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Wildfires in Epirus

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 2026-09-23

Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 810 km² of Epirus at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 80 km², ranking 12th of 14 regions of Greece.

80 km²detected in an average year
2017busiest year, 174 km²
2023quietest year, 29 km²
Augustpeak month, 26% of fire-days

Year by year

2012: 113 km2'122013: 63 km2'132014: 62 km2'142015: 59 km2'152016: 68 km2'162017: 174 km2'172018: 44 km2'182019: 119 km2'192020: 66 km2'202021: 74 km2'212022: 76 km2'222023: 29 km2'232024: 58 km2'242025: 120 km2'25174 km2

Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.

The busiest year was 2017, with 174 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 29 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of the 2012–2016 average.

Through the year

January: 2.9%JFebruary: 8.2%FMarch: 13%MApril: 4.7%AMay: 1.1%MJune: 1.0%JJuly: 3.5%JAugust: 26%ASeptember: 8.2%SOctober: 19%ONovember: 11%NDecember: 2.6%D26%

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 53% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 August 2025, with detections in 62 cells.

Ground that burns again

Of the 810 km² with at least one detection, 8.3% had detections in three or more different years.

Years with a detectionkm²Share
1 year62377%
2 years12015%
3 to 5 years637.8%
6 to 10 years3.90.5%
11 years or more0.00.0%

The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 39.25, 20.75 and holds 55% of the region's fire-days.

The figures

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YearDetected km²Fire-days
2012113147
20136373
20146272
20155964
20166879
2017174210
20184447
2019119141
20206672
20217485
20227683
20232931
20245864
2025120165

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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.

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