Botswana vs Zambia: Average annual surface temperature

Botswana

21.74 °C

in 2025

Zambia

22.02 °C

in 2025

Botswana rank

104th

Zambia rank

102nd

Average annual surface temperature over time

Zambia currently reports 22.02 °C against 21.74 °C in Botswana, a difference of 0.2812 °C.

The two have swapped places 39 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 104th and Zambia ranks 102nd of 193 countries.

Indicator: Average annual surface temperature
Unit: °C
Source: Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 193 places, 16,598 data points, 1940–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The temperature of the air measured 2 meters above the ground, encompassing land, sea, and in-land water surfaces.