Wildfires in Jerusalem District
Jerusalem District, Israel: 7 fires with a page have entered 1 of its 1 subdistricts since 2016, burning 2,866 hectares inside the region. The largest was Jerusalem in August 2021, with 1,234 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 16).
Only fires of 100 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.
- hectares burned
- 2,866ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 4.9%
- 580 km²
- fires
- 7
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 1
- of 1
- Largest fire
- 1,234ha
- Jerusalem · August 2021
- Inhabitants
- —
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Wed 28 Low 26° · 38 % · 36 km/h
- Thu 29 Moderate 26° · 31 % · 48 km/h
- Fri 30 Low 22° · 55 % · 31 km/h
- Sat 31 Moderate 24° · 43 % · 32 km/h
- Sun 1 Moderate 24° · 50 % · 37 km/h
- Mon 2 High 30° · 25 % · 36 km/h
- Tue 3 High 26° · 32 % · 43 km/h
- Wed 4 Very low 22° · 53 % · 32 km/h
Click a perimeter to see which fire it is
The municipalities that burned most
- Jerusalem 2,866 ha · 4.4 %
What burns in the region
- Other natural land41 %
- Mixed forest32 %
- Coniferous forest16 %
- Agricultural areas10 %
- Artificial surfaces1.1 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more fires over 100 ha since 2016.
- 7×Jerusalem2,866 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 1,234 haJerusalemAugust 2021 · 6 days
- 582 haJerusalemNovember 2016 · 3 days
- 435 haJerusalemApril 2025 · 2 days
- 193 haJerusalemJuly 2019 · 1 day
- 168 haJerusalem4 June 2021 · 2 days
- 130 haJerusalem9 June 2021 · 1 day
- 123 haJerusalemMay 2019 · 1 day
Hectares inside the region; the fire may have burned more outside it.
Year by year
All fires in Jerusalem District · 7
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
Where this data comes from
Perimeters come from EFFIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0) and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/geoBoundaries, Wikimedia (Public Domain). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
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