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Wildfires in Iran

255 fires over 1,000 hectares with a perimeter estimated by GWIS since 2016, adding up to 463,459 hectares burned across 79 counties.

Only fires of 1,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the entry totals, but they are in the GWIS yearly series.

The season, week by week

Copernicus GWIS

Iran, at this point in the year: 153,773 hectares, below the 2012–2025 average of 368,994.

2026 average 2012–2025 lowest and highest

2012–2026

Yearly average 2016–2025447,737 ha

Worst year2016 523,026 ha

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›See the year-by-year table

Year	Fires	hectares	Source
2026	662	153,773	GWIS
2025	1,542	387,317	GWIS
2024	1,835	451,850	GWIS
2023	1,549	358,274	GWIS
2022	1,941	406,370	GWIS
2021	2,161	476,011	GWIS
2020	1,943	508,365	GWIS
2019	1,971	483,122	GWIS
2018	1,859	394,155	GWIS
2017	2,053	488,884	GWIS
2016	2,217	523,026	GWIS
2015	1,747	386,203	GWIS
2014	1,937	430,817	GWIS
2013	1,857	388,825	GWIS
2012	1,673	364,094	GWIS

National estimates from Copernicus GWIS, rebuilt from heat detections since 2012.

Hectares with a perimeter estimated by GWIS 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					3k	6k	6k	7k	8k				30,398	Mamasani 6,739 ha
2025			12k			7k	6k	6k	15k	4k	4k		53,452	Hoveyzeh 3,563 ha
2024						2k	2k	9k					13,179	Kermanshah 2,944 ha
2023			2k			1k		5k					8,175	Marivan 1,919 ha
2022	1k				9k		6k			1k			17,500	Hoveyzeh 9,182 ha
2021	2k		2k		13k	14k	5k	9k	5k				50,763	Khoda Afarin 4,229 ha
2020					18k	26k	11k	20k	12k	6k	1k	1k	95,124	Farashband 7,130 ha
2019					5k	26k	29k	3k	4k	1k			67,876	Parsabad 6,338 ha
2018			5k		2k	15k	9k	2k	8k	1k			43,264	Hoveyzeh 13,270 ha
2017	1k		1k	1k	1k	5k	15k	13k		2k	1k		41,035	Paveh 4,514 ha
2016	3k	3k			2k	11k	5k	12k	5k		1k		42,693	Darreh Shahr County 4,122 ha