Cook Islands vs Samoa: Annual temperature anomalies
Cook Islands
0.1703
in 2025
Samoa
0.1454
in 2025
Cook Islands rank
173rd
Samoa rank
175th
Annual temperature anomalies over time
- Cook Islands
- Samoa
How they compare
Cook Islands currently reports 0.1703 against 0.1454 in Samoa, a difference of 0.0249.
That makes Cook Islands's figure about 1.2 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 37 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Samoa ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 173rd and Samoa ranks 175th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 4 and Samoa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.4774 | -0.4094 | 0.068 | Samoa |
| 1950s | -0.4802 | -0.4244 | 0.0559 | Samoa |
| 1960s | -0.376 | -0.3172 | 0.0589 | Samoa |
| 1970s | -0.3093 | -0.3868 | 0.0775 | Cook Islands |
| 1980s | -0.4104 | -0.3016 | 0.1088 | Samoa |
| 1990s | -0.2097 | -0.1302 | 0.0795 | Samoa |
| 2000s | 0.0291 | -0.031 | 0.0602 | Cook Islands |
| 2010s | 0.1297 | 0.1229 | 0.0068 | Cook Islands |
| 2020s | 0.2652 | 0.1848 | 0.0803 | Cook Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual temperature anomalies, Cook Islands or Samoa?
- Cook Islands, at 0.1703 against 0.1454 in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual temperature anomalies between Cook Islands and Samoa?
- 0.0249, with Cook Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Samoa?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Cook Islands and Samoa rank globally for annual temperature anomalies?
- Cook Islands ranks 173rd and Samoa ranks 175th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Our World in Data, published as Annual temperature anomalies. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.