# Wildfires in Algeria in 2019

78 fires larger than 100 hectares in Algeria in 2019, with 44,119 hectares burned according to their perimeters. Here is the whole year: what the official record says, when and where it burned and what the weather was like.

## The year in a few sentences

- According to Copernicus EFFIS, 48,106 hectares burned in Algeria in 2019: 70% of the average of the other years from 2009 to 2025 (68,408 ha). (Copernicus EFFIS)
- The worst week was 25 June to 1 July: 13,174 hectares burned in seven days, 27% of the year according to Copernicus EFFIS. (Copernicus EFFIS)
- The largest fire was the Theniet El Had fire, which started on 24 June 2019 and burned 6,218 hectares: 14% of the area of the year's 78 fires with a page. (WorldFires)
- The day of highest danger at a fire this year was 26 July 2019: a Fire Weather Index of 76 (very extreme on the EFFIS scale) at the Oumache fire, calculated by WorldFires from ERA5. (WorldFires · ERA5)

## Month by month

Hectares within the perimeters by the month the fire started. Tap a month to see it on the map.

| Month | Fires | Hectares |
|---|---:|---:|
| January | 0 | 0 |
| February | 0 | 0 |
| March | 0 | 0 |
| April | 0 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| June | 9 | 13,038 |
| July | 26 | 8,756 |
| August | 41 | 21,932 |
| September | 0 | 0 |
| October | 2 | 393 |
| November | 0 | 0 |
| December | 0 | 0 |

## Week by week, against other years (Copernicus EFFIS)

The average and the band are the Copernicus EFFIS climatology for 2006–2025, which includes 2019 itself.

| Week | 2019 | That week | average | lowest and highest |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 (1 Jan–7 Jan) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0–201 |
| 2 (8 Jan–14 Jan) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0–201 |
| 3 (15 Jan–21 Jan) | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0–201 |
| 4 (22 Jan–28 Jan) | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0–201 |
| 5 (29 Jan–4 Feb) | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0–201 |
| 6 (5 Feb–11 Feb) | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0–201 |
| 7 (12 Feb–18 Feb) | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0–201 |
| 8 (19 Feb–25 Feb) | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0–201 |
| 9 (26 Feb–4 Mar) | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0–236 |
| 10 (5 Mar–11 Mar) | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0–236 |
| 11 (12 Mar–18 Mar) | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0–236 |
| 12 (19 Mar–25 Mar) | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0–236 |
| 13 (26 Mar–1 Apr) | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0–236 |
| 14 (2 Apr–8 Apr) | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0–236 |
| 15 (9 Apr–15 Apr) | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0–236 |
| 16 (16 Apr–22 Apr) | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0–236 |
| 17 (23 Apr–29 Apr) | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0–236 |
| 18 (30 Apr–6 May) | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0–236 |
| 19 (7 May–13 May) | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0–236 |
| 20 (14 May–20 May) | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0–268 |
| 21 (21 May–27 May) | 0 | 0 | 104 | 0–677 |
| 22 (28 May–3 Jun) | 0 | 0 | 109 | 0–677 |
| 23 (4 Jun–10 Jun) | 0 | 0 | 151 | 0–1,043 |
| 24 (11 Jun–17 Jun) | 0 | 0 | 268 | 0–1,043 |
| 25 (18 Jun–24 Jun) | 226 | 226 | 1,101 | 0–4,907 |
| 26 (25 Jun–1 Jul) | 13,400 | 13,174 | 2,422 | 0–13,400 |
| 27 (2 Jul–8 Jul) | 14,413 | 1,013 | 4,675 | 0–14,413 |
| 28 (9 Jul–15 Jul) | 16,624 | 2,211 | 8,842 | 0–30,985 |
| 29 (16 Jul–22 Jul) | 18,710 | 2,086 | 11,891 | 0–34,320 |
| 30 (23 Jul–29 Jul) | 23,672 | 4,962 | 19,739 | 0–94,992 |
| 31 (30 Jul–5 Aug) | 33,178 | 9,506 | 27,206 | 0–125,822 |
| 32 (6 Aug–12 Aug) | 44,544 | 11,366 | 40,609 | 0–135,688 |
| 33 (13 Aug–19 Aug) | 47,192 | 2,648 | 47,011 | 0–168,996 |
| 34 (20 Aug–26 Aug) | 47,281 | 89 | 49,954 | 0–189,326 |
| 35 (27 Aug–2 Sept) | 47,503 | 222 | 52,922 | 0–190,726 |
| 36 (3 Sept–9 Sept) | 47,548 | 45 | 53,464 | 0–192,097 |
| 37 (10 Sept–16 Sept) | 47,548 | 0 | 54,011 | 0–192,349 |
| 38 (17 Sept–23 Sept) | 47,548 | 0 | 54,881 | 0–198,983 |
| 39 (24 Sept–30 Sept) | 47,548 | 0 | 55,024 | 0–199,833 |
| 40 (1 Oct–7 Oct) | 47,866 | 318 | 55,538 | 0–200,894 |
| 41 (8 Oct–14 Oct) | 48,106 | 240 | 55,623 | 0–200,894 |
| 42 (15 Oct–21 Oct) | 48,106 | 0 | 56,300 | 0–200,980 |
| 43 (22 Oct–28 Oct) | 48,106 | 0 | 56,729 | 0–200,980 |
| 44 (29 Oct–4 Nov) | 48,106 | 0 | 56,761 | 0–200,980 |
| 45 (5 Nov–11 Nov) | 48,106 | 0 | 56,994 | 0–200,980 |
| 46 (12 Nov–18 Nov) | 48,106 | 0 | 57,122 | 0–200,980 |
| 47 (19 Nov–25 Nov) | 48,106 | 0 | 57,122 | 0–200,980 |
| 48 (26 Nov–2 Dec) | 48,106 | 0 | 57,122 | 0–200,980 |
| 49 (3 Dec–9 Dec) | 48,106 | 0 | 57,122 | 0–200,980 |
| 50 (10 Dec–16 Dec) | 48,106 | 0 | 57,132 | 0–200,980 |
| 51 (17 Dec–23 Dec) | 48,106 | 0 | 57,132 | 0–200,980 |
| 52 (24 Dec–30 Dec) | 48,106 | 0 | 57,132 | 0–200,980 |

## Largest recorded fires

- [Theniet El Had fire, June 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/theniet-el-had-2019-06.md) · 6,218 ha
- [Oued Djemaa fire, June 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/oued-djemaa-2019-06.md) · 4,006 ha
- [Aïn Smara fire, August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/ain-smara-2019-08.md) · 2,491 ha
- [Nechmaya fire, 1 August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/nechmaya-2019-08-2.md) · 2,404 ha
- [Didouche Mourad fire, August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/didouche-mourad-2019-08.md) · 2,037 ha
- [Aokas fire, August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/aokas-2019-08.md) · 1,780 ha
- [Bouchrahil fire, July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/bouchrahil-2019-07.md) · 1,698 ha
- [Es Sebt fire, August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/es-sebt-2019-08.md) · 1,027 ha
- [Oued Djemaa fire, August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/oued-djemaa-2019-08.md) · 927 ha
- [Bouchtata fire, August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/bouchtata-2019-08.md) · 900 ha
- [Maaouia fire, July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/maaouia-2019-07.md) · 864 ha
- [Djendel Saadi Mohamed fire, 1 August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/djendel-saadi-mohamed-2019-08.md) · 786 ha
- [Oumache fire, July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/oumache-2019-07.md) · 745 ha
- [Roknia fire, August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/roknia-2019-08.md) · 716 ha
- [Babar fire, August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/babar-2019-08.md) · 685 ha
- [Gouraya fire, July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/gouraya-2019-07.md) · 657 ha
- [Ben Allel fire, June 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/ben-allel-2019-06.md) · 645 ha
- [Hammam Righa fire, June 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/hammam-righa-2019-06.md) · 617 ha
- [El Feidh fire, July 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/el-feidh-2019-07.md) · 595 ha
- [Ahnif fire, August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/ahnif-2019-08.md) · 555 ha

## Sources and limits

Fire-page areas are satellite-measured perimeters and may differ from official statistics. The yearly and weekly record is the Copernicus EFFIS estimate. The FWI is our own calculation from ERA5 at each fire's location: it is not an official danger warning.

## How to cite

WorldFires, “Wildfires in Algeria in 2019”, https://worldfires.org/en/country/algeria/2019 (accessed 15 November 2026). Sources: Copernicus EFFIS, WorldFires, WorldFires · ERA5, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS).

> Experimental site with automatically processed open data: it may contain errors and is not an official emergency service. If there is a fire, call your local emergency number.

Full version with maps: https://worldfires.org/en/country/algeria/2019