Costa Rica vs Nigeria: Autumn temperature anomalies
Costa Rica
0.3865 °C
in 2025
Nigeria
0.4187 °C
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
130th
Nigeria rank
127th
Autumn temperature anomalies over time
- Costa Rica
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.4187 °C against 0.3865 °C in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0322 °C.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 36 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Nigeria ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 130th and Nigeria ranks 127th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Nigeria in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.839 °C | -0.79 °C | 0.049 °C | Nigeria |
| 1950s | -0.2686 °C | -1.17 °C | 0.9028 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | -0.4612 °C | -0.6752 °C | 0.214 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | -0.5939 °C | -0.6166 °C | 0.0228 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | -0.2978 °C | -0.2235 °C | 0.0744 °C | Nigeria |
| 1990s | -0.3415 °C | -0.2027 °C | 0.1388 °C | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 0.0249 °C | 0.0564 °C | 0.0315 °C | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.2799 °C | 0.1673 °C | 0.1126 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.4453 °C | 0.3685 °C | 0.0768 °C | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher autumn temperature anomalies, Costa Rica or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 0.4187 °C against 0.3865 °C in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in autumn temperature anomalies between Costa Rica and Nigeria?
- 0.0322 °C, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nigeria?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Nigeria rank globally for autumn temperature anomalies?
- Costa Rica ranks 130th and Nigeria ranks 127th 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 Autumn 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 in a specific month's average surface temperature from the mean temperature of the same month during the period 1991-2020, measured in degrees Celsius.