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Wildfires in Albania

480 fires over 100 hectares with an official perimeter since 2016, adding up to 229,941 hectares burned across 35 municipalities.

Only fires of 100 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the entry totals, but they are in the official yearly series.

These figures leave out 7 provisional pages, seen only as heat detections and still without a perimeter. They appear in the lists, marked.

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Key facts

Figures computed on 27 October 2026 from the WorldFires database; each sentence names its source. Reusable under CC BY 4.0 with credit to WorldFires.

The official record

2006–2026
Yearly average 2016–202524,021 ha
Worst year2025 59,933 ha
With a page here480 since 2016
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›See the year-by-year table
Year Fires hectares Source
202694 24,684 EFFIS
2025132 59,933 EFFIS
2024168 46,623 EFFIS
202335 5,563 EFFIS
2022125 17,764 EFFIS
2021124 28,972 EFFIS
2020129 19,909 EFFIS
201990 11,302 EFFIS
201814 3,281 EFFIS
2017220 41,822 EFFIS
201621 5,038 EFFIS
201518 3,768 EFFIS
20143 431 EFFIS
20139 1,233 EFFIS
2012149 53,459 EFFIS
2011203 54,370 EFFIS
201035 8,114 EFFIS
200927 7,555 EFFIS
200868 18,715 EFFIS
2007163 127,491 EFFIS
20060 — EFFIS

National estimates from Copernicus EFFIS, which only counts fires larger than 30 hectares.

Fire calendar

The peak usually comes in week 32 (around 9 August): that is the median of the week with the most burned area in each year since 2016.

Each cell is one week; the colour shows the area of the fires on record that started that week, in quartiles for this country. Tap a cell for details.

Hectares per week: no fires < 211211–544544–2,051≥ 2,051

When it burned: year by year, month by month

Hectares with an official perimeter by the fire’s starting month, and the largest fire of each year.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecΣLargest of the year
2026
118
13k
7k
1k
 22,174 Pukë 4,513 ha
2025
1k
578
29k
25k
1k
 57,062 Sarandë 12,229 ha
2024
493
500
20k
19k
1k
 41,645 Delvinë 4,153 ha
2023
387
2k
2k
365
 4,304 Fier 824 ha
2022
3k
112
4k
6k
977
380
134
 13,881 Gjirokastër 1,633 ha
2021
267
375
8k
16k
588
138
100
 25,410 Vlorë 5,421 ha
2020
284
348
1k
839
6k
2k
6k
 16,111 Shkodër 3,375 ha
2019
211
2k
172
4k
1k
241
 8,059 Sarandë 1,119 ha
2018
3k
241
 2,872 Pukë 2,099 ha
2017
126
122
189
8k
25k
594
150
 34,184 Gjirokastër 5,609 ha
2016
104
1k
3k
 4,239 Sarandë 1,011 ha

Hectares burned per year

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

What burns: vegetation burnt by year

Copernicus EFFIS · Corine Land Cover

Of the 229,941 ha that EFFIS mapped in Albania since 2016 in fires of 30 ha or more, 20% was forest, 33% shrubland, 39% other natural land and 7% farmland. 2025 was the year with the most forest burnt: 10,439 ha, 18% of everything that burnt that year.

Breakdown by the Corine Land Cover classes that EFFIS computes inside each perimeter. Only perimeters of 30 ha or more linked to a fire page, so the sum does not match the country total. Forest: coniferous, broadleaved and mixed; shrubland: sclerophyllous and transitional; built-up and other: artificial surfaces and other land cover.

›See the year-by-year table
Year hectares ForestShrublandOther natural landAgricultural areasBuilt-up and other
202622,174 28 %35 %27 %10 %< 1 %
202557,062 18 %29 %41 %12 %< 1 %
202441,645 13 %32 %51 %4 %< 1 %
20234,304 17 %22 %46 %14 %< 1 %
202213,881 26 %33 %33 %8 %< 1 %
202125,410 33 %43 %18 %6 %< 1 %
202016,111 21 %33 %39 %6 %< 1 %
20198,059 18 %33 %43 %6 %< 1 %
20182,872 41 %41 %13 %6 %0 %
201734,184 13 %36 %47 %4 %< 1 %
20164,239 22 %14 %55 %8 %1 %

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Largest recorded fires

By region

  1. Vlorë 83,271 ha · 165
  2. Shkodër 40,757 ha · 85
  3. Gjirokastër 22,376 ha · 47
  4. Dibër 21,635 ha · 62
  5. Lezhë 17,998 ha · 42
  6. Kukës 10,858 ha · 26
  7. Tiranë 9,747 ha · 29
  8. Elbasan 6,324 ha · 17
  9. Fier 6,084 ha · 23
  10. Berat 5,324 ha · 17
  11. Korçë 5,304 ha · 17
  12. Durrës 883 ha · 7

Municipalities that have burned most often in Albania

  1. 82×Vlorë10 years · 26,696 ha
  2. 59×Sarandë11 years · 29,975 ha
  3. 41×Delvinë10 years · 25,941 ha
  4. 39×Shkodër9 years · 16,686 ha
  5. 35×Malësi e Madhe8 years · 9,697 ha

Full ranking: by number of fires, area and share of the municipality →

Fires in 2026 · 50

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Fires in 2025 · 71

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Fires in 2024 · 70

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Fires in 2023 · 10

Fires in 2022 · 50

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Fires in 2021 · 51

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Fires in 2020 · 55

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Fires in 2019 · 31

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Fires in 2018 · 6

Fires in 2017 · 83

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Fires in 2016 · 10

Frequently asked questions

How much land burns in Albania in an average year?
According to Copernicus EFFIS estimates, an average of 24,021 hectares burn in Albania each year (2016–2025 average).
What was the worst wildfire year in Albania?
The worst year in Albania since 2016 was 2025, with 59,933 hectares burned according to Copernicus EFFIS.
What is the largest wildfire recorded in Albania?
Largest fire recorded by WorldFires in Albania since 2016: Sarandë fire, 6 August 2025, with 12,229 hectares burned — perimeter measured by satellite (Copernicus EFFIS).
When is wildfire season in Albania?
In Albania, 94% of the area burned in fires with a WorldFires page since 2016 burned in July–September; the month with the most burned area: August.
Which regions of Albania burn the most?
Regions of Albania with the most area burned in fires with a WorldFires page since 2016: Vlorë (83,271 ha), Shkodër (40,757 ha), Gjirokastër (22,376 ha).