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Wildfires in Colombia

1,081 fires over 1,500 hectares with a perimeter estimated by GWIS since 2016, adding up to 3,284,016 hectares burned across 108 municipalities.

Only fires of 1,500 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.

The season, week by week

Copernicus GWIS

Colombia, at this point in the year: 1,028,873 hectares, below the 2012–2025 average of 1,890,605.

2026 average 2012–2025 lowest and highest

2012–2026

Yearly average 2016–20252,086,028 ha

Worst year2020 3,407,104 ha

With a page here1,081 since 2016

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›See the year-by-year table

Year	Fires	hectares	Source
2026	3,035	1,029,054	GWIS
2025	3,589	1,244,482	GWIS
2024	4,593	1,565,437	GWIS
2023	5,170	1,618,859	GWIS
2022	7,606	2,856,933	GWIS
2021	5,671	1,739,434	GWIS
2020	9,835	3,407,104	GWIS
2019	7,024	2,458,589	GWIS
2018	4,098	1,224,169	GWIS
2017	5,361	1,765,666	GWIS
2016	8,177	2,979,611	GWIS
2015	6,683	2,019,941	GWIS
2014	7,759	2,764,200	GWIS
2013	6,069	2,013,792	GWIS
2012	5,443	1,633,014	GWIS

National estimates from Copernicus GWIS, rebuilt from heat detections since 2012.

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	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Σ	Largest of the year
2026	34k	142k	195k	4k	2k	2k	33k	15k				427,334	Cravo Norte 23,130 ha
2025	27k	36k	22k					5k			46k	135,363	Cravo Norte 12,624 ha
2024	105k	58k	30k	8k				12k	6k		5k	223,819	Puerto Gaitán 10,137 ha
2023	52k	58k	29k	7k	2k						2k	149,733	Puerto Gaitán 17,013 ha
2022	349k	98k	38k	6k							8k	498,973	La Macarena 20,776 ha
2021	12k	56k	12k						2k	5k	47k	133,813	San Vicente Del Caguán 19,608 ha
2020	41k	217k	268k	20k					2k			549,614	Puerto Gaitán 22,530 ha
2019	33k	221k	70k	33k	2k		4k	2k				364,885	Paz De Ariporo 11,933 ha
2018	8k		37k	2k							15k	62,673	Arauca 4,726 ha
2017	41k	117k	20k	6k							15k	198,944	Cumaribo 9,915 ha
2016	229k	87k	206k	9k							9k	538,865	Puerto Gaitán 32,765 ha