Fire atlas
Fires in Italy
Satellite-detected fires in Italy right now, plus five years of NASA FIRMS archive: 111,728 detections, 43,455 distinct fires, season and worst years by region.
Fires burning now in Italy
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Window: last 24 hours, NASA FIRMS
See it on the mapFive years of archive
2020 to 2026 · through 2026-07-31
The years up to 2024 come from NASA’s finalized yearly archives. What follows, through 2026-07-31, comes from its near-real-time interface: 2026 is therefore a partial year, and its most recent weeks have not yet received the classification that removes volcanoes, flares and industrial sources. A very recent fire counts here, with a little more noise around it.
- Satellite detections
- 111,728
- Distinct fires
- 43,455
- Busiest month
- July
- Worst year
- 2021
- Strongest signal
- 3,961 MW
- Seen at night
- 30.3%
- Detections per 1,000 km²
- 372
Detections per year
| Year | Detections |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 15,233 |
| 2021 | 24,686 |
| 2022 | 14,253 |
| 2023 | 19,233 |
| 2024 | 10,208 |
| 2025 | 17,196 |
| 2026 | 10,919 |
The season
Share of detections by month, over the five years together.
| Month | Detections |
|---|---|
| Jan | 838 |
| Feb | 2,227 |
| Mar | 3,386 |
| Apr | 3,398 |
| May | 4,170 |
| Jun | 12,768 |
| Jul | 31,368 |
| Aug | 27,838 |
| Sep | 16,079 |
| Oct | 7,819 |
| Nov | 1,275 |
| Dec | 562 |
The most affected areas
| Area | Detections |
|---|---|
| Sicily | 39,796 |
| Apulia | 21,771 |
| Calabria | 15,049 |
| Basilicata | 5,218 |
| Lazio | 4,831 |
| Sardinia | 4,729 |
| Campania | 4,667 |
| Lombardy | 2,865 |
| Veneto | 2,369 |
| Emilia-Romagna | 2,308 |
| Piedmont | 2,057 |
| Molise | 1,775 |
The season is not the same everywhere
Each row is scaled to its own peak, so the comparison is between calendars rather than volumes. A row lighting up in summer is a forest-fire regime; a row lighting up in late winter signals agricultural burning.
| Area | Detections |
|---|---|
| Sicily | Jan: 169 · Feb: 564 · Mar: 446 · Apr: 522 · May: 1,161 · Jun: 3,901 · Jul: 11,851 · Aug: 9,817 · Sep: 7,558 · Oct: 3,215 · Nov: 465 · Dec: 127 |
| Apulia | Jan: 150 · Feb: 241 · Mar: 224 · Apr: 289 · May: 1,045 · Jun: 4,741 · Jul: 7,224 · Aug: 3,846 · Sep: 2,402 · Oct: 1,268 · Nov: 224 · Dec: 117 |
| Calabria | Jan: 97 · Feb: 305 · Mar: 477 · Apr: 483 · May: 270 · Jun: 1,019 · Jul: 4,133 · Aug: 5,489 · Sep: 1,846 · Oct: 718 · Nov: 167 · Dec: 45 |
| Basilicata | Jan: 34 · Feb: 82 · Mar: 99 · Apr: 53 · May: 51 · Jun: 292 · Jul: 1,427 · Aug: 1,614 · Sep: 986 · Oct: 515 · Nov: 49 · Dec: 16 |
| Lazio | Jan: 33 · Feb: 74 · Mar: 236 · Apr: 132 · May: 99 · Jun: 387 · Jul: 1,013 · Aug: 1,983 · Sep: 526 · Oct: 306 · Nov: 31 · Dec: 11 |
| Sardinia | Jan: 48 · Feb: 137 · Mar: 133 · Apr: 182 · May: 135 · Jun: 524 · Jul: 1,790 · Aug: 657 · Sep: 420 · Oct: 566 · Nov: 110 · Dec: 27 |
| Campania | Jan: 67 · Feb: 66 · Mar: 221 · Apr: 219 · May: 111 · Jun: 326 · Jul: 886 · Aug: 1,704 · Sep: 799 · Oct: 217 · Nov: 24 · Dec: 27 |
| Lombardy | Jan: 50 · Feb: 191 · Mar: 394 · Apr: 299 · May: 370 · Jun: 427 · Jul: 432 · Aug: 295 · Sep: 232 · Oct: 126 · Nov: 28 · Dec: 21 |
| Veneto | Jan: 18 · Feb: 75 · Mar: 353 · Apr: 261 · May: 288 · Jun: 269 · Jul: 371 · Aug: 285 · Sep: 243 · Oct: 170 · Nov: 31 · Dec: 5 |
| Emilia-Romagna | Jan: 15 · Feb: 89 · Mar: 210 · Apr: 273 · May: 232 · Jun: 267 · Jul: 362 · Aug: 305 · Sep: 237 · Oct: 247 · Nov: 52 · Dec: 19 |
Regions
| Area | Detections |
|---|---|
| Sicily | 39,796 |
| Apulia | 21,771 |
| Calabria | 15,049 |
| Basilicata | 5,218 |
| Lazio | 4,831 |
| Sardinia | 4,729 |
| Campania | 4,667 |
| Lombardy | 2,865 |
| Veneto | 2,369 |
| Emilia-Romagna | 2,308 |
| Piedmont | 2,057 |
| Molise | 1,775 |
| Abruzzo | 1,166 |
| Tuscany | 1,158 |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 488 |
| Liguria | 466 |
| Marche | 370 |
| Umbria | 344 |
| Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 143 |
| Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 124 |
Without a page of their own
These areas stay below the publication floor: too few detections, or too few distinct fires over five years, for a page to say anything beyond this number.
| Area | Detections |
|---|---|
| Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 34 |
The largest recorded fires
The largest fires recorded here over five years — when each was first seen from orbit, and where.
991 detections · 35.7 km across · 1,693 MW
784 detections · 27.1 km across · 3,104 MW
370 detections · 32.1 km across · 296 MW
247 detections · 12.9 km across · 767 MW
247 detections · 23.3 km across · 440 MW
A first detection is not an ignition. A polar satellite passes only a few times a day, so a fire is seen on the next overpass — sometimes hours after it started, in a pixel about 375 m across. The point given is where it was first seen, not where it began. The span is the straight-line distance between detections: a floor on how far the fire reached, never a burned area. The named municipality is the one nearest the centre of the detections.
Aerial response in Italy
22 verified aircraft in the catalog, tracked over ADS-B when they transmit.
See the Italy registerThe questions people ask
- Where are the wildfires in Italy today?
- The region table below shows, for each of them, the satellite detections from the last 24 hours. Open a region to go down to the province, or go straight to the map, which shows every detection point with its time and its power.
- Which regions of Italy burn the most?
- The ranking below answers directly: regions are sorted by satellite detections over five years, most affected first. Each row leads to a page detailing its season, its worst years and its largest fires.
- When is the fire season in Italy?
- Over five years, July is the month with the most detections in Italy. But a national average hides opposite regimes: the Mediterranean coast burns in summer, while some inland regions peak in late winter because of agricultural burning.
- Can this map replace an official alert?
- No. Fire Maps shows observations and models, with their timestamps and their limits; it replaces neither the authorities, nor official alerts, nor incident command. In immediate danger, call the emergency services and follow official instructions.
How to read this page
A detection is not a fire. It is a pixel the satellite saw radiating like fire. One fire lights several pixels and comes back on every overpass: the unit counted here is evidence of heat, not the incident. That is why the page also gives a count of distinct fires, obtained by chaining detections that are close in space and in time.
The archive has gaps, and they are not random. A polar satellite passes a few times a day; under cloud it sees nothing; a fire smaller than the pixel can go unnoticed; a fire smouldering under canopy radiates little. An area with no detection is an area where nothing was seen — which is not the same as an area where nothing burned.
Two filters were applied, and this is what they removed. First NASA's own classification: 40,845 rows flagged as volcano, fixed ground source or offshore flare were discarded. Then persistence: 545 cells of about 500 metres lit in six different months across at least three distinct years behave like an industrial installation rather than a season; their 8,411 detections were removed.
Not everything that burns is a wildfire. Stubble burning, pastoral burning and the disposal of agricultural residue all produce perfectly real detections, often outside the summer season. A February or March peak on this page is almost always that.
The administrative outlines are generalized to a few hundred metres. A detection falling right on a boundary may therefore be counted on the neighbouring side. For a count of hot pixels the difference is immaterial; for a question of jurisdiction, use the official source.
Data sources
Archive built on July 31, 2026, covering 2020 to 2026.