A fixing device fixes a toner image onto a recording material by applying heat and pressure to the toner image formed on the recording material at a nip provided in a conveyance path of the recording material, and includes: a heating source; a pressure roller and a pressure pad; and a sandwiching member, wherein the pressure pad includes a first main surface and a second main surface, and the first main surface is formed of a long plate-like member, the sandwiching member includes a long plate-like abutting part, and a width-direction center in an area included in the second main surface and corresponding to a recording material passing region provided in the nip bulges toward the abutting part side more than width-direction both ends of the area included in the second main surface and corresponding to the recording material passing region provided in the nip.