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Wildfires in Georgia

368 fires over 300 hectares with a perimeter estimated by GWIS since 2016, adding up to 245,507 hectares burned across 40 municipalities.

Only fires of 300 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

Georgia, at this point in the year: 13,880 hectares, below the 2012–2025 average of 29,301.

2026 average 2012–2025 lowest and highest

2012–2026

Yearly average 2016–202535,825 ha

Worst year2019 61,478 ha

With a page here368 since 2016

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›See the year-by-year table

Year	Fires	hectares	Source
2026	55	13,880	GWIS
2025	123	43,242	GWIS
2024	64	17,618	GWIS
2023	47	12,590	GWIS
2022	87	23,263	GWIS
2021	120	35,330	GWIS
2020	146	40,764	GWIS
2019	170	61,478	GWIS
2018	107	29,194	GWIS
2017	190	52,434	GWIS
2016	156	42,340	GWIS
2015	155	47,625	GWIS
2014	133	29,222	GWIS
2013	101	26,788	GWIS
2012	137	30,527	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	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Σ	Largest of the year
2026	2k	769	3k		376	8k	24k					37,519	Dedoplis Tskaro 14,812 ha
2025			7k	440		19k	2k	311		3k	532	32,833	Dedoplis Tskaro 3,749 ha
2024		4k	330			4k	701	1k			397	10,358	Gali 1,139 ha
2023	5k					745	697					6,593	Khobi 1,060 ha
2022		1k	766			4k	2k	997			1k	10,906	Lanchkhuti 1,039 ha
2021	7k	344			491	4k	2k	3k			5k	20,957	Gali 3,097 ha
2020			9k			8k	329		1k		3k	21,383	Sighnaghi 3,290 ha
2019	318	680			738	10k	3k	302	676	13k	8k	36,734	Sokhumi 4,287 ha
2018				329	521	15k	303	911	319			17,243	Sighnaghi 1,751 ha
2017	2k	2k	6k	509		10k	4k	3k		677	1k	29,170	Borjomi 2,874 ha
2016	2k	2k	1k			1k	10k	2k		1k	3k	21,811	Lanchkhuti 1,873 ha