# Wildfires in Armenia in 2019

29 fires larger than 300 hectares in Armenia in 2019, with 16,141 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 GWIS, 27,719 hectares burned in Armenia in 2019: 1.8 times the average of the other years from 2012 to 2024 (14,988 ha). It is the year with the most burned area of the 13 in the record. (Copernicus GWIS)
- The worst week was 5 November to 11 November: 4,923 hectares burned in seven days, 18% of the year according to Copernicus GWIS. (Copernicus GWIS)
- The largest fire was the Spitak fire, which started on 15 October 2019 and burned 1,487 hectares: 9% of the area of the year's 29 fires with a page. (WorldFires)
- The day of highest danger at a fire this year was 24 August 2019: a Fire Weather Index of 45 (very high on the EFFIS scale) at the Vayk 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 | 1 | 523 |
| June | 0 | 0 |
| July | 1 | 316 |
| August | 7 | 3,568 |
| September | 1 | 364 |
| October | 6 | 3,726 |
| November | 11 | 6,033 |
| December | 2 | 1,611 |

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

The average and the band are the Copernicus GWIS climatology for 2012–2025, which includes 2019 itself.

| Week | 2019 | That week | average | lowest and highest |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 (1 Jan–7 Jan) | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0–608 |
| 2 (8 Jan–14 Jan) | 127 | 127 | 127 | 0–608 |
| 3 (15 Jan–21 Jan) | 127 | 0 | 127 | 0–608 |
| 4 (22 Jan–28 Jan) | 127 | 0 | 164 | 0–931 |
| 5 (29 Jan–4 Feb) | 127 | 0 | 231 | 0–931 |
| 6 (5 Feb–11 Feb) | 309 | 182 | 301 | 0–931 |
| 7 (12 Feb–18 Feb) | 1,089 | 780 | 387 | 0–1,120 |
| 8 (19 Feb–25 Feb) | 1,479 | 390 | 503 | 0–1,479 |
| 9 (26 Feb–4 Mar) | 1,690 | 211 | 570 | 0–1,690 |
| 10 (5 Mar–11 Mar) | 1,690 | 0 | 699 | 0–2,624 |
| 11 (12 Mar–18 Mar) | 1,690 | 0 | 757 | 0–2,624 |
| 12 (19 Mar–25 Mar) | 1,690 | 0 | 1,098 | 0–3,715 |
| 13 (26 Mar–1 Apr) | 1,690 | 0 | 1,184 | 0–3,715 |
| 14 (2 Apr–8 Apr) | 1,690 | 0 | 1,329 | 0–3,715 |
| 15 (9 Apr–15 Apr) | 1,690 | 0 | 1,534 | 0–4,863 |
| 16 (16 Apr–22 Apr) | 1,690 | 0 | 1,590 | 0–5,188 |
| 17 (23 Apr–29 Apr) | 1,690 | 0 | 1,720 | 0–5,723 |
| 18 (30 Apr–6 May) | 2,213 | 523 | 1,793 | 0–5,723 |
| 19 (7 May–13 May) | 2,213 | 0 | 1,793 | 0–5,723 |
| 20 (14 May–20 May) | 2,213 | 0 | 1,793 | 0–5,723 |
| 21 (21 May–27 May) | 2,213 | 0 | 1,793 | 0–5,723 |
| 22 (28 May–3 Jun) | 2,213 | 0 | 1,793 | 0–5,723 |
| 23 (4 Jun–10 Jun) | 2,213 | 0 | 1,793 | 0–5,723 |
| 24 (11 Jun–17 Jun) | 2,213 | 0 | 1,803 | 0–5,723 |
| 25 (18 Jun–24 Jun) | 2,213 | 0 | 1,824 | 128–5,723 |
| 26 (25 Jun–1 Jul) | 2,213 | 0 | 1,878 | 128–5,723 |
| 27 (2 Jul–8 Jul) | 2,508 | 295 | 1,912 | 149–5,723 |
| 28 (9 Jul–15 Jul) | 2,747 | 239 | 2,080 | 149–5,723 |
| 29 (16 Jul–22 Jul) | 3,580 | 833 | 2,283 | 149–5,723 |
| 30 (23 Jul–29 Jul) | 3,580 | 0 | 2,460 | 149–5,987 |
| 31 (30 Jul–5 Aug) | 3,769 | 189 | 2,574 | 149–5,987 |
| 32 (6 Aug–12 Aug) | 4,156 | 387 | 3,083 | 149–7,533 |
| 33 (13 Aug–19 Aug) | 4,548 | 392 | 3,397 | 149–7,533 |
| 34 (20 Aug–26 Aug) | 8,609 | 4,061 | 3,879 | 149–8,609 |
| 35 (27 Aug–2 Sept) | 8,609 | 0 | 4,462 | 455–9,883 |
| 36 (3 Sept–9 Sept) | 8,609 | 0 | 5,148 | 944–13,495 |
| 37 (10 Sept–16 Sept) | 8,609 | 0 | 6,491 | 944–16,765 |
| 38 (17 Sept–23 Sept) | 9,183 | 574 | 7,178 | 944–20,610 |
| 39 (24 Sept–30 Sept) | 9,183 | 0 | 8,064 | 944–20,610 |
| 40 (1 Oct–7 Oct) | 9,320 | 137 | 9,044 | 944–21,528 |
| 41 (8 Oct–14 Oct) | 10,066 | 746 | 9,762 | 944–21,719 |
| 42 (15 Oct–21 Oct) | 14,488 | 4,422 | 11,135 | 944–24,920 |
| 43 (22 Oct–28 Oct) | 14,769 | 281 | 11,684 | 1,286–26,352 |
| 44 (29 Oct–4 Nov) | 15,230 | 461 | 12,483 | 1,839–26,371 |
| 45 (5 Nov–11 Nov) | 20,153 | 4,923 | 13,427 | 2,177–26,371 |
| 46 (12 Nov–18 Nov) | 21,661 | 1,508 | 13,850 | 2,411–26,968 |
| 47 (19 Nov–25 Nov) | 22,913 | 1,252 | 15,303 | 2,639–26,968 |
| 48 (26 Nov–2 Dec) | 23,185 | 272 | 15,978 | 2,639–26,968 |
| 49 (3 Dec–9 Dec) | 23,185 | 0 | 16,144 | 2,639–26,968 |
| 50 (10 Dec–16 Dec) | 23,185 | 0 | 16,184 | 2,639–27,219 |
| 51 (17 Dec–23 Dec) | 25,943 | 2,758 | 16,408 | 2,639–27,406 |
| 52 (24 Dec–30 Dec) | 27,554 | 1,611 | 16,539 | 2,639–27,638 |

## Largest recorded fires

- [Spitak fire, October 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/spitak-2019-10.md) · 1,487 ha
- [Stepanavan fire, 21 December 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/stepanavan-2019-12-2.md) · 1,166 ha
- [Sisian fire, 8 November 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/sisian-2019-11-2.md) · 802 ha
- [Tavush fire, November 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/tavush-2019-11.md) · 764 ha
- [Kapan fire, 22 August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/kapan-2019-08-2.md) · 737 ha
- [Kapan fire, 20 August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/kapan-2019-08.md) · 671 ha
- [Spitak fire, November 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/spitak-2019-11.md) · 669 ha
- [Gugark fire, 12 October 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/gugark-2019-10-2.md) · 639 ha
- [Gugark fire, 19 November 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/gugark-2019-11-2.md) · 636 ha
- [Vardenis fire, 11 November 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/vardenis-2019-11-2.md) · 613 ha
- [Ararat fire, August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/ararat-2019-08.md) · 560 ha
- [Karmir fire, May 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/karmir-2019-05.md) · 523 ha
- [Sisian fire, 11 November 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/sisian-2019-11-3.md) · 513 ha
- [Gugark fire, 15 October 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/gugark-2019-10.md) · 502 ha
- [Gugark fire, 10 November 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/gugark-2019-11.md) · 458 ha
- [Tashir fire, October 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/tashir-2019-10.md) · 451 ha
- [Martuni fire, August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/martuni-2019-08.md) · 449 ha
- [Stepanavan fire, 24 December 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/stepanavan-2019-12.md) · 445 ha
- [Sisian fire, 8 November 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/sisian-2019-11.md) · 445 ha
- [Vayk fire, August 2019](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/vayk-2019-08.md) · 429 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 GWIS 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 Armenia in 2019”, https://worldfires.org/en/country/armenia/2019 (accessed 15 November 2026). Sources: Copernicus GWIS, 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/armenia/2019