Wildfires in Montenegro — what is burning right now?

Live overview of Montenegrin wildfires: every burned area measured in the past 42 days, the nearest town for each fire, and day-by-day satellite image series for the biggest ones. Hotspot detections on the live map refresh every 20 minutes.

47measured burned areas · 42 days
58,069hectares burned · 42 days
Sep 26, 2026latest detection

Map — hotspots and burned areas in Montenegro

Dots are satellite heat detections from the past 42 days — bright yellow is the last 24 hours. Brown outlines are measured burned areas: click one for size and dates. Photo pins open the day-by-day satellite image series of that fire.

Burned areas in Montenegro — past 42 days

AreaFirst seenLast seenNearest townSatellite series
Burned area near Mataguži from space557 haSep 23, 2026Sep 26, 2026Mataguži · 6 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Nikšić from space565 haSep 21, 2026Sep 24, 2026Nikšić · 10 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Golubovci from space266 haSep 24, 2026Sep 24, 2026Golubovci · 9 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Mataguži from space1,065 haSep 22, 2026Sep 24, 2026Mataguži · 5 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Golubovci from space1,313 haSep 22, 2026Sep 24, 2026Golubovci · 7 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Risan from space508 haSep 22, 2026Sep 24, 2026Risan · 12 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Mataguži from space383 haSep 23, 2026Sep 23, 2026Matagužisatellite series →
274 haSep 22, 2026Sep 23, 2026Tuzi · 8 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Danilovgrad from space269 haSep 21, 2026Sep 23, 2026Danilovgrad · 7 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Nikšić from space863 haSep 13, 2026Sep 18, 2026Nikšić · 16 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Podgorica from space175 haSep 16, 2026Sep 18, 2026Podgorica · 10 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Risan from space220 haSep 15, 2026Sep 18, 2026Risan · 13 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Šavnik from space4,027 haAug 27, 2026Sep 18, 2026Šavnik · 8 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Nikšić from space244 haSep 15, 2026Sep 17, 2026Nikšić · 9 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Nikšić from space257 haSep 14, 2026Sep 16, 2026Nikšić · 14 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Nikšić from space562 haSep 8, 2026Sep 14, 2026Nikšić · 11 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Nikšić from space17,474 haAug 17, 2026Sep 13, 2026Nikšić · 14 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Danilovgrad from space375 haSep 5, 2026Sep 11, 2026Danilovgrad · 21 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Šavnik from space266 haSep 9, 2026Sep 11, 2026Šavnik · 11 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Nikšić from space1,357 haSep 7, 2026Sep 11, 2026Nikšić · 23 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Nikšić from space1,073 haSep 8, 2026Sep 11, 2026Nikšić · 24 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Plužine from space5,855 haAug 24, 2026Sep 11, 2026Plužine · 19 kmsatellite series →
224 haSep 10, 2026Sep 11, 2026Pljevlja · 13 km—
255 haSep 8, 2026Sep 10, 2026Žabljak · 17 km—
220 haSep 9, 2026Sep 9, 2026Pljevlja · 22 km—
Burned area near Plužine from space1,782 haAug 29, 2026Sep 8, 2026Plužine · 11 kmsatellite series →
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Official Montenegrin sources

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Data. Hotspots: NASA MODIS & VIIRS (updated ~20 min). Burned-area outlines and sizes: Copernicus Emergency Management Service / EFFIS (CC BY 4.0). Satellite image series: Copernicus Sentinel-2. Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

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