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Wildfires in Austria
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 883 km² of Austria at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 109 km², ranking 164th of 200 countries.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2025, with 171 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 79 km². The 2021–2025 average is 18% higher than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
June, July and August together hold 39% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 June 2012, with detections in 25 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 883 km² with at least one detection, 13% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 682 | 77% |
| 2 years | 85 | 10% |
| 3 to 5 years | 76 | 8.6% |
| 6 to 10 years | 21 | 2.4% |
| 11 years or more | 20 | 2.3% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 48.25, 14.25 and holds 75% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 132 | 1,117 |
| 2013 | 110 | 1,097 |
| 2014 | 94 | 1,287 |
| 2015 | 105 | 1,409 |
| 2016 | 90 | 1,173 |
| 2017 | 101 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 80 | 1,172 |
| 2019 | 111 | 1,138 |
| 2020 | 79 | 957 |
| 2021 | 100 | 1,132 |
| 2022 | 146 | 1,203 |
| 2023 | 101 | 1,167 |
| 2024 | 107 | 1,005 |
| 2025 | 171 | 1,324 |
Nearby countries
- Russian Federation212,570 km² in an average year
- Ukraine35,560 km² in an average year
- Italy9,880 km² in an average year
- Romania7,650 km² in an average year
- Spain5,090 km² in an average year
- France3,350 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby countries
- Slovenia225 km
- Czech Republic368 km
- Hungary376 km
- Poland425 km
- Switzerland462 km
- Slovakia518 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
