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Wildfires in Cambodia
671 fires over 2,000 hectares with a perimeter estimated by GWIS since 2016, adding up to 2,864,640 hectares burned across 79 districts.
Only fires of 2,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the entry totals, but they are in the GWIS yearly series.
Key facts
- According to Copernicus GWIS, 1,599,487 hectares burned in Cambodia in 2025.
- The worst year in Cambodia since 2016 was 2016, with 4,572,446 hectares burned according to Copernicus GWIS.
- According to Copernicus GWIS estimates, an average of 2,802,267 hectares burn in Cambodia each year (2016–2025 average).
- Fires counted by Copernicus GWIS in Cambodia so far in 2026 (up to week 42): 5,237, against an average of 9,744 per full year in 2016–2025.
- Largest fire recorded by WorldFires in Cambodia since 2016: Chhaeb fire, 16 January 2026, with 84,354 hectares burned — perimeter rebuilt from heat detections (Copernicus GWIS).
Figures computed on 25 October 2026 from the WorldFires database; each sentence names its source. Reusable under CC BY 4.0 with credit to WorldFires.
How the season is going · week 42
Copernicus GWIS · provisional54 %
against the 2012–2025 average
Cambodia is running below the usual for this point in the year, at 54 % of the average: 1,528,387 hectares burned up to week 42, against an average of 2,840,854 in 2012–2025 (Copernicus GWIS).
- 2026
- 1,528,387 ha
- average
- 2,840,854 ha
- minimum
- 1,257,882 ha
- maximum
- 4,534,287 ha
GWIS estimates for the current year are provisional and may change.
The season, week by week
Copernicus GWIS
2026
average 2012–2025
lowest and highest
The GWIS yearly series
2012–2026Yearly average 2016–20252,802,267 ha
Worst year2016 4,572,446 ha
With a page here671 since 2016
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›See the year-by-year table
| Year | Fires | hectares | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5,237 | 1,528,387 | GWIS |
| 2025 | 5,632 | 1,599,487 | GWIS |
| 2024 | 8,093 | 2,408,806 | GWIS |
| 2023 | 7,338 | 1,989,710 | GWIS |
| 2022 | 6,991 | 2,002,009 | GWIS |
| 2021 | 11,096 | 3,346,027 | GWIS |
| 2020 | 15,007 | 4,114,853 | GWIS |
| 2019 | 13,058 | 3,605,571 | GWIS |
| 2018 | 6,137 | 1,713,456 | GWIS |
| 2017 | 8,760 | 2,670,308 | GWIS |
| 2016 | 15,330 | 4,572,446 | GWIS |
| 2015 | 15,858 | 4,637,894 | GWIS |
| 2014 | 12,696 | 3,693,638 | GWIS |
| 2013 | 13,810 | 4,209,107 | GWIS |
| 2012 | 8,004 | 2,309,306 | GWIS |
National estimates from Copernicus GWIS, rebuilt from heat detections since 2012.
Fire calendar
The peak usually comes in week 7 (around 15 February): that is the median of the week with the most burned area in each year since 2016.
Each cell is one week; the colour shows the area of the fires on record that started that week, in quartiles for this country. Tap a cell for details.
Hectares per week:
no fires
< 4,3394,339–10,14810,148–25,741≥ 25,741
When it burned: year by year, month by month
Hectares with a perimeter estimated by GWIS by the fire’s starting month, and the largest fire of each year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Σ | Largest of the year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 321k | 285k | 27k | 13k | 2k | 647,579 | Chhaeb 84,354 ha | |||||||
| 2025 | 57k | 10k | 2k | 73k | 142,158 | Sesan 30,976 ha | ||||||||
| 2024 | 44k | 74k | 45k | 162,612 | Moung Ruessei 12,407 ha | |||||||||
| 2023 | 30k | 33k | 2k | 11k | 76,204 | Sambour 7,640 ha | ||||||||
| 2022 | 31k | 78k | 2k | 2k | 2k | 114,683 | Sesan 11,364 ha | |||||||
| 2021 | 122k | 82k | 35k | 5k | 24k | 267,455 | Sambour 23,495 ha | |||||||
| 2020 | 100k | 176k | 12k | 2k | 2k | 293,087 | Sambour 16,437 ha | |||||||
| 2019 | 77k | 21k | 34k | 54k | 3k | 77k | 265,852 | Sangkae 25,741 ha | ||||||
| 2018 | 17k | 3k | 24k | 39k | 82,805 | Kaoh Nheaek 11,343 ha | ||||||||
| 2017 | 17k | 205k | 5k | 2k | 2k | 231,431 | Sesan 17,221 ha | |||||||
| 2016 | 328k | 87k | 92k | 73k | 580,774 | Sangkae 64,197 ha |
Hectares burned per year
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Largest recorded fires
By region
- Stung Treng 618,900 ha · 145
- Mondulkiri 499,636 ha · 130
- Kratie 413,578 ha · 95
- Preah Vihear 403,713 ha · 112
- Ratanakiri 240,768 ha · 92
- Battambang 200,711 ha · 38
- Pursat 124,108 ha · 39
- Kampong Thom 123,726 ha · 39
- Siem Reap 91,603 ha · 35
- Oddar Meanchey 55,417 ha · 19
- Banteay Meanchey 49,423 ha · 17
- Kampong Speu 22,524 ha · 10
and 4 more regions with less area
- Koh Kong 17,419 ha · 7
- Kampong Chhnang 8,480 ha · 4
- Kandal 4,571 ha · 2
- Kampot 3,395 ha · 1
Districts that have burned most often in Cambodia
- 77×Thala Barivat11 years · 303,754 ha
- 71×Kaoh Nheaek11 years · 240,930 ha
- 70×Sambour11 years · 285,370 ha
- 53×Sesan10 years · 222,146 ha
- 44×Kaev Seima10 years · 154,087 ha
Full ranking: by number of fires, area and share of the municipality →
Fires in 2026 · 120
- 84,354 haChhaeb16 January 2026 · 39 days
- 53,620 haKaoh Nheaek1 January 2026 · 35 days
- 22,903 haSiem Pang2 February 2026 · 47 days
- 21,046 haChoam Ksant8 February 2026 · 15 days
- 20,932 haChey Saen7 February 2026 · 17 days
- 15,472 haChhaeb4 February 2026 · 16 days
- 15,165 haKaev Seima17 January 2026 · 19 days
- 13,299 haSambour14 January 2026 · 16 days
- 11,741 haKaoh Nheaek19 January 2026 · 17 days
- 11,485 haChoam Ksant6 February 2026 · 17 days
- 11,199 haSambour12 February 2026 · 11 days
- 8,281 haKuleaen7 February 2026 · 15 days
- 7,644 haChoam Ksant9 February 2026 · 14 days
- 7,405 haKaoh Nheaek19 January 2026 · 9 days
- 7,243 haSiem Pang12 February 2026 · 13 days
- 7,184 haKoun MomFebruary 2026 · 10 days
- 6,822 haKaoh Nheaek6 February 2026 · 11 days
- 6,724 haKaev Seima20 January 2026 · 10 days
- 6,530 haSambour14 February 2026 · 9 days
- 6,526 haSiem Pang12 February 2026 · 14 days
Fires in 2025 · 31
- 30,976 haSesanDecember 2025 · 58 days
- 12,657 haMongkol BoreiDecember 2025 · 20 days
- 8,895 haKaoh NheaekDecember 2025 · 39 days
- 5,549 haOu ChrovJanuary 2025 · 10 days
- 5,511 haKaev Seima5 January 2025 · 8 days
- 4,608 haKaev Seima1 January 2025 · 12 days
- 4,589 haSnuolDecember 2025 · 13 days
- 4,486 haSesan19 January 2025 · 14 days
- 4,408 haKaoh Nheaek9 January 2025 · 5 days
- 3,964 haThma PuokDecember 2025 · 10 days
- 3,856 haVeal VeaengJanuary 2025 · 15 days
- 3,773 haBavelDecember 2025 · 11 days
- 3,184 haSamraongDecember 2025 · 9 days
- 3,089 haSiem BoukFebruary 2025 · 5 days
- 3,074 haSesan19 January 2025 · 12 days
- 2,951 haKaev Seima5 January 2025 · 7 days
- 2,941 haBavelJanuary 2025 · 8 days
- 2,878 haChoam KsantJanuary 2025 · 9 days
- 2,768 haSvay LeuDecember 2025 · 7 days
- 2,674 haKaoh Nheaek8 January 2025 · 9 days
Fires in 2024 · 42
- 12,407 haMoung Ruessei20 April 2024 · 16 days
- 8,003 haSambour5 February 2024 · 13 days
- 7,324 haSangkaeApril 2024 · 17 days
- 6,614 haSesanFebruary 2024 · 30 days
- 6,194 haChhaeb22 February 2024 · 26 days
- 6,102 haSesan4 January 2024 · 21 days
- 5,892 haPech ChreadaFebruary 2024 · 27 days
- 5,373 haMoung Ruessei25 April 2024 · 12 days
- 5,228 haThala Barivat9 February 2024 · 8 days
- 4,865 haChhaeb23 February 2024 · 19 days
- 4,750 haPrasat BallangkFebruary 2024 · 27 days
- 4,679 haThala BarivatJanuary 2024 · 13 days
- 4,397 haThala Barivat10 February 2024 · 9 days
- 4,046 haAek PhnumApril 2024 · 10 days
- 3,763 haSandanFebruary 2024 · 11 days
- 3,761 haKoun Mom21 January 2024 · 8 days
- 3,759 haPhnum Kravanh23 April 2024 · 10 days
- 3,535 haSiem PangJanuary 2024 · 19 days
- 3,447 haThala Barivat6 February 2024 · 9 days
- 3,113 haKaev Seima8 January 2024 · 8 days
Fires in 2023 · 25
- 7,640 haSambour10 February 2023 · 25 days
- 5,451 haChhaebFebruary 2023 · 20 days
- 5,401 haBotum SakorDecember 2023 · 23 days
- 4,583 haKaev Seima15 January 2023 · 15 days
- 3,340 haKaev SeimaDecember 2023 · 16 days
- 3,181 haKaev Seima24 January 2023 · 8 days
- 3,089 haKaoh Nheaek15 January 2023 · 6 days
- 2,872 haSambour15 February 2023 · 4 days
- 2,847 haSambour15 January 2023 · 6 days
- 2,731 haSambour20 January 2023 · 13 days
- 2,721 haThala Barivat9 February 2023 · 14 days
- 2,664 haKoun MomJanuary 2023 · 9 days
- 2,520 haSambour1 February 2023 · 12 days
- 2,466 haKaev Seima14 January 2023 · 7 days
- 2,465 haThala Barivat20 February 2023 · 5 days
- 2,374 haAndoung MeasFebruary 2023 · 9 days
- 2,338 haSambour28 February 2023 · 6 days
- 2,329 haSamloutFebruary 2023 · 5 days
- 2,325 haSandanFebruary 2023 · 6 days
- 2,286 haKaoh Nheaek14 January 2023 · 4 days
Fires in 2022 · 37
- 11,364 haSesan13 January 2022 · 31 days
- 7,376 haThala Barivat23 February 2022 · 11 days
- 5,755 haThala Barivat23 February 2022 · 9 days
- 4,791 haStueng TraengFebruary 2022 · 13 days
- 4,750 haSambourFebruary 2022 · 11 days
- 3,546 haKoun Mom2 February 2022 · 6 days
- 3,469 haKoun Mom3 February 2022 · 10 days
- 3,414 haStoungFebruary 2022 · 23 days
- 3,330 haChhaeb23 February 2022 · 9 days
- 3,214 haSambour11 January 2022 · 11 days
- 3,201 haThala Barivat1 February 2022 · 10 days
- 3,084 haThala Barivat2 February 2022 · 9 days
- 2,928 haSesan2 February 2022 · 12 days
- 2,723 haSesan28 January 2022 · 10 days
- 2,556 haKaoh Nheaek3 February 2022 · 4 days
- 2,495 haChoam Ksant4 February 2022 · 7 days
- 2,464 haKaoh Nheaek31 January 2022 · 7 days
- 2,463 haKaoh Nheaek5 February 2022 · 7 days
- 2,431 haThala Barivat3 February 2022 · 10 days
- 2,400 haChoam Ksant23 February 2022 · 8 days
Fires in 2021 · 71
- 23,495 haSambour14 February 2021 · 41 days
- 16,629 haSesan22 January 2021 · 17 days
- 15,360 haSambour13 January 2021 · 84 days
- 11,261 haChetr Borei29 December 2021 · 11 days
- 6,292 haKaoh Nheaek26 January 2021 · 13 days
- 5,934 haThala Barivat16 February 2021 · 9 days
- 5,818 haThala Barivat26 January 2021 · 15 days
- 5,694 haThala Barivat11 February 2021 · 14 days
- 5,269 haChey SaenJanuary 2021 · 11 days
- 5,141 haKoun MomMarch 2021 · 19 days
- 4,822 haStoungJune 2021 · 8 days
- 4,764 haThala Barivat11 February 2021 · 13 days
- 4,679 haStoungFebruary 2021 · 19 days
- 4,516 haThala Barivat1 March 2021 · 15 days
- 4,273 haThala Barivat15 February 2021 · 12 days
- 4,231 haStueng TraengJanuary 2021 · 11 days
- 4,180 haChetr Borei27 December 2021 · 9 days
- 4,090 haVeun Sai25 January 2021 · 15 days
- 3,956 haThala Barivat30 January 2021 · 10 days
- 3,860 haChetr Borei29 December 2021 · 7 days
Fires in 2020 · 78
- 16,437 haSambour1 February 2020 · 30 days
- 16,056 haThala Barivat13 February 2020 · 16 days
- 13,671 haMoung RuesseiFebruary 2020 · 20 days
- 7,346 haSambour15 February 2020 · 19 days
- 6,639 haVeal Veaeng18 February 2020 · 9 days
- 6,422 haSambour1 January 2020 · 9 days
- 5,839 haSandan15 February 2020 · 12 days
- 5,643 haChoam Ksant2 January 2020 · 24 days
- 5,520 haVeal Veaeng18 February 2020 · 10 days
- 5,502 haStoungFebruary 2020 · 12 days
- 5,345 haThala Barivat16 February 2020 · 15 days
- 5,281 haVeal Veaeng19 February 2020 · 6 days
- 5,274 haPhnum Kravanh15 February 2020 · 12 days
- 5,030 haOu Ya DavMarch 2020 · 13 days
- 4,915 haThala Barivat28 January 2020 · 14 days
- 4,890 haSambour19 January 2020 · 78 days
- 4,811 haSoutr NikomFebruary 2020 · 11 days
- 4,770 haKaoh Nheaek29 January 2020 · 14 days
- 4,642 haKaoh Nheaek6 January 2020 · 5 days
- 4,492 haSamlout18 February 2020 · 7 days
Fires in 2019 · 67
- 25,741 haSangkaeApril 2019 · 22 days
- 13,216 haSesanDecember 2019 · 37 days
- 12,152 haChoam Ksant14 January 2019 · 36 days
- 11,114 haSvay Leu24 December 2019 · 18 days
- 8,434 haAnlong Veaeng7 March 2019 · 7 days
- 6,012 haAek Phnum24 April 2019 · 13 days
- 5,579 haKaoh Nheaek7 February 2019 · 12 days
- 5,475 haKaoh Nheaek23 February 2019 · 29 days
- 5,274 haSambour23 December 2019 · 20 days
- 5,072 haChoam Ksant4 January 2019 · 36 days
- 5,006 haBakan16 April 2019 · 18 days
- 4,901 haSesan1 January 2019 · 21 days
- 4,846 haKaev Seima25 December 2019 · 7 days
- 4,651 haSvay Leu22 December 2019 · 15 days
- 4,052 haVeal VeaengJanuary 2019 · 14 days
- 3,947 haBakan24 April 2019 · 10 days
- 3,860 haLumphatJanuary 2019 · 16 days
- 3,843 haKoun Mom15 January 2019 · 20 days
- 3,842 haAek PhnumMarch 2019 · 12 days
- 3,783 haAek Phnum18 April 2019 · 19 days
Fires in 2018 · 22
- 11,343 haKaoh NheaekMarch 2018 · 38 days
- 6,595 haThala Barivat31 December 2018 · 30 days
- 6,215 haChoam Ksant19 December 2018 · 35 days
- 5,490 haThala Barivat31 December 2018 · 19 days
- 4,828 haSantukMarch 2018 · 9 days
- 3,886 haChoam Ksant30 December 2018 · 14 days
- 3,647 haSambourMarch 2018 · 6 days
- 3,558 haChoam KsantJanuary 2018 · 12 days
- 3,457 haBavelDecember 2018 · 6 days
- 3,100 haSambourDecember 2018 · 10 days
- 3,072 haKaev SeimaDecember 2018 · 6 days
- 2,837 haLumphatJanuary 2018 · 9 days
- 2,824 haMongkol BoreiJanuary 2018 · 11 days
- 2,748 haKaoh Nheaek10 January 2018 · 5 days
- 2,721 haSvay Leu23 December 2018 · 5 days
- 2,714 haSambourFebruary 2018 · 38 days
- 2,704 haKaoh Nheaek9 January 2018 · 5 days
- 2,320 haThala BarivatMarch 2018 · 9 days
- 2,299 haSvay Leu18 December 2018 · 9 days
- 2,268 haOu Ya DavMarch 2018 · 8 days
Fires in 2017 · 60
- 17,221 haSesan5 February 2017 · 38 days
- 13,270 haSambour25 February 2017 · 14 days
- 10,550 haThala Barivat24 February 2017 · 13 days
- 9,777 haSambour24 February 2017 · 19 days
- 7,380 haChhaebFebruary 2017 · 9 days
- 6,424 haChetr Borei6 February 2017 · 13 days
- 6,360 haPrek PrasabFebruary 2017 · 11 days
- 6,236 haKaev Seima6 February 2017 · 13 days
- 5,287 haKaev Seima25 February 2017 · 10 days
- 5,230 haChetr Borei5 February 2017 · 11 days
- 5,212 haLumphatFebruary 2017 · 17 days
- 5,163 haTrapeang PrasatJanuary 2017 · 50 days
- 4,561 haSvay LeuJanuary 2017 · 14 days
- 4,437 haRovieng25 February 2017 · 13 days
- 4,399 haKaoh Nheaek3 February 2017 · 17 days
- 4,269 haSambour26 February 2017 · 10 days
- 4,163 haKuleaenFebruary 2017 · 18 days
- 3,611 haRovieng9 February 2017 · 8 days
- 3,493 haThala Barivat25 February 2017 · 8 days
- 3,466 haThala Barivat10 February 2017 · 9 days
Fires in 2016 · 118
- 64,197 haSangkaeMarch 2016 · 59 days
- 36,542 haSnuol21 January 2016 · 73 days
- 24,939 haPech Chreada18 January 2016 · 25 days
- 21,964 haPrek Prasab22 January 2016 · 43 days
- 20,081 haChhloungJanuary 2016 · 46 days
- 18,577 haSambour22 January 2016 · 88 days
- 12,908 haKaoh Nheaek21 January 2016 · 5 days
- 11,053 haPech Chreada22 January 2016 · 5 days
- 10,697 haSesan8 January 2016 · 93 days
- 7,677 haTrapeang PrasatApril 2016 · 12 days
- 7,576 haKaoh Nheaek20 January 2016 · 7 days
- 6,998 haSesan19 January 2016 · 8 days
- 6,824 haPrek Prasab21 January 2016 · 7 days
- 6,679 haStoungApril 2016 · 23 days
- 6,653 haSambour22 January 2016 · 5 days
- 6,525 haStoung23 February 2016 · 10 days
- 5,975 haPech Chreada23 January 2016 · 4 days
- 5,724 haThala Barivat31 January 2016 · 10 days
- 5,594 haMoung RuesseiFebruary 2016 · 12 days
- 5,352 haThala Barivat20 January 2016 · 7 days
Frequently asked questions
- How much land burns in Cambodia in an average year?
- According to Copernicus GWIS estimates, an average of 2,802,267 hectares burn in Cambodia each year (2016–2025 average).
- What was the worst wildfire year in Cambodia?
- The worst year in Cambodia since 2016 was 2016, with 4,572,446 hectares burned according to Copernicus GWIS.
- What is the largest wildfire recorded in Cambodia?
- Largest fire recorded by WorldFires in Cambodia since 2016: Chhaeb fire, 16 January 2026, with 84,354 hectares burned — perimeter rebuilt from heat detections (Copernicus GWIS).
- When is wildfire season in Cambodia?
- In Cambodia, 85% of the area burned in fires with a WorldFires page since 2016 burned in January–March; the month with the most burned area: January.
- How many wildfires has Cambodia had in 2026?
- Fires counted by Copernicus GWIS in Cambodia so far in 2026 (up to week 42): 5,237, against an average of 9,744 per full year in 2016–2025. Cambodia is running below the usual for this point in the year, at 54 % of the average: 1,528,387 hectares burned up to week 42, against an average of 2,840,854 in 2012–2025 (Copernicus GWIS).
- Which regions of Cambodia burn the most?
- Regions of Cambodia with the most area burned in fires with a WorldFires page since 2016: Stung Treng (618,900 ha), Mondulkiri (499,636 ha), Kratie (413,578 ha).