Overall Orange Drought for Argentina-Uruguay-2025 in Argentina, Uruguay from 21 Nov 2025 00:00 UTC to 10 Apr 2026 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange Drought for Argentina-Uruguay-2025

in Argentina, Uruguay

Event summary

Mild to severe impacts to people and to one or more sectors of the economy.

Name:	Argentina-Uruguay-2025
Countries:	Argentina, Uruguay
Start Date:	End of Nov 2025
Duration:	131 days (at 10 Apr 2026)
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 104014 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.25	20 Dec 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 161040 km2	GDO
2	0.25	30 Dec 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 156839 km2	GDO
3	0.25	10 Jan 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 152381 km2	GDO
4	0.25	20 Jan 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 39511 km2	GDO
5	0.25	30 Jan 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 20133 km2	GDO
6	0.75	10 Feb 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 218608 km2	GDO
7	1	20 Feb 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 354689 km2	GDO
8	1.25	02 Mar 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 364744 km2	GDO
9	1.25	10 Mar 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 498772 km2	GDO
10	1.25	20 Mar 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 488603 km2	GDO
11	1.25	30 Mar 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 104014 km2	GDO
12	1.25	10 Apr 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 104014 km2	GDO
13	1	14 May 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 104014 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Argentina
Uruguay

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Uruguay	Uruguay
- Medium	Buenos Aires	Argentina
- Medium	Buenos Aires D.f.	Argentina
- Low	Cordoba	Argentina
- Medium	Entre Rios	Argentina
- Low	Mendoza	Argentina
- Low	San Luis	Argentina
- Medium	Santa Fe	Argentina

More information

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