Is it safe to travel to Iceland right now?
What is reported near Iceland (Reykjavík and the Reykjanes peninsula) right now: fires, weather warnings, earthquakes, fire danger and the volcano, 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 Iceland right now (checked 19:51 UTC). No earthquake within 75 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 Iceland (GOV.UK)
- US State Department travel advisory for Iceland (or the list of every advisory)
- Emergency number: 112 (Iceland's emergency number). Civil protection and emergency agencies are on the Iceland country page.
Active fires near Iceland
No active fire is reported within 75 km in the last 3 days in the satellite and agency data this site follows (read 19 Oct, 19:51 UTC). Small fires can be missed, and new ones start quickly in summer.
Weather warnings for Iceland
No Yellow, Orange or Red warning for an area covering Iceland is in force in the MeteoAlarm warnings this site reads (areas matched: reykjavik, capital region, faxafloi). Some services issue minor Yellow warnings that this site does not store.
Issued by Icelandic Meteorological Office, via MeteoAlarm, feeds last read 19 Oct, 19:51 UTC. Times are Iceland local time. Every warning in the country: Iceland 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 Iceland
No earthquake within 75 km is in this site's records for the last 7 days (read 19 Oct, 19:51 UTC).
Every earthquake near Reykjavik in the last 30 days: earthquake today in Reykjavik.
Wildfire danger forecast for Iceland
EFFIS forecasts 0% of Iceland at High fire danger or above today; the highest class anywhere in the country is Moderate.
A country-wide forecast of fire weather, not a fire report and not a warning for Iceland. 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.
Reykjanes status
No eruption is reported. The Icelandic Met Office's latest aviation notice for Reykjanes, issued 5 Aug 2025, 13:20 UTC, is code yellow: unrest above background levels, or activity that has decreased and is being watched.
Latest notice read 19 Oct, 19:43 UTC. Notices, alert levels, ash warnings and nearby earthquakes: Reykjanes live status.
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Questions
Is it safe to travel to Iceland right now?
This site does not give a verdict on travel. What is reported now: No wildfires or weather warnings are reported near Iceland right now (checked 19:51 UTC). No earthquake within 75 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 Iceland is at https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iceland, and the US State Department travel advisory is at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/iceland-travel-advisory.html.
Are there wildfires near Iceland today?
No active fire is reported within 75 km of Iceland 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 Iceland?
No Yellow, Orange or Red warning for an area covering Iceland 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 volcano near Iceland doing?
No eruption is reported. The Icelandic Met Office's latest aviation notice for Reykjanes, issued 5 Aug 2025, 13:20 UTC, is code yellow: unrest above background levels, or activity that has decreased and is being watched.
What is the emergency number in Iceland?
Call 112 (Iceland's emergency number). The country page on this site lists Iceland'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.