Lightning strikes in Slovenia

The detection network has located 15,212 lightning strikes in Slovenia since the archive began, including 6,803 in the last 7 days. That is 0.16% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Slovenia #23 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Slovenia is counted under Europe in the continent totals.

Daily strikes, last 10 days

Day (UTC)	Detected strikes
2026-08-11	6,015
2026-08-10	718
2026-08-08	70
2026-08-07	2,730
2026-08-06	507
2026-08-05	2,462
2026-08-04	58
2026-08-03	235
2026-08-01	477
2026-07-31	1,940

Strikes by state or province

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

#	State / province	Strikes	Last 7 days	Share
1	Bovec	1,581	647	10.4%
2	Kranjska Gora	1,494	367	9.8%
3	Ilirska Bistrica	1,260	683	8.3%
4	Bohinj	1,098	208	7.2%
5	Bled	618	491	4.1%
6	Cerknica	473	22	3.1%
7	Žalec	468	459	3.1%
8	Črna na Koroškem	371	27	2.4%
9	Kobarid	341	194	2.2%
10	Tržič	340	151	2.2%
11	Logatec	293	17	1.9%
12	Sežana	274	201	1.8%
13	Občina Gorenja vas-Poljane	272	3	1.8%
14	Pivka	267	169	1.8%
15	Maribor	238	171	1.6%
16	Velenje	216	162	1.4%
17	Tolmin	205	29	1.3%
18	Pesnica	205	176	1.3%
19	Carinthia	196	61	1.3%
20	Unassigned	183	10	1.2%
21	Slovenska Bistrica	179	108	1.2%
22	Hrpelje-Kozina	176	134	1.2%
23	Starše	173	171	1.1%
24	Šoštanj	171	100	1.1%
25	Divača	161	97	1.1%
26	Duplek	160	144	1.1%
27	Polzela	153	145	1.0%
28	Mozirje	140	88	0.9%
29	Vrhnika	135	49	0.9%
30	Dobrova–Polhov Gradec	133	5	0.9%
31	Jesenice	128	109	0.8%
32	Loška Dolina	123	0	0.8%
33	Solčava	118	12	0.8%
34	Radovljica	113	50	0.7%
35	Železniki	98	9	0.6%
36	Preddvor	89	40	0.6%
37	Ljubljana	88	79	0.6%
38	Nova Gorica	85	20	0.6%
39	Idrija	85	0	0.6%
40	Kidričevo	82	61	0.5%
41	Celje	75	55	0.5%
42	Žiri	73	0	0.5%
43	Ajdovščina	71	2	0.5%
44	Šmartno ob Paki	70	16	0.5%
45	Kranj	61	14	0.4%
46	Postojna	60	6	0.4%
47	Jezersko	59	32	0.4%
48	Kungota	54	48	0.4%
49	Miren–Kostanjevica	51	46	0.3%
50	Lenart	51	46	0.3%
51	Brda	49	6	0.3%
52	Miklavž na Dravskem Polju	47	47	0.3%
53	Žirovnica	46	38	0.3%
54	Mislinja	46	31	0.3%
55	Dravograd	46	0	0.3%
56	Slovenj Gradec	45	21	0.3%
57	Hajdina	45	39	0.3%
58	Rače–Fram	41	34	0.3%
59	Škofja Loka	40	0	0.3%
60	Bloke	40	21	0.3%
61	Ptuj	40	34	0.3%
62	Borovnica	39	30	0.3%
63	Horjul	37	5	0.2%
64	Grosuplje	33	33	0.2%
65	Ravne na Koroškem	33	32	0.2%
66	Braslovče	33	22	0.2%
67	Hoče-Slivnica	32	23	0.2%
68	Laško	31	31	0.2%
69	Komen	28	4	0.2%
70	Prebold	28	27	0.2%
71	Kanal ob Soči	27	0	0.2%
72	Ig	27	25	0.2%
73	Luče	27	0	0.2%
74	Hrastnik	27	27	0.2%
75	Vitanje	26	5	0.2%
76	Ljubno	26	13	0.2%
77	Brezovica	26	2	0.2%
78	Podvelka	26	0	0.2%
79	Cerkno	25	0	0.2%
80	Primorje-Gorski	24	11	0.2%
81	Velike Lašče	21	14	0.1%
82	Vuzenica	21	0	0.1%
83	Semič	21	21	0.1%
84	Vipava	20	2	0.1%
85	Prevalje	20	8	0.1%
86	Šentilj	20	11	0.1%
87	Lovrenc na Pohorju	19	0	0.1%
88	Loški Potok	19	19	0.1%
89	Dobrepolje	18	18	0.1%
90	Ruše	17	8	0.1%
91	Gornji Grad	17	0	0.1%
92	Metlika	16	16	0.1%
93	Škofljica	15	8	0.1%
94	Vojnik	15	2	0.1%
95	Kamnik	15	10	0.1%
96	Radlje ob Dravi	15	0	0.1%
97	Nazarje	14	11	0.1%
98	Rogašovci	14	14	0.1%
99	Sodražica	14	13	0.1%
100	Šempeter–Vrtojba	14	14	0.1%
101	Dobrna	13	10	0.1%
102	Novo Mesto	12	12	0.1%
103	Sevnica	11	11	0.1%
104	Mežica	11	0	0.1%
105	Zreče	11	0	0.1%
106	Selnica ob Dravi	10	0	0.1%
107	Markovci	10	0	0.1%
108	Koper	9	8	0.1%
109	Ribnica	8	8	0.1%
110	Naklo	7	4	0.0%
111	Zagreb	7	7	0.0%
112	Sveta Ana	7	5	0.0%
113	Styria	7	0	0.0%
114	Ribnica na Pohorju	6	2	0.0%
115	Cankova	6	6	0.0%
116	Istria	5	4	0.0%
117	Podlehnik	5	0	0.0%
118	Destrnik	5	4	0.0%
119	Cerklje na Gorenjskem	5	5	0.0%
120	Domžale	4	4	0.0%
121	Trzin	4	4	0.0%
122	Žetale	4	0	0.0%
123	Benedikt	4	3	0.0%
124	Kočevje	3	0	0.0%
125	Muta	3	0	0.0%
126	Dol pri Ljubljani	3	3	0.0%
127	Šentjur	3	0	0.0%
128	Moravče	3	3	0.0%
129	Majšperk	3	0	0.0%
130	Videm	3	0	0.0%
131	Sveti Andraž v Slovenskih Goricah	3	3	0.0%
132	Udine	3	0	0.0%
133	Trbovlje	2	1	0.0%
134	Gorišnica	2	0	0.0%
135	Krško	2	2	0.0%
136	Grad	2	2	0.0%
137	Vransko	2	1	0.0%
138	Šenčur	2	1	0.0%
139	Lukovica	1	1	0.0%
140	Trebnje	1	1	0.0%
141	Vodice	1	1	0.0%
142	Slovenske Konjice	1	0	0.0%
143	Litija	1	1	0.0%
144	Tabor	1	1	0.0%
145	Dornava	1	0	0.0%
146	Medvode	1	1	0.0%
147	Gornja Radgona	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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