Drought in Europe June 2025

The objective of this brief is to provide an analytical overview of the current and projected drought conditions across central and northern Europe, northern Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, and the Middle East.

Some areas have been experiencing more severe alert drought conditions, particularly in the Mediterranean region, including south-eastern Spain, Cyprus, and most of North Africa, as well as central and south-eastern Türkiye and the Middle East. Alert conditions are rapidly intensifying in large areas of Ukraine and in the neighbouring countries, impacting crops and vegetation. Similar conditions are emerging in some areas of central Europe, the Baltic and the UK.