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Wildfires in Portugal
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 24,700 km² of Portugal at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 2,650 km², ranking 97th 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 2017, with 6,360 km² detected; the quietest was 2014, with 1,100 km². The 2021–2025 average is 30% 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 52% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 September 2024, with detections in 1,347 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 24,700 km² with at least one detection, 11% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 17,260 | 70% |
| 2 years | 4,680 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,530 | 10% |
| 6 to 10 years | 208 | 0.8% |
| 11 years or more | 20 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 41.75, -8.25 and holds 8.2% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,730 | 5,178 |
| 2013 | 4,130 | 6,348 |
| 2014 | 1,100 | 2,005 |
| 2015 | 2,570 | 3,883 |
| 2016 | 3,810 | 5,947 |
| 2017 | 6,360 | 8,675 |
| 2018 | 1,480 | 2,342 |
| 2019 | 1,680 | 2,532 |
| 2020 | 1,480 | 2,273 |
| 2021 | 1,260 | 1,969 |
| 2022 | 1,970 | 2,715 |
| 2023 | 1,280 | 1,933 |
| 2024 | 2,820 | 4,116 |
| 2025 | 3,440 | 4,847 |
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.
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
