A fixing apparatus includes: a first fixing unit; and a second fixing unit, the first fixing unit including: a first heating member; a first fixing belt, a first pressure member; a first separation member; and a first cooling member, the second fixing unit provided in a downstream of a sheet path with respect to the first fixing unit, the second fixing unit including: a second heating member; a second fixing belt, a second pressure member, provided in opposing relation to the second heating member, that is pressed to the second fixing belt, the second fixing belt being sandwiched by the second pressure member and the second heating member, a vertical position of a rotation axis of the second pressure member being lower than a vertical position of a rotation axis of the second heating member; a second separation member; and a second cooling member.