Lightning strikes in Czechia

The detection network has located 55,367 lightning strikes in Czechia since the archive began, including 463 in the last 7 days. That is 0.60% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Czechia #14 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Czechia is counted under Europe in the continent totals.

Daily strikes, last 8 days

Day (UTC)	Detected strikes
2026-08-10	463
2026-08-06	6,827
2026-08-05	17,464
2026-08-04	12,146
2026-08-03	792
2026-08-01	11,034
2026-07-31	6,481
2026-07-30	160

Strikes by state or province

Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Czechia's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.

#	State / province	Strikes	Last 7 days	Share
1	Moravian-Silesian	7,979	36	14.4%
2	Vysočina	7,864	0	14.2%
3	Central Bohemian	7,741	0	14.0%
4	South Bohemian	5,345	22	9.7%
5	Ústí nad Labem	5,020	70	9.1%
6	Olomouc	4,866	123	8.8%
7	Pardubice	3,315	82	6.0%
8	Hradec Králové	3,076	6	5.6%
9	South Moravian	2,788	31	5.0%
10	Zlín	2,250	27	4.1%
11	Liberec	2,071	0	3.7%
12	Plzeň-	1,723	62	3.1%
13	Karlovy Vary	377	0	0.7%
14	Opole Voivodeship	265	0	0.5%
15	Saxony	187	3	0.3%
16	Lower Silesian Voivodeship	154	0	0.3%
17	Silesian Voivodeship	143	0	0.3%
18	Prague	140	0	0.3%
19	Lower Austria	53	0	0.1%
20	Trenčín	6	0	0.0%
21	Žilina	2	0	0.0%
22	Bavaria	1	1	0.0%
23	Upper Austria	1	0	0.0%

These are detected strikes, and detection coverage differs by region; the data hub explains the method and its limits. For the climatological picture, see which countries get the most lightning.

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