Lightning strikes in Serbia
The detection network has located 3,700 lightning strikes in Serbia since the archive began, including 221 in the last 7 days. That is 0.04% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Serbia #39 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Serbia is counted under Europe in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 7 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | 16 |
| 2026-08-12 | 15 |
| 2026-08-09 | 58 |
| 2026-08-08 | 132 |
| 2026-08-07 | 22 |
| 2026-08-06 | 3,447 |
| 2026-08-02 | 10 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Serbia's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Bačka | 742 | 0 | 20.1% |
| 2 | Central Banat | 466 | 0 | 12.6% |
| 3 | South Banat | 370 | 0 | 10.0% |
| 4 | Podunavlje | 236 | 0 | 6.4% |
| 5 | Bor | 224 | 1 | 6.1% |
| 6 | Belgrade | 189 | 8 | 5.1% |
| 7 | West Bačka | 188 | 0 | 5.1% |
| 8 | North Bačka | 184 | 0 | 5.0% |
| 9 | Braničevo | 162 | 0 | 4.4% |
| 10 | Zlatibor | 162 | 0 | 4.4% |
| 11 | North Banat | 134 | 0 | 3.6% |
| 12 | Pirot | 106 | 106 | 2.9% |
| 13 | Šumadija | 89 | 6 | 2.4% |
| 14 | Raška | 80 | 6 | 2.2% |
| 15 | Pomoravski | 64 | 1 | 1.7% |
| 16 | Moravica | 57 | 0 | 1.5% |
| 17 | Pčinja | 44 | 44 | 1.2% |
| 18 | Jablanica | 30 | 14 | 0.8% |
| 19 | Srem | 26 | 0 | 0.7% |
| 20 | Mehedinți | 26 | 0 | 0.7% |
| 21 | Unassigned | 22 | 0 | 0.6% |
| 22 | Timiș | 21 | 0 | 0.6% |
| 23 | Zaječar | 21 | 18 | 0.6% |
| 24 | Kolubara | 18 | 0 | 0.5% |
| 25 | Vidin | 9 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 26 | Pernik | 8 | 8 | 0.2% |
| 27 | Kyustendil | 6 | 6 | 0.2% |
| 28 | Toplica | 5 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 29 | Rasina | 2 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 30 | Bijelo Polje | 2 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 31 | Nišava | 2 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 32 | Caraș-Severin | 2 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 33 | Mačva | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 34 | Kriva Palanka | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 35 | Csongrád-Csanád | 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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