# Wildfires in Argentina in 2026

93 fires larger than 1,500 hectares in Argentina in 2026, with 347,118 hectares burned according to their perimeters. Here is the whole year: what the official record says, when and where it burned and what the weather was like.

> Year in progress: the figures change every day until the year closes and are not compared with complete years.

## The year in a few sentences

- Up to 11 November, Copernicus GWIS counts 1,119,763 hectares burned in Argentina in 2026: 30% of the average for the same weeks from 2012 to 2025 (3,700,142 ha). GWIS estimates for the current year are provisional and may change. (Copernicus GWIS)
- The worst week so far was 24 September to 30 September: 93,648 hectares burned in seven days, 8% of the year to date according to Copernicus GWIS. (Copernicus GWIS)
- The largest fire was the Futaleufú fire, which started on 4 January 2026 and burned 65,608 hectares: 19% of the area of the year's 93 fires with a page. (WorldFires)
- The day of highest danger at a fire this year was 10 November 2026: a Fire Weather Index of 73 (very extreme on the EFFIS scale) at the Rivadavia fire, calculated by WorldFires from ERA5. (WorldFires · ERA5)

Series not comparable from October 2025 onwards: GWIS changed its near-real-time perimeters.

## Month by month

Hectares within the perimeters by the month the fire started. Tap a month to see it on the map.

| Month | Fires | Hectares |
|---|---:|---:|
| January | 7 | 121,058 |
| February | 12 | 37,313 |
| March | 1 | 1,509 |
| April | 0 | 0 |
| May | 2 | 3,112 |
| June | 0 | 0 |
| July | 4 | 15,865 |
| August | 17 | 51,918 |
| September | 30 | 68,559 |
| October | 3 | 6,911 |
| November | 17 | 40,873 |
| December | 0 | 0 |

## Week by week, against other years (Copernicus GWIS)

| Week | 2026 | That week | average | lowest and highest |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 (1 Jan–7 Jan) | 80,908 | 80,908 | 64,000 | 5,478–216,575 |
| 2 (8 Jan–14 Jan) | 101,232 | 20,324 | 159,968 | 21,137–833,601 |
| 3 (15 Jan–21 Jan) | 128,551 | 27,319 | 240,199 | 34,256–1,153,491 |
| 4 (22 Jan–28 Jan) | 155,021 | 26,470 | 307,548 | 67,825–1,306,833 |
| 5 (29 Jan–4 Feb) | 181,053 | 26,032 | 382,457 | 118,276–1,543,915 |
| 6 (5 Feb–11 Feb) | 213,660 | 32,607 | 451,348 | 145,046–1,831,818 |
| 7 (12 Feb–18 Feb) | 242,588 | 28,928 | 509,911 | 161,803–2,116,427 |
| 8 (19 Feb–25 Feb) | 268,154 | 25,566 | 546,127 | 178,498–2,245,417 |
| 9 (26 Feb–4 Mar) | 300,828 | 32,674 | 583,858 | 188,956–2,283,131 |
| 10 (5 Mar–11 Mar) | 306,809 | 5,981 | 639,522 | 224,668–2,310,417 |
| 11 (12 Mar–18 Mar) | 323,505 | 16,696 | 695,598 | 276,571–2,361,569 |
| 12 (19 Mar–25 Mar) | 335,426 | 11,921 | 728,313 | 289,645–2,388,325 |
| 13 (26 Mar–1 Apr) | 358,956 | 23,530 | 760,357 | 328,648–2,417,047 |
| 14 (2 Apr–8 Apr) | 366,364 | 7,408 | 782,283 | 340,158–2,429,723 |
| 15 (9 Apr–15 Apr) | 371,593 | 5,229 | 804,863 | 342,598–2,439,127 |
| 16 (16 Apr–22 Apr) | 374,586 | 2,993 | 836,413 | 350,698–2,464,610 |
| 17 (23 Apr–29 Apr) | 386,058 | 11,472 | 869,052 | 354,608–2,485,641 |
| 18 (30 Apr–6 May) | 393,194 | 7,136 | 885,596 | 363,904–2,498,589 |
| 19 (7 May–13 May) | 412,127 | 18,933 | 908,239 | 365,774–2,518,272 |
| 20 (14 May–20 May) | 434,870 | 22,743 | 936,176 | 372,524–2,557,471 |
| 21 (21 May–27 May) | 442,518 | 7,648 | 951,506 | 379,178–2,577,384 |
| 22 (28 May–3 Jun) | 447,638 | 5,120 | 971,297 | 382,420–2,597,824 |
| 23 (4 Jun–10 Jun) | 457,597 | 9,959 | 994,816 | 407,659–2,623,050 |
| 24 (11 Jun–17 Jun) | 463,401 | 5,804 | 1,029,610 | 446,447–2,689,872 |
| 25 (18 Jun–24 Jun) | 471,224 | 7,823 | 1,062,134 | 480,886–2,712,566 |
| 26 (25 Jun–1 Jul) | 489,695 | 18,471 | 1,090,898 | 486,264–2,751,312 |
| 27 (2 Jul–8 Jul) | 509,688 | 19,993 | 1,129,904 | 512,019–2,782,392 |
| 28 (9 Jul–15 Jul) | 518,431 | 8,743 | 1,183,426 | 530,975–2,844,894 |
| 29 (16 Jul–22 Jul) | 522,778 | 4,347 | 1,276,710 | 614,296–2,940,201 |
| 30 (23 Jul–29 Jul) | 546,606 | 23,828 | 1,388,712 | 709,535–3,225,218 |
| 31 (30 Jul–5 Aug) | 568,914 | 22,308 | 1,564,530 | 838,670–4,071,614 |
| 32 (6 Aug–12 Aug) | 588,953 | 20,039 | 1,717,666 | 938,345–4,583,190 |
| 33 (13 Aug–19 Aug) | 602,155 | 13,202 | 1,923,418 | 1,072,961–4,963,658 |
| 34 (20 Aug–26 Aug) | 652,350 | 50,195 | 2,147,895 | 1,245,875–5,589,869 |
| 35 (27 Aug–2 Sept) | 706,319 | 53,969 | 2,360,253 | 1,378,353–5,765,170 |
| 36 (3 Sept–9 Sept) | 779,621 | 73,302 | 2,534,407 | 1,465,070–5,921,013 |
| 37 (10 Sept–16 Sept) | 835,803 | 56,182 | 2,733,302 | 1,521,519–6,174,089 |
| 38 (17 Sept–23 Sept) | 898,400 | 62,597 | 2,947,449 | 1,611,627–6,805,728 |
| 39 (24 Sept–30 Sept) | 992,048 | 93,648 | 3,133,998 | 1,657,764–7,738,274 |
| 40 (1 Oct–7 Oct) | 1,009,238 | 17,190 | 3,285,316 | 1,714,813–8,293,794 |
| 41 (8 Oct–14 Oct) | 1,010,632 | 1,394 | 3,395,851 | 1,837,626–8,629,097 |
| 42 (15 Oct–21 Oct) | 1,024,877 | 14,245 | 3,489,771 | 2,033,846–8,794,318 |
| 43 (22 Oct–28 Oct) | 1,043,395 | 18,518 | 3,579,627 | 2,170,132–8,883,116 |
| 44 (29 Oct–4 Nov) | 1,066,670 | 23,275 | 3,646,376 | 2,196,747–9,078,100 |
| 45 (5 Nov–11 Nov) | 1,119,763 | 53,093 | 3,700,142 | 2,233,710–9,231,051 |

## Largest recorded fires

- [Futaleufú fire, January 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/futaleufu-2026-01.md) · 65,608 ha
- [Cushamen fire, January 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/cushamen-2026-01.md) · 46,124 ha
- [Bermejo fire, 25 August 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/bermejo-formosa-2026-08-2.md) · 19,853 ha
- [Formosa fire, 16 February 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/formosa-2026-02-2.md) · 12,890 ha
- [Patiño fire, 23 September 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/patino-2026-09.md) · 7,707 ha
- [Chilecito fire, 27 July 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/chilecito-2026-07.md) · 7,662 ha
- [Patiño fire, 10 November 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/patino-2026-11-6.md) · 6,291 ha
- [General Güemes fire, 8 November 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/general-guemes-chaco-2026-11.md) · 4,487 ha
- [Pelegrini fire, July 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/pelegrini-2026-07.md) · 4,376 ha
- [San Miguel fire, February 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/san-miguel-corrientes-2026-02.md) · 3,886 ha
- [Patiño fire, 28 October 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/patino-2026-11-2.md) · 3,553 ha
- [Patiño fire, 27 September 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/patino-2026-09-5.md) · 3,484 ha
- [Capayán fire, September 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/capayan-2026-09.md) · 3,008 ha
- [Formosa fire, 4 February 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/formosa-2026-02.md) · 2,907 ha
- [La Paz fire, November 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/la-paz-catamarca-2026-11.md) · 2,829 ha
- [Patiño fire, 16 August 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/patino-2026-08.md) · 2,742 ha
- [Bermejo fire, 21 September 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/bermejo-formosa-2026-09-3.md) · 2,721 ha
- [La Capital fire, August 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/la-capital-san-luis-2026-08.md) · 2,622 ha
- [Patiño fire, 26 September 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/patino-2026-09-4.md) · 2,600 ha
- [Rawson fire, February 2026](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/rawson-chubut-2026-02.md) · 2,593 ha

## Sources and limits

Fire-page areas are satellite-measured perimeters and may differ from official statistics. The yearly and weekly record is the Copernicus GWIS estimate. The FWI is our own calculation from ERA5 at each fire's location: it is not an official danger warning.
Official information for Argentina is published by: [Servicio Nacional de Manejo del Fuego](https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ambiente/fuego)

## How to cite

WorldFires, “Wildfires in Argentina in 2026”, https://worldfires.org/en/country/argentina/2026 (accessed 15 November 2026). Sources: Copernicus GWIS, WorldFires, WorldFires · ERA5, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS).

> Experimental site with automatically processed open data: it may contain errors and is not an official emergency service. If there is a fire, call your local emergency number.

Full version with maps: https://worldfires.org/en/country/argentina/2026