Costa Rica vs Guyana: Annual temperature anomalies
Costa Rica
0.327 °C
in 2025
Guyana
0.3486 °C
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
162nd
Guyana rank
159th
Annual temperature anomalies over time
- Costa Rica
- Guyana
How they compare
Guyana currently reports 0.3486 °C against 0.327 °C in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0216 °C.
That makes Guyana's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Guyana ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 162nd and Guyana ranks 159th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Guyana in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Guyana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.8826 °C | -0.8783 °C | 0.0043 °C | Guyana |
| 1950s | -0.4603 °C | -0.7666 °C | 0.3063 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | -0.5052 °C | -0.4418 °C | 0.0634 °C | Guyana |
| 1970s | -0.5134 °C | -0.7748 °C | 0.2615 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | -0.1848 °C | -0.4729 °C | 0.288 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | -0.206 °C | -0.125 °C | 0.081 °C | Guyana |
| 2000s | -0.0639 °C | -0.0746 °C | 0.0107 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.2313 °C | 0.137 °C | 0.0944 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3299 °C | 0.431 °C | 0.101 °C | Guyana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual temperature anomalies, Costa Rica or Guyana?
- Guyana, at 0.3486 °C against 0.327 °C in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual temperature anomalies between Costa Rica and Guyana?
- 0.0216 °C, with Guyana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Guyana?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Guyana rank globally for annual temperature anomalies?
- Costa Rica ranks 162nd and Guyana ranks 159th 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.