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Spain

WatchScore 2Open the map

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    3

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    0.1

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    100%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    1

  • Population

    49.4 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    1 / 15

    near violence / total; 5 nuclear

Why this level2

  • +12 extreme weather warnings in force from the national weather serviceWMO Severe Weather Information Centre
  • +11 Copernicus satellite-mapping activation for a disaster in the last 30 daysCopernicus Emergency Management Service

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Severe weather warnings in force

    38

  • Extreme weather warnings in force

    2

  • Copernicus mapping activations, 30 days

    1

  • Refugees who fled

    899

  • Power plants near violence

    1

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Spain, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 100%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
—
2026-08
Share in food crisis
—
2026-08
Undernourishment
2.5%
2023
Refugees who fled
899
2025
Refugees hosted
759,794
2025
Internally displaced
—
2025
Sanctions designations
218
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$38,627
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

FEWS NET does not cover this country.

Latest incidents of organised violence1

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-16El Rocio neighbourhood of Isla Cristina, a coastal town 7.5 km (4.7 miles) from the border with PortugalUnidentified armed group (Spain) — Unidentified armed group (Spain)33Reuters News

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days1

  • Unidentified armed groups (Spain)3

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days2

  • WildfireForest fires in Spain · Sep 13, 2026
  • FloodFlood in Spain · Sep 9, 2026

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Spain: No specific restriction

Spain: 23 extreme weather warnings

• Extreme rain warning — Extreme ×2 • Severe rain warning — Severe ×15 • Severe thunderstorm warning — Severe ×5 • Severe coastalevent warning — Severe

EMSWildfire in Huelva Province, Spain · Sep 15, 2026

EMSWildfire in Segorbe, Spain · Aug 21, 2026

EMSWildfire in Aragon, Spain · Aug 15, 2026

EMSWildfire in Huelva, Spain · Aug 7, 2026

EMSWildfires in Castilla y Leon, Spain and Norte, Portugal · Jul 30, 2026

EMSWildfires in Province of Leon, Spain · Jul 27, 2026

EMSWildfires in Plana Baixa, Spain · Jul 26, 2026

EMSWildfire in Central Spain · Jul 23, 2026

EMSWildfire in La Mierla, Spain · Jul 20, 2026

EMSWildfire in Aragon, Spain · Jul 16, 2026

EMSWildfire in Andalusia, Spain · Jul 10, 2026

EMSWildfires in Les Gavarres, Spain · Jul 3, 2026

EMSWildfire in Congosto, Spain · Jul 3, 2026

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Power plants near danger1

  • PALOS DE LA FRONTERA GRUPO 1 · Gas · 1,167 MW

    1 incidents within 50 km in 90 days, nearest 38 km

Distance only: this does not mean a plant was affected.

WRI Global Power Plant Database; UCDP; GDACS · USGS

Next 7 days in Madrid

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2915…250.1 mm31 km/h
Wed, Sep 3019…241.2 mm20 km/h
Thu, Oct 116…270.0 mm26 km/h
Fri, Oct 217…2022.0 mm30 km/hthunderstorm
Sat, Oct 317…232.1 mm18 km/h
Sun, Oct 417…226.3 mm18 km/hthunderstorm
Mon, Oct 517…2117.7 mm49 km/hthunderstorm

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Disasters since 200011

052000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 020052006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 020152016: 02017: 02018: 02019: 02020: 020202021: 02022: 02023: 02024: Floods 12025: Droughts 1, Wildfires 420252026: Wildfires 52026

WildfiresDroughtsFloods

  • Forest fires in Spain · Aug 10, 2026 · Orange impact for forestfire in 19294 ha
  • Forest fires in Spain · Jul 25, 2026 · Orange impact for forestfire in 13370 ha
  • Forest fires in Spain · Jul 22, 2026 · Orange impact for forestfire in 66098 ha
  • Forest fires in Spain · Jul 18, 2026 · Orange impact for forestfire in 31628 ha
  • Forest fires in Spain · Jul 9, 2026 · Orange impact for forestfire in 6725 ha
  • Drought in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine, · Dec 21, 2025 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1264372 km2
  • Forest fires in Spain · Aug 15, 2025 · Orange impact for forestfire in 18905 ha
  • Forest fires in Spain · Aug 14, 2025 · Orange impact for forestfire in 33579 ha
  • Forest fires in Spain · Aug 13, 2025 · Orange impact for forestfire in 23097 ha
  • Forest fires in Spain · Aug 8, 2025 · Orange impact for forestfire in 31773 ha
  • Flood in Spain · Oct 27, 2024 · Magnitude 0

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)