Research · 31 March 2026 · European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EFFIS)
Advance report on Forest Fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2025
Selected by José Miguel Medeiros
2025 was the worst year for burnt area that the EU’s fire information system has recorded, and Portugal had one of its hardest seasons.
Key figure
284,012 hectares burnt in Portugal in 2025 by satellite mapping, double the year before; 1,079,538 hectares across the EU.
How to read it
EFFIS maps the larger fires from satellite, so its figure for Portugal differs from the national statistics (about 271,000 hectares, AGIF).
Summary and figure by General Value from the published source. The report belongs to its publisher.