China vs El Salvador: Annual temperature anomalies

China
1.03 °C
in 2025
El Salvador
1.04 °C
in 2025
China rank
39th
El Salvador rank
37th

Annual temperature anomalies over time

  • China
  • El Salvador
-2-101194019822025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.04 °C against 1.03 °C in China, a difference of 0.01 °C.

The two have swapped places 22 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was El Salvador ahead.

China ranks 39th and El Salvador ranks 37th of 193 countries.

Across the 9 decades both report, China averaged higher in 4 and El Salvador in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade China El Salvador Difference Ahead
1940s -0.5902 °C -1.21 °C 0.6237 °C China
1950s -0.9057 °C -1.14 °C 0.2358 °C China
1960s -0.9853 °C -0.8165 °C 0.1689 °C El Salvador
1970s -0.9528 °C -0.5953 °C 0.3575 °C El Salvador
1980s -0.7847 °C -0.3201 °C 0.4646 °C El Salvador
1990s -0.2968 °C -0.231 °C 0.0658 °C El Salvador
2000s 0.0578 °C -0.1945 °C 0.2523 °C China
2010s 0.1762 °C 0.3783 °C 0.2021 °C El Salvador
2020s 0.7719 °C 0.7481 °C 0.0238 °C China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual temperature anomalies, China or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 1.04 °C against 1.03 °C in China as of 2025.
What is the difference in annual temperature anomalies between China and El Salvador?
0.01 °C, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and El Salvador?
86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
How do China and El Salvador rank globally for annual temperature anomalies?
China ranks 39th and El Salvador ranks 37th 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

Indicator
Annual temperature anomalies
Unit
°C
Source
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
193 places, 16,598 data points, 1940–2025
Last refreshed

The difference of a specific year's average surface temperature from the 1991-2020 mean, in degrees Celsius.