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