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.

34measured burned areas · 42 days
52,493hectares burned · 42 days
Sep 11, 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 Danilovgrad from space375 haSep 5, 2026Sep 11, 2026Danilovgrad · 21 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Nikšić from space17,464 haAug 17, 2026Sep 11, 2026Nikšić · 14 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Šavnik from space3,559 haAug 27, 2026Sep 11, 2026Šavnik · 8 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 Nikšić from space531 haSep 8, 2026Sep 11, 2026Nikšić · 11 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—
274 haSep 5, 2026Sep 9, 2026Plav · 11 km—
Burned area near Nikšić from space393 haSep 5, 2026Sep 9, 2026Nikšić · 8 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Kolašin from space1,058 haAug 28, 2026Sep 9, 2026Kolašin · 21 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Podgorica from space1,848 haAug 23, 2026Sep 8, 2026Podgorica · 17 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Plužine from space1,782 haAug 29, 2026Sep 8, 2026Plužine · 11 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Bileća from space850 haSep 5, 2026Sep 6, 2026Bileća · 12 kmsatellite series →
588 haSep 2, 2026Sep 6, 2026Mataguži · 5 km—
Burned area near Nikšić from space176 haSep 4, 2026Sep 4, 2026Nikšić · 14 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Danilovgrad from space289 haAug 27, 2026Aug 31, 2026Danilovgrad · 20 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Šavnik from space1,252 haAug 29, 2026Aug 31, 2026Šavnik · 11 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Nikšić from space957 haAug 19, 2026Aug 31, 2026Nikšić · 14 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Nikšić from space766 haAug 23, 2026Aug 27, 2026Nikšić · 14 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Danilovgrad from space262 haAug 21, 2026Aug 25, 2026Danilovgrad · 20 kmsatellite series →
327 haAug 20, 2026Aug 24, 2026Mataguži · 6 km—
Burned area near Ulcinj from space2,472 haAug 13, 2026Aug 20, 2026Ulcinj · 6 kmsatellite series →
Burned area near Bijela from space1,202 haAug 12, 2026Aug 16, 2026Bijelasatellite 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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