Overall Green Drought for Brazil-2025
in Brazil

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 13 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1027448
Name: Brazil-2025
Glide number: DR-2025-000172-SOM
Countries: Brazil
Start Date: Begin of Jul 2025
Duration: 385 days (at 30 Jul 2026)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1161168 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),