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Wildfires in Serbia

370 fires over 100 hectares with an official perimeter since 2016, adding up to 130,917 hectares burned across 85 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.

These figures leave out 20 provisional pages, seen only as heat detections and still without a perimeter. They appear in the lists, marked.

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Key facts

Figures computed on 25 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 2016–202512,772 ha
Worst year2024 38,954 ha
With a page here370 since 2016
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›See the year-by-year table
Year Fires hectares Source
2026146 37,021 EFFIS
2025191 27,882 EFFIS
2024226 38,954 EFFIS
202323 2,312 EFFIS
2022104 11,508 EFFIS
202161 7,006 EFFIS
202090 9,385 EFFIS
2019103 15,763 EFFIS
201845 5,774 EFFIS
201739 8,256 EFFIS
20166 880 EFFIS
20155 1,011 EFFIS
20140 — EFFIS
20139 1,526 EFFIS
201244 11,635 EFFIS
20113 681 EFFIS
20100 — EFFIS
20090 — EFFIS
20083 359 EFFIS
200720 19,179 EFFIS
20060 — EFFIS

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

Fire calendar

The peak usually comes in week 30 (around 26 July): that is the median of the week with the most burned area in each year since 2016.

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 < 201201–490490–1,240≥ 1,240

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecΣLargest of the year
2026
1k
259
16k
7k
5k
2k
 32,215 Deliblatska peščara 15,656 ha
2025
266
5k
1k
8k
5k
1k
 21,710 Zitoradja Municipality 3,110 ha
2024
2k
2k
4k
698
16k
4k
2k
 31,468 Vidlič 5,274 ha
2023
765
142
289
 1,196 Kucevo Municipality 765 ha
2022
145
6k
733
806
 7,460 Kucevo Municipality 1,104 ha
2021
382
760
579
2k
573
 4,455 Kladovo Municipality 1,311 ha
2020
334
3k
3k
308
101
 5,751 Kucevo Municipality 864 ha
2019
183
7k
207
539
1k
5k
 14,165 Pirot Municipality 1,873 ha
2018
668
2k
2k
 4,375 Bela Palanka Municipality 786 ha
2017
774
2k
715
882
2k
731
 7,461 Kikinda City 1,058 ha
2016
267
394
 661 Bor Municipality 286 ha

Hectares burned per year

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

What burns: vegetation burnt by year

Copernicus EFFIS · Corine Land Cover

Of the 130,917 ha that EFFIS mapped in Serbia since 2016 in fires of 30 ha or more, 28% was forest, 27% shrubland, 21% other natural land and 24% farmland. 2026 was the year with the most forest burnt: 12,086 ha, 38% 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.

›See the year-by-year table
Year hectares ForestShrublandOther natural landAgricultural areasBuilt-up and other
202632,215 38 %36 %11 %14 %< 1 %
202521,710 25 %20 %9 %46 %< 1 %
202431,468 23 %29 %21 %28 %< 1 %
20231,196 15 %32 %29 %24 %0 %
20227,460 34 %19 %20 %27 %< 1 %
20214,455 22 %18 %18 %41 %< 1 %
20205,751 13 %33 %41 %11 %3 %
201914,165 43 %24 %25 %8 %0 %
20184,375 11 %10 %60 %19 %< 1 %
20177,461 18 %17 %46 %19 %0 %
2016661 21 %59 %15 %5 %< 1 %

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Largest recorded fires

By region

  1. Pčinjski upravni okrug 22,430 ha · 80
  2. Borski upravni okrug 20,833 ha · 62
  3. Južnobanatski upravni okrug 19,647 ha · 18
  4. Braničevski upravni okrug 13,508 ha · 40
  5. Pirotski upravni okrug 9,750 ha · 17
  6. Toplički upravni okrug 9,140 ha · 30
  7. Srednjobanatski upravni okrug 6,065 ha · 21
  8. Zlatiborski upravni okrug 6,002 ha · 18
  9. Nišavski upravni okrug 5,888 ha · 24
  10. Jablanički upravni okrug 3,966 ha · 22
  11. Pomoravski upravni okrug 3,859 ha · 19
  12. Raški upravni okrug 3,275 ha · 14
and 13 more regions with less area
  1. Severnobanatski upravni okrug 2,873 ha · 8
  2. Zaječarski upravni okrug 2,714 ha · 19
  3. Syrmia District 2,215 ha · 8
  4. Južnobački upravni okrug 1,036 ha · 3
  5. Podunavski upravni okrug 410 ha · 2
  6. Šumadijski upravni okrug 246 ha · 2
  7. City of Belgrade 170 ha · 3
  8. Kolubarski upravni okrug 110 ha · 1
  9. Severnobački upravni okrug 106 ha · 1
  10. Rasinski upravni okrug 101 ha · 1
  11. Moravički upravni okrug 70 ha · 1
  12. Zapadnobački upravni okrug 42 ha · 2
  13. Mačvanski upravni okrug 14 ha · 1

Municipalities that have burned most often in Serbia

  1. 34×Negotin Municipality8 years · 10,290 ha
  2. 29×Bujanovac Municipality9 years · 7,540 ha
  3. 28×Kucevo Municipality10 years · 10,456 ha
  4. 21×Kladovo Municipality9 years · 8,945 ha
  5. 18×Presevo Municipality8 years · 4,123 ha

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

Fires in 2026 · 74

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Fires in 2025 · 75

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Fires in 2024 · 83

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Fires in 2023 · 4

Fires in 2022 · 32

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Fires in 2021 · 13

Fires in 2020 · 26

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Fires in 2019 · 38

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Fires in 2018 · 17

Fires in 2017 · 25

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Fires in 2016 · 3

Frequently asked questions

How much land burns in Serbia in an average year?
According to Copernicus EFFIS estimates, an average of 12,772 hectares burn in Serbia each year (2016–2025 average).
What was the worst wildfire year in Serbia?
The worst year in Serbia since 2016 was 2024, with 38,954 hectares burned according to Copernicus EFFIS.
What is the largest wildfire recorded in Serbia?
Largest fire recorded by WorldFires in Serbia since 2016: Deliblatska peščara fire, July 2026, with 15,656 hectares burned — perimeter measured by satellite (Copernicus EFFIS).
When is wildfire season in Serbia?
In Serbia, 58% of the area burned in fires with a WorldFires page since 2016 burned in July–September; the month with the most burned area: August.
Which regions of Serbia burn the most?
Regions of Serbia with the most area burned in fires with a WorldFires page since 2016: Pčinjski upravni okrug (22,430 ha), Borski upravni okrug (20,833 ha), Južnobanatski upravni okrug (19,647 ha).