Finland vs Sweden: Annual temperature anomalies
Finland
1.55 °C
in 2025
Sweden
1.42 °C
in 2025
Finland rank
8th
Sweden rank
10th
Annual temperature anomalies over time
- Finland
- Sweden
How they compare
Finland currently reports 1.55 °C against 1.42 °C in Sweden, a difference of 0.13 °C.
That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 46 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 8th and Sweden ranks 10th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 4 and Sweden in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.12 °C | -1.23 °C | 0.1106 °C | Finland |
| 1950s | -1.09 °C | -1.01 °C | 0.0792 °C | Sweden |
| 1960s | -1.39 °C | -1.54 °C | 0.1502 °C | Finland |
| 1970s | -1.05 °C | -0.9602 °C | 0.092 °C | Sweden |
| 1980s | -1.22 °C | -1.1 °C | 0.1243 °C | Sweden |
| 1990s | -0.5224 °C | -0.3379 °C | 0.1845 °C | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.1037 °C | 0.1562 °C | 0.0526 °C | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.2589 °C | 0.0975 °C | 0.1614 °C | Finland |
| 2020s | 0.8695 °C | 0.7564 °C | 0.1132 °C | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual temperature anomalies, Finland or Sweden?
- Finland, at 1.55 °C against 1.42 °C in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual temperature anomalies between Finland and Sweden?
- 0.13 °C, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Sweden?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Finland and Sweden rank globally for annual temperature anomalies?
- Finland ranks 8th and Sweden ranks 10th 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.