Is it safe to travel to the Algarve right now?
What is reported near the Algarve (Faro district), Portugal right now: fires, weather warnings, earthquakes, fire danger, each with the time it was read and its source. This page reports facts. It does not say whether travel is a good idea; the governments' travel advice below does that.
No wildfires or weather warnings are reported near the Algarve right now (checked 19:52 UTC). No earthquake within 90 km is in this site's records for the last 7 days. This page does not judge safety; see the UK and US travel advice below.
Official travel advice
- UK Foreign Office travel advice for Portugal (GOV.UK)
- US State Department travel advisory for Portugal (or the list of every advisory)
- Emergency number: 112 (the European emergency number). Civil protection and emergency agencies are on the Portugal country page.
Active fires near the Algarve
No active fire is reported within 90 km in the last 3 days in the satellite and agency data this site follows (read 19 Oct, 19:52 UTC). Small fires can be missed, and new ones start quickly in summer.
Weather warnings for the Algarve
No Yellow, Orange or Red warning for an area covering the Algarve is in force in the MeteoAlarm warnings this site reads (areas matched: faro, algarve). Some services issue minor Yellow warnings that this site does not store.
Issued by Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), via MeteoAlarm, feeds last read 19 Oct, 19:51 UTC. Times are Portugal local time. Every warning in the country: Portugal weather warnings. MeteoAlarm. Data provided by EUMETNET members. Time delays between this website and the www.meteoalarm.org website are possible. For the most up-to-date awareness information as published by the participating National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, please refer to www.meteoalarm.org.
Recent earthquakes near the Algarve
No earthquake within 90 km is in this site's records for the last 7 days (read 19 Oct, 19:52 UTC).
Wildfire danger forecast for Portugal
EFFIS forecasts 14% of Portugal at High fire danger or above today; the highest class anywhere in the country is High.
A country-wide forecast of fire weather, not a fire report and not a warning for the Algarve. Read 19 Oct, 17:00 UTC. Fire danger forecast: European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), Copernicus Emergency Management Service, © European Union, CC BY 4.0. Counted by country and re-drawn by this site. By day and country: Europe wildfire danger.
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Questions
Is it safe to travel to the Algarve right now?
This site does not give a verdict on travel. What is reported now: No wildfires or weather warnings are reported near the Algarve right now (checked 19:52 UTC). No earthquake within 90 km is in this site's records for the last 7 days. This page does not judge safety; see the UK and US travel advice below. The UK Foreign Office advice for Portugal is at https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/portugal, and the US State Department travel advisory is at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/portugal-travel-advisory.html.
Are there wildfires near the Algarve today?
No active fire is reported within 90 km of the Algarve in the last 3 days in the satellite and agency data this site follows. That is what the feeds show, not a promise: small fires can be missed, and new ones start quickly in summer.
Is there a weather warning for the Algarve?
No Yellow, Orange or Red warning for an area covering the Algarve is in force in the MeteoAlarm warnings this site reads. Some services issue minor Yellow warnings this site does not store, so check the national weather service too.
What is the emergency number in Portugal?
Call 112 (the European emergency number). The country page on this site lists Portugal's civil protection and emergency agencies.
Where does this information come from?
Fires from NASA FIRMS satellite detections and agency reports this site stores; weather warnings from the national weather service via MeteoAlarm (Europe only); earthquakes from USGS and EMSC; fire danger from the EFFIS forecast (Copernicus); volcano status from the observatories. Every section shows when it was read.
Sources: fire detections from NASA FIRMS and agency reports stored by this site; weather warnings from national weather services via MeteoAlarm; earthquakes from USGS and EMSC; fire danger from EFFIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0); volcano notices from the observatories. Facts are restated; the issuing agency is the authority. This page does not judge safety.