Wildfires in Mêda
Mêda, Portugal: 6 fires with a page have entered 11 of its 11 freguesias since 2016, burning 14,925 hectares inside the region. The largest was Trancoso in August 2025, with 13,788 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 14).
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
- 14,925ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 50%
- 296 km²
- fires
- 6
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 11
- of 11
- Largest fire
- 13,788ha
- Trancoso · August 2025
- Inhabitants
- 4,399
- 3,392.9 ha burned per thousand inhabitants
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Sun 1 Moderate 18° · 37 % · 17 km/h
- Mon 2 Moderate 17° · 38 % · 21 km/h
- Tue 3 Moderate 14° · 36 % · 38 km/h
- Wed 4 Moderate 12° · 40 % · 23 km/h
- Thu 5 Moderate 15° · 37 % · 25 km/h
- Fri 6 Moderate 17° · 39 % · 18 km/h
- Sat 7 Very low 20° · 50 % · 34 km/h
- Sun 8 Very low 19° · 49 % · 45 km/h
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The municipalities that burned most
- Vale Flor, Carvalhal e Pai Penela 255 inhabitants 3,380 ha · 97 %
- Mêda, Outeiro de Gatos e Fonte Longa 2,399 inhabitants 3,025 ha · 59 %
- Ranhados 2,278 ha · 90 %
- Longroiva 218 inhabitants 1,577 ha · 38 %
- Prova e Casteição 271 inhabitants 1,512 ha · 58 %
- Poço do Canto 331 inhabitants 1,118 ha · 69 %
- Marialva 177 inhabitants 971 ha · 51 %
- Aveloso 184 inhabitants 501 ha · 66 %
- Barreira 165 inhabitants 369 ha · 14 %
- Coriscada 179 inhabitants 185 ha · 7.3 %
- Rabaçal 220 inhabitants 11 ha · 0.8 %
What burns in the region
- Scrub and transitional woodland31 %
- Other natural land31 %
- Agricultural areas28 %
- Coniferous forest7.0 %
- Mixed forest1.0 %
- Broadleaved forest0.6 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more fires over 100 ha since 2016.
- 3×Vale Flor, Carvalhal e Pai Penela3,380 ha
- 2×Mêda, Outeiro de Gatos e Fonte Longa3,025 ha
- 2×Longroiva1,577 ha
- 2×Prova e Casteição1,512 ha
- 2×Marialva971 ha
- 2×Barreira369 ha
- 2×Rabaçal11 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 13,788 haTrancoso Trancoso (São Pedro e Santa Maria) e Souto MaiorAugust 2025 · 11 days of 78,447 ha in total
- 544 haVale do Côa10 August 2016 · 2 days of 1,337 ha in total
- 361 haVale Flor, Carvalhal e Pai PenelaAugust 2016 · 3 days
- 147 haVila Nova de Foz Côa Longroiva13 August 2016 · 2 days of 195 ha in total
- 85 haSernancelhe Antas e OurozinhoJuly 2019 · 1 day of 712 ha in total
- 1 haMêda ValdujoAugust 2016 · 5 days of 615 ha in total
Hectares inside the region; the fire may have burned more outside it.
Year by year
| Year | fires | hectares burned | Largest of the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 13,788 | Trancoso 13,788 ha |
| 2019 | 1 | 85 | Sernancelhe 85 ha |
| 2016 | 4 | 1,052 | Vale do Côa 544 ha |
All fires in Mêda · 6
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
- 13,788 haTrancoso Trancoso (São Pedro e Santa Maria) e Souto MaiorAugust 2025 · 11 days of 78,447 ha in total
- 85 haSernancelhe Antas e OurozinhoJuly 2019 · 1 day of 712 ha in total
- 147 haVila Nova de Foz Côa Longroiva13 August 2016 · 2 days of 195 ha in total
- 544 haVale do Côa10 August 2016 · 2 days of 1,337 ha in total
- 361 haVale Flor, Carvalhal e Pai PenelaAugust 2016 · 3 days
- 1 haMêda ValdujoAugust 2016 · 5 days of 615 ha in total
Where this data comes from
Perimeters come from EFFIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0) and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Wikipedia (CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication). 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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