American Samoa vs Samoa: Annual temperature anomalies
American Samoa
0.1717 °C
in 2025
Samoa
0.1454 °C
in 2025
American Samoa rank
172nd
Samoa rank
175th
Annual temperature anomalies over time
- American Samoa
- Samoa
How they compare
American Samoa currently reports 0.1717 °C against 0.1454 °C in Samoa, a difference of 0.0263 °C.
That makes American Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 27 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Samoa ahead.
American Samoa ranks 172nd and Samoa ranks 175th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, American Samoa averaged higher in 1 and Samoa in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | American Samoa | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.4455 °C | -0.4094 °C | 0.0361 °C | Samoa |
| 1950s | -0.46 °C | -0.4244 °C | 0.0356 °C | Samoa |
| 1960s | -0.3532 °C | -0.3172 °C | 0.036 °C | Samoa |
| 1970s | -0.4641 °C | -0.3868 °C | 0.0773 °C | Samoa |
| 1980s | -0.3772 °C | -0.3016 °C | 0.0756 °C | Samoa |
| 1990s | -0.1392 °C | -0.1302 °C | 0.009 °C | Samoa |
| 2000s | -0.0201 °C | -0.031 °C | 0.0109 °C | American Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.122 °C | 0.1229 °C | 0.0009 °C | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.1644 °C | 0.1848 °C | 0.0204 °C | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual temperature anomalies, American Samoa or Samoa?
- American Samoa, at 0.1717 °C against 0.1454 °C in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual temperature anomalies between American Samoa and Samoa?
- 0.0263 °C, with American Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for American Samoa and Samoa?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do American Samoa and Samoa rank globally for annual temperature anomalies?
- American Samoa ranks 172nd and Samoa ranks 175th 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
Difference of a specific year's average surface temperature from the 1991-2020 mean, in degrees Celsius.