# Wildfires in Tunisia in 2022

23 fires larger than 100 hectares in Tunisia in 2022, with 8,921 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, 10,846 hectares burned in Tunisia in 2022: 1.4 times the average of the other years from 2009 to 2025 (7,605 ha). (Copernicus EFFIS)
- The worst week was 13 August to 19 August: 3,151 hectares burned in seven days, 29% of the year according to Copernicus EFFIS. (Copernicus EFFIS)
- The largest fire was the برقو fire, which started on 24 July 2022 and burned 1,615 hectares: 18% of the area of the year's 23 fires with a page. (WorldFires)
- The day of highest danger at a fire this year was 17 August 2022: a Fire Weather Index of 78 (very extreme on the EFFIS scale) at the طبرقة‎ 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 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 2 | 914 |
| July | 7 | 3,864 |
| August | 8 | 2,951 |
| September | 5 | 880 |
| October | 0 | 0 |
| November | 1 | 312 |
| 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) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 15 (9 Apr–15 Apr) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 16 (16 Apr–22 Apr) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 17 (23 Apr–29 Apr) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
| 18 (30 Apr–6 May) | 30 | 30 | 2 | 0–30 |
| 19 (7 May–13 May) | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0–30 |
| 20 (14 May–20 May) | 30 | 0 | 43 | 0–824 |
| 21 (21 May–27 May) | 30 | 0 | 44 | 0–824 |
| 22 (28 May–3 Jun) | 30 | 0 | 44 | 0–824 |
| 23 (4 Jun–10 Jun) | 30 | 0 | 58 | 0–824 |
| 24 (11 Jun–17 Jun) | 30 | 0 | 92 | 0–824 |
| 25 (18 Jun–24 Jun) | 246 | 216 | 511 | 0–6,157 |
| 26 (25 Jun–1 Jul) | 1,231 | 985 | 827 | 0–8,235 |
| 27 (2 Jul–8 Jul) | 1,390 | 159 | 1,230 | 0–10,762 |
| 28 (9 Jul–15 Jul) | 1,839 | 449 | 1,450 | 0–12,072 |
| 29 (16 Jul–22 Jul) | 2,616 | 777 | 1,753 | 0–12,072 |
| 30 (23 Jul–29 Jul) | 4,600 | 1,984 | 2,848 | 0–17,395 |
| 31 (30 Jul–5 Aug) | 5,530 | 930 | 4,305 | 0–18,342 |
| 32 (6 Aug–12 Aug) | 5,530 | 0 | 5,511 | 0–26,527 |
| 33 (13 Aug–19 Aug) | 8,681 | 3,151 | 5,919 | 0–27,459 |
| 34 (20 Aug–26 Aug) | 8,737 | 56 | 6,107 | 0–27,620 |
| 35 (27 Aug–2 Sept) | 8,831 | 94 | 6,367 | 0–27,690 |
| 36 (3 Sept–9 Sept) | 9,351 | 520 | 6,424 | 0–27,811 |
| 37 (10 Sept–16 Sept) | 10,323 | 972 | 6,515 | 0–27,953 |
| 38 (17 Sept–23 Sept) | 10,401 | 78 | 6,546 | 0–27,953 |
| 39 (24 Sept–30 Sept) | 10,401 | 0 | 6,550 | 0–27,953 |
| 40 (1 Oct–7 Oct) | 10,401 | 0 | 6,581 | 0–28,493 |
| 41 (8 Oct–14 Oct) | 10,401 | 0 | 6,581 | 0–28,493 |
| 42 (15 Oct–21 Oct) | 10,401 | 0 | 6,593 | 0–28,493 |
| 43 (22 Oct–28 Oct) | 10,451 | 50 | 6,596 | 0–28,493 |
| 44 (29 Oct–4 Nov) | 10,763 | 312 | 6,622 | 0–28,493 |
| 45 (5 Nov–11 Nov) | 10,763 | 0 | 6,622 | 0–28,493 |
| 46 (12 Nov–18 Nov) | 10,763 | 0 | 6,622 | 0–28,493 |
| 47 (19 Nov–25 Nov) | 10,846 | 83 | 6,626 | 0–28,493 |
| 48 (26 Nov–2 Dec) | 10,846 | 0 | 6,626 | 0–28,493 |
| 49 (3 Dec–9 Dec) | 10,846 | 0 | 6,626 | 0–28,493 |
| 50 (10 Dec–16 Dec) | 10,846 | 0 | 6,626 | 0–28,493 |
| 51 (17 Dec–23 Dec) | 10,846 | 0 | 6,626 | 0–28,493 |
| 52 (24 Dec–30 Dec) | 10,846 | 0 | 6,626 | 0–28,493 |

## Largest recorded fires

- [برقو fire, July 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/brqw-2022-07.md) · 1,615 ha
- [نفزة fire, August 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/nfzt-2022-08.md) · 1,094 ha
- [مرناق fire, July 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mrnaq-2022-07.md) · 746 ha
- [تستور fire, June 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/tstwr-2022-06.md) · 698 ha
- [زغوان fire, July 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/zghwan-2022-07.md) · 692 ha
- [سيدي ثابت fire, August 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/sydy-thabt-2022-08.md) · 567 ha
- [سجنان fire, July 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/sjnan-2022-07.md) · 449 ha
- [طبرقة‎ fire, 17 August 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/tbrqt-2022-08.md) · 350 ha
- [طبرقة‎ fire, November 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/tbrqt-2022-11.md) · 312 ha
- [مجاز الباب fire, September 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mjaz-albab-2022-09.md) · 291 ha
- [الهوارية fire, August 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/alhwaryt-2022-08.md) · 247 ha
- [سجنان fire, September 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/sjnan-2022-09.md) · 244 ha
- [مرناق fire, June 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/mrnaq-2022-06.md) · 216 ha
- [غزالة fire, August 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/ghzalt-2022-08.md) · 209 ha
- [بنزرت الجنوبية fire, August 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/bnzrt-aljnwbyt-2022-08.md) · 201 ha
- [طبرقة‎ fire, 17 August 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/tbrqt-2022-08-2.md) · 155 ha
- [الفحص fire, July 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/alfhs-2022-07.md) · 133 ha
- [Balta Bouawene fire, August 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/balta-bouawene-2022-08.md) · 128 ha
- [ساقية سيدي يوسف fire, July 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/saqyt-sydy-ywsf-2022-07.md) · 122 ha
- [غزالة fire, September 2022](https://worldfires.org/en/fire/ghzalt-2022-09.md) · 117 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 Tunisia in 2022”, https://worldfires.org/en/country/tunisia/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/tunisia/2022