How much land burns in Lebanon in an average year?

According to Copernicus EFFIS estimates, an average of 2,389 hectares burn in Lebanon each year (2017–2025 average).

What was the worst wildfire year in Lebanon?

The worst year in Lebanon since 2017 was 2024, with 11,074 hectares burned according to Copernicus EFFIS.

What is the largest wildfire recorded in Lebanon?

Largest fire recorded by WorldFires in Lebanon since 2019: Aley fire, October 2019, with 1,092 hectares burned — perimeter measured by satellite (Copernicus EFFIS).

When is wildfire season in Lebanon?

In Lebanon, 56% of the area burned in fires with a WorldFires page since 2019 burned in August–October; the month with the most burned area: October.

Which regions of Lebanon burn the most?

Regions of Lebanon with the most area burned in fires with a WorldFires page since 2019: Nabatîyé (6,874 ha), Aakkâr (2,796 ha), Mont-Liban (2,566 ha).

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Wildfires in Lebanon

69 fires over 100 hectares with an official perimeter since 2019, adding up to 14,363 hectares burned across 14 districts.

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.

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Key facts

According to Copernicus EFFIS, 1,565 hectares burned in Lebanon in 2025.
The worst year in Lebanon since 2017 was 2024, with 11,074 hectares burned according to Copernicus EFFIS.
According to Copernicus EFFIS estimates, an average of 2,389 hectares burn in Lebanon each year (2017–2025 average).
Largest fire recorded by WorldFires in Lebanon since 2019: Aley fire, October 2019, with 1,092 hectares burned — perimeter measured by satellite (Copernicus EFFIS).

Figures computed on 26 October 2026 from the WorldFires database; each sentence names its source. Reusable under CC BY 4.0 with credit to WorldFires.

The official record

2006–2026

Yearly average 2017–20252,389 ha

Worst year2024 11,074 ha

With a page here69 since 2019

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›See the year-by-year table

Year	Fires	hectares	Source
2026	78	6,528	EFFIS
2025	25	1,565	EFFIS
2024	152	11,074	EFFIS
2023	20	1,262	EFFIS
2022	2	119	EFFIS
2021	22	2,298	EFFIS
2020	25	2,931	EFFIS
2019	15	2,159	EFFIS
2018	1	45	EFFIS
2017	1	45	EFFIS
2016	0	—	EFFIS
2015	2	141	EFFIS
2014	0	—	EFFIS
2013	1	182	EFFIS
2012	0	—	EFFIS
2011	0	—	EFFIS
2010	0	—	EFFIS
2009	0	—	EFFIS
2008	0	—	EFFIS
2007	0	—	EFFIS
2006	0	—	EFFIS

National estimates from Copernicus EFFIS, which only counts fires larger than 30 hectares.

Fire calendar

The peak usually comes in week 41 (around 11 October): that is the median of the week with the most burned area in each year since 2019.

Each cell is one week; the colour shows the area of the fires on record that started that week, in quartiles for this country. Tap a cell for details.

Hectares per week: no fires < 152152–250250–441≥ 441

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.

	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Σ	Largest of the year
2026		445	320	2k	321			3,252	Marjaayoun 336 ha
2025		113					457	570	Sour 200 ha
2024	368	2k	1k		204	1k		5,003	Marjaayoun 313 ha
2023					174	392		566	Sour 206 ha
2021			1k					1,192	Akkar 882 ha
2020						2k		2,117	Akkar 750 ha
2019			199			1k		1,663	Aley 1,092 ha

Hectares burned per year

2019 2020 2021 2023 2024 2025 2026

What burns: vegetation burnt by year

Copernicus EFFIS · Corine Land Cover

Of the 14,363 ha that EFFIS mapped in Lebanon since 2019 in fires of 30 ha or more, 20% was forest, 0% shrubland, 61% other natural land and 16% farmland. 2021 was the year with the most forest burnt: 914 ha, 77% of everything that burnt that year.

Breakdown by the Corine Land Cover classes that EFFIS computes inside each perimeter. Only perimeters of 30 ha or more linked to a fire page, so the sum does not match the country total. Forest: coniferous, broadleaved and mixed; shrubland: sclerophyllous and transitional; built-up and other: artificial surfaces and other land cover.

Forest20 %
Shrubland0 %
Other natural land61 %
Agricultural areas16 %
Built-up and other3 %

›See the year-by-year table

Year	hectares	Forest	Other natural land	Agricultural areas	Built-up and other
2026	3,252	3 %	72 %	23 %	2 %
2025	570	31 %	64 %	5 %	1 %
2024	5,003	7 %	83 %	9 %	1 %
2023	566	42 %	46 %	11 %	1 %
2021	1,192	77 %	19 %	4 %	0 %
2020	2,117	25 %	32 %	41 %	1 %
2019	1,663	36 %	46 %	4 %	14 %

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Largest recorded fires

By region

Nabatîyé 6,874 ha · 38
Aakkâr 2,796 ha · 9
Mont-Liban 2,566 ha · 9
Liban-Sud 1,276 ha · 11
Béqaa 562 ha · 4
Baalbek-Hermel 231 ha · 3
Liban-Nord 1 ha · 1

Districts that have burned most often in Lebanon

19×Bent Jbail3 years · 2,690 ha
18×Marjaayoun4 years · 2,946 ha
9×Akkar4 years · 2,796 ha
8×Hasbaya2 years · 1,238 ha
6×Chouf4 years · 1,730 ha

Full ranking: by number of fires, area and share of the municipality →

Fires in 2026 · 17

Fires in 2025 · 4

Fires in 2023 · 3

Fires in 2021 · 2

Fires in 2020 · 9

Fires in 2019 · 4

Frequently asked questions

How much land burns in Lebanon in an average year?: According to Copernicus EFFIS estimates, an average of 2,389 hectares burn in Lebanon each year (2017–2025 average).
What was the worst wildfire year in Lebanon?: The worst year in Lebanon since 2017 was 2024, with 11,074 hectares burned according to Copernicus EFFIS.
What is the largest wildfire recorded in Lebanon?: Largest fire recorded by WorldFires in Lebanon since 2019: Aley fire, October 2019, with 1,092 hectares burned — perimeter measured by satellite (Copernicus EFFIS).
When is wildfire season in Lebanon?: In Lebanon, 56% of the area burned in fires with a WorldFires page since 2019 burned in August–October; the month with the most burned area: October.
Which regions of Lebanon burn the most?: Regions of Lebanon with the most area burned in fires with a WorldFires page since 2019: Nabatîyé (6,874 ha), Aakkâr (2,796 ha), Mont-Liban (2,566 ha).