Algeria Wildfire Statistics
Satellite fire activity across Algeria's 69 wilayas, from NASA FIRMS.
August is Algeria's most dangerous month — 23% of all fire detections since 2001 occur then.
This year vs history
Cumulative fire detections through the season, this year against the range of past years.
2026 is already an exceptionally severe season.
Where fires burn
· all timeWilayas coloured by confirmed fires since records began. Tap a wilaya for its page.
Most-affected wilayas
· all timeBy confirmed fires (high-confidence, strong detections).
Fire season
· all timeDetections by month, summed across all years — Algeria's fire season peaks in summer.
August accounts for 49% of the year's fire activity.
Year by year
Total detections per year. The dashed line is the multi-year average.
2020 was the worst year on record — 2.6× the multi-year average.
Fire intensity
· all timeDetections by fire radiative power (FRP, in megawatts) — a few intense fires dominate.
Most detections are low-power; the largest 5% (≥ 50 MW) do the real damage.