Wildfire Statistics in Spain
Aggregated data from our archive (NASA FIRMS · VIIRS) for 2026.
Confirmed burnt area (EFFIS)
Moderate
Predominant national class
72
EFFIS perimeters
2,623 ha
Total surface
Copernicus EFFIS burnt-area perimeters (last ~30 days).
Official national record (EGIF)
Wildfires in Spain by year, according to EGIF (MITECO).
| Year | Fires | Surface (ha) |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2,520 | 242,436 ha |
| 2021 | 2,897 | 91,378 ha |
| 2020 | 2,700 | 70,243 ha |
| 2019 | 3,828 | 85,079 ha |
| 2018 | 2,013 | 25,952 ha |
| 2017 | 5,223 | 181,650 ha |
| 2016 | 2,432 | 67,971 ha |
| 2015 | 4,122 | 108,111 ha |
| 2014 | 3,194 | 47,155 ha |
| 2013 | 3,083 | 60,044 ha |
| 2012 | 5,530 | 216,497 ha |
| 2011 | 5,595 | 99,615 ha |
| 2010 | 3,907 | 53,176 ha |
| 2009 | 5,772 | 117,935 ha |
| 2008 | 4,352 | 48,629 ha |
| 2007 | 3,408 | 84,668 ha |
| 2006 | 5,590 | 153,119 ha |
| 2005 | 9,011 | 185,156 ha |
| 2004 | 7,643 | 131,213 ha |
| 2003 | 6,622 | 145,648 ha |
| 2002 | 7,816 | 104,848 ha |
| 2001 | 6,923 | 89,803 ha |
| 2000 | 9,340 | 184,577 ha |
| 1999 | 6,487 | 79,488 ha |
| 1998 | 7,939 | 130,025 ha |
| 1997 | 8,183 | 95,561 ha |
| 1996 | 5,775 | 56,718 ha |
| 1995 | 10,145 | 137,608 ha |
| 1994 | 8,280 | 435,383 ha |
| 1993 | 4,983 | 87,424 ha |
| 1992 | 7,336 | 103,348 ha |
| 1991 | 7,450 | 258,953 ha |
| 1990 | 8,413 | 202,490 ha |
| 1989 | 15,922 | 405,892 ha |
| 1988 | 6,743 | 136,608 ha |
| 1987 | 6,454 | 146,692 ha |
| 1986 | 5,665 | 264,277 ha |
| 1985 | 10,119 | 483,844 ha |
| 1984 | 5,614 | 163,755 ha |
| 1983 | 3,404 | 107,176 ha |
| 1982 | 4,906 | 148,614 ha |
| 1981 | 8,789 | 290,771 ha |
| 1980 | 5,870 | 261,120 ha |
| 1979 | 5,241 | 197,317 ha |
| 1978 | 7,151 | 424,619 ha |
| 1977 | 1,569 | 68,729 ha |
| 1976 | 3,549 | 121,251 ha |
| 1975 | 3,331 | 179,878 ha |
| 1974 | 3,232 | 139,711 ha |
| 1973 | 2,974 | 94,831 ha |
| 1972 | 1,606 | 55,765 ha |
| 1971 | 1,255 | 34,183 ha |
| 1970 | 2,358 | 87,197 ha |
| 1969 | 1,088 | 53,060 ha |
| 1968 | 1,464 | 55,524 ha |
Provinces with the most fires (EGIF cumulative)
- 1 Ourense 36,979
- 2 Asturias 34,248
- 3 Pontevedra 27,368
- 4 A Coruña 22,595
- 5 Lugo 19,149
- 6 León 17,656
- 7 Cantabria 17,139
- 8 Cáceres 11,842
- 9 Zamora 11,370
- 10 Badajoz 6,367
- 11 Burgos 4,583
- 12 Huelva 4,558
- 13 Barcelona 4,355
- 14 Málaga 4,292
- 15 Salamanca 3,898
Source: General Statistics of Forest Fires (EGIF), MITECO.
Top Provinces 2026
The provinces with the most detections (FRP ≥ 2 MW).
Most intense fires 2026
The 20 most intense detections by Fire Radiative Power (MW).
| # | Date | Province | Location | FRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10/08/2026 | — | Las Peñas de Riglos | 5,617.0 MW |
| 2 | 21/07/2026 | — | Área remota | 4,061.7 MW |
| 3 | 18/08/2026 | — | Área remota | 3,945.0 MW |
| 4 | 18/08/2026 | — | Área remota | 3,939.0 MW |
| 5 | 10/08/2026 | — | Área remota | 3,886.7 MW |
| 6 | 18/08/2026 | — | Área remota | 3,847.4 MW |
| 7 | 21/07/2026 | — | Desconocido | 3,197.1 MW |
| 8 | 22/07/2026 | — | El Bierzo | 2,717.1 MW |
| 9 | 18/08/2026 | — | Área remota | 2,539.9 MW |
| 10 | 18/08/2026 | — | Área remota | 2,526.9 MW |
| 11 | 26/07/2026 | — | Área remota | 2,323.0 MW |
| 12 | 01/08/2026 | — | Área remota | 2,264.7 MW |
| 13 | 26/07/2026 | — | Área remota | 2,262.4 MW |
| 14 | 09/08/2026 | — | Segovia | 2,079.2 MW |
| 15 | 19/07/2026 | — | Área remota | 1,976.7 MW |
| 16 | 08/08/2026 | — | Valverde del Camino | 1,927.8 MW |
| 17 | 19/07/2026 | — | Área remota | 1,923.4 MW |
| 18 | 10/08/2026 | — | Área remota | 1,815.7 MW |
| 19 | 21/07/2026 | — | Área remota | 1,801.1 MW |
| 20 | 19/07/2026 | — | Área remota | 1,743.1 MW |