680 km² in an average year
- Venezuela125,480 km² in an average year
- Bolivia90,610 km² in an average year
- Argentina83,750 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.
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
