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Wildfires in Cyprus
44 fires over 100 hectares with an official perimeter since 2016, adding up to 33,271 hectares burned across 139 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.
The season, week by week
Copernicus EFFISCyprus, at this point in the year: 326 hectares, below the 2006–2025 average of 2,377.
2026
average 2006–2025
lowest and highest
The official record
2006–2026Yearly average 2016–20253,538 ha
Worst year2025 13,527 ha
With a page here44 since 2016
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›See the year-by-year table
| Year | Fires | hectares | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 326 | EFFIS |
| 2025 | 7 | 13,527 | EFFIS |
| 2024 | 13 | 3,374 | EFFIS |
| 2023 | 9 | 1,919 | EFFIS |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,540 | EFFIS |
| 2021 | 11 | 6,199 | EFFIS |
| 2020 | 19 | 3,421 | EFFIS |
| 2019 | 5 | 596 | EFFIS |
| 2018 | 6 | 417 | EFFIS |
| 2017 | 4 | 652 | EFFIS |
| 2016 | 2 | 2,738 | EFFIS |
| 2015 | 2 | 197 | EFFIS |
| 2014 | 2 | 436 | EFFIS |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,834 | EFFIS |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,349 | EFFIS |
| 2011 | 3 | 939 | EFFIS |
| 2010 | 6 | 1,104 | EFFIS |
| 2009 | 0 | — | EFFIS |
| 2008 | 3 | 1,947 | EFFIS |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,526 | EFFIS |
| 2006 | 1 | 291 | EFFIS |
National estimates from Copernicus EFFIS, which only counts fires larger than 30 hectares.
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Σ | Largest of the year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 291 | 291 | Agia Anna 291 ha | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 13k | 153 | 105 | 13,408 | Agios Therapon 12,437 ha | |||||||||
| 2024 | 710 | 2k | 169 | 141 | 3,023 | Polemi 1,617 ha | ||||||||
| 2023 | 172 | 907 | 712 | 1,791 | Apsiou 803 ha | |||||||||
| 2022 | 2k | 199 | 1,992 | Akanthou 1,793 ha | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 297 | 5k | 530 | 5,848 | Melini 4,627 ha | |||||||||
| 2020 | 2k | 135 | 206 | 643 | 304 | 2,841 | Diorios 1,072 ha | |||||||
| 2019 | 123 | 268 | 110 | 501 | Kissousa 268 ha | |||||||||
| 2018 | 115 | 104 | 219 | Erimi 115 ha | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 619 | 619 | Asomatos Keryneias 353 ha | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 3k | 2,738 | Agios Theodoros Soleas 1,939 ha |
Hectares burned per year
Largest recorded fires
By region
Fires in 2026 · 1
Fires in 2025 · 5
Fires in 2024 · 7
Fires in 2023 · 6
Fires in 2022 · 2
Fires in 2021 · 5
Fires in 2020 · 8
- 304 haEpicho Επιχό/ΤζιχανγκίρSeptember 2020 · 1 day
- 273 haPrastio Avdimou ΠραστειόAugust 2020 · 1 day
- 370 haPano Archimandrita Πάνω ΑρχιμανδρίταAugust 2020 · 2 days
- 206 haPeristerona Lefkosias ΠεριστερώναJuly 2020 · 1 day
- 135 haLefkosia LefkoşaJune 2020 · 1 day
- 1,072 haDiorios ΔιόριοςMay 2020 · 2 days
- 350 haKormakitis ΚορμακίτηςMay 2020 · 4 days
- 131 haSia ΣιάMay 2020 · 2 days