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Wildfires in Greece
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Attica3 fires
- Central Greece2 fires
- Centre Macedonia3 fires
- Creteno fires now
- East Macedonia and Thrace2 fires
- Epirusno fires now
- Ionian Islandsno fires now
- Mount Athosno fires now
- North Aegeanno fires now
- Peloponnese1 fire
- South Aegeanno fires now
- Thessalia6 fires
- West Greeceno fires now
- West Macedoniano fires now
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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 23,350 km² of Greece at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,670 km², ranking 96th 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 2012, with 3,900 km² detected; the quietest was 2018, with 1,720 km². The 2021–2025 average is 27% lower 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.
August, September and October together hold 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 6 August 2021, with detections in 799 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 23,350 km² with at least one detection, 13% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 16,360 | 70% |
| 2 years | 3,870 | 17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,550 | 11% |
| 6 to 10 years | 524 | 2.2% |
| 11 years or more | 36 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 39.25, 22.75 and holds 9.5% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,900 | 5,921 |
| 2013 | 3,560 | 5,439 |
| 2014 | 2,800 | 4,451 |
| 2015 | 2,650 | 4,454 |
| 2016 | 3,320 | 5,138 |
| 2017 | 2,850 | 4,453 |
| 2018 | 1,720 | 2,965 |
| 2019 | 2,400 | 3,800 |
| 2020 | 2,330 | 3,451 |
| 2021 | 2,870 | 4,542 |
| 2022 | 2,090 | 3,351 |
| 2023 | 3,180 | 4,707 |
| 2024 | 1,860 | 2,848 |
| 2025 | 1,830 | 2,720 |
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
- North Macedonia238 km
- Albania349 km
- Kosovo409 km
- Bulgaria462 km
- Italy497 km
- Montenegro513 km
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
