# Wildfires in Latvia in 2022

1 fires larger than 100 hectares in Latvia in 2022, with 113 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, 171 hectares burned in Latvia in 2022: 39% of the average of the other years from 2008 to 2025 (436 ha). Only 2018, 2026 and 2021 burned more. (Copernicus EFFIS)
- The worst week was 30 April to 6 May: 113 hectares burned in seven days, 66% of the year according to Copernicus EFFIS. (Copernicus EFFIS)
- The largest fire was the Ādažu pag. fire, which started on 6 May 2022 and burned 113 hectares: 100% of the area of the year's 1 fires with a page. (WorldFires)
- The day of highest danger at a fire this year was 6 May 2022: a Fire Weather Index of 10 (low on the EFFIS scale) at the Ādažu pag. 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 | 113 |
| June | 0 | 0 |
| July | 0 | 0 |
| August | 0 | 0 |
| September | 0 | 0 |
| October | 0 | 0 |
| 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 2022 itself.

| Week | 2022 | That week | average | lowest and highest |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 (1 Jan–7 Jan) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 2 (8 Jan–14 Jan) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 3 (15 Jan–21 Jan) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 4 (22 Jan–28 Jan) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 5 (29 Jan–4 Feb) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 6 (5 Feb–11 Feb) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 7 (12 Feb–18 Feb) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 8 (19 Feb–25 Feb) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 9 (26 Feb–4 Mar) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 10 (5 Mar–11 Mar) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 11 (12 Mar–18 Mar) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 12 (19 Mar–25 Mar) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 13 (26 Mar–1 Apr) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 14 (2 Apr–8 Apr) | 58 | 58 | 5 | 0–58 |
| 15 (9 Apr–15 Apr) | 58 | 0 | 11 | 0–88 |
| 16 (16 Apr–22 Apr) | 58 | 0 | 11 | 0–88 |
| 17 (23 Apr–29 Apr) | 58 | 0 | 15 | 0–88 |
| 18 (30 Apr–6 May) | 171 | 113 | 20 | 0–171 |
| 19 (7 May–13 May) | 171 | 0 | 23 | 0–171 |
| 20 (14 May–20 May) | 171 | 0 | 26 | 0–171 |
| 21 (21 May–27 May) | 171 | 0 | 27 | 0–171 |
| 22 (28 May–3 Jun) | 171 | 0 | 30 | 0–171 |
| 23 (4 Jun–10 Jun) | 171 | 0 | 61 | 0–658 |
| 24 (11 Jun–17 Jun) | 171 | 0 | 61 | 0–658 |
| 25 (18 Jun–24 Jun) | 171 | 0 | 64 | 0–713 |
| 26 (25 Jun–1 Jul) | 171 | 0 | 64 | 0–713 |
| 27 (2 Jul–8 Jul) | 171 | 0 | 64 | 0–713 |
| 28 (9 Jul–15 Jul) | 171 | 0 | 64 | 0–713 |
| 29 (16 Jul–22 Jul) | 171 | 0 | 138 | 0–2,196 |
| 30 (23 Jul–29 Jul) | 171 | 0 | 146 | 0–2,196 |
| 31 (30 Jul–5 Aug) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 32 (6 Aug–12 Aug) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 33 (13 Aug–19 Aug) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 34 (20 Aug–26 Aug) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 35 (27 Aug–2 Sept) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 36 (3 Sept–9 Sept) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 37 (10 Sept–16 Sept) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 38 (17 Sept–23 Sept) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 39 (24 Sept–30 Sept) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 40 (1 Oct–7 Oct) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 41 (8 Oct–14 Oct) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 42 (15 Oct–21 Oct) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 43 (22 Oct–28 Oct) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 44 (29 Oct–4 Nov) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 45 (5 Nov–11 Nov) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 46 (12 Nov–18 Nov) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 47 (19 Nov–25 Nov) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 48 (26 Nov–2 Dec) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 49 (3 Dec–9 Dec) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 50 (10 Dec–16 Dec) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 51 (17 Dec–23 Dec) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |
| 52 (24 Dec–30 Dec) | 171 | 0 | 161 | 0–2,493 |

## Largest recorded fires

- [Ādažu pag. fire, May 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/adazu-pag-2022-05.md) · 113 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 Latvia in 2022”, https://worldfires.org/en/country/latvia/2022 (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/latvia/2022