Afghanistan vs Turkey: Annual temperature anomalies
Afghanistan
1.27 °C
in 2025
Turkey
1.25 °C
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
19th
Turkey rank
21st
Annual temperature anomalies over time
- Afghanistan
- Turkey
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 1.27 °C against 1.25 °C in Turkey, a difference of 0.02 °C.
The two have swapped places 46 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 19th and Turkey ranks 21st of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 4 and Turkey in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.5632 °C | -1.76 °C | 1.19 °C | Afghanistan |
| 1950s | -1.27 °C | -0.9444 °C | 0.3231 °C | Turkey |
| 1960s | -1.21 °C | -0.5958 °C | 0.6153 °C | Turkey |
| 1970s | -0.7609 °C | -0.8571 °C | 0.0962 °C | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | -0.6452 °C | -0.9478 °C | 0.3025 °C | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | -0.7483 °C | -0.6775 °C | 0.0708 °C | Turkey |
| 2000s | 0.2487 °C | -0.1071 °C | 0.3558 °C | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 0.486 °C | 0.5937 °C | 0.1077 °C | Turkey |
| 2020s | 1.01 °C | 1.15 °C | 0.1411 °C | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual temperature anomalies, Afghanistan or Turkey?
- Afghanistan, at 1.27 °C against 1.25 °C in Turkey as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual temperature anomalies between Afghanistan and Turkey?
- 0.02 °C, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Turkey?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and Turkey rank globally for annual temperature anomalies?
- Afghanistan ranks 19th and Turkey ranks 21st of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual temperature anomalies. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The difference of a specific year's average surface temperature from the 1991-2020 mean, in degrees Celsius.