Greece vs Portugal: Average annual surface temperature
Greece
16.02 °C
in 2025
Portugal
16.17 °C
in 2025
Greece rank
128th
Portugal rank
127th
Average annual surface temperature over time
- Greece
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 16.17 °C against 16.02 °C in Greece, a difference of 0.15 °C.
The two have swapped places 30 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Portugal ahead.
Greece ranks 128th and Portugal ranks 127th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 13.99 °C | 14.99 °C | 1 °C | Portugal |
| 1950s | 14.56 °C | 14.63 °C | 0.0715 °C | Portugal |
| 1960s | 14.46 °C | 14.74 °C | 0.2793 °C | Portugal |
| 1970s | 14.23 °C | 14.09 °C | 0.1355 °C | Greece |
| 1980s | 14.28 °C | 14.96 °C | 0.6817 °C | Portugal |
| 1990s | 14.47 °C | 15.24 °C | 0.7757 °C | Portugal |
| 2000s | 14.88 °C | 15.27 °C | 0.3865 °C | Portugal |
| 2010s | 15.42 °C | 15.46 °C | 0.0421 °C | Portugal |
| 2020s | 15.85 °C | 16.08 °C | 0.228 °C | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher average annual surface temperature, Greece or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 16.17 °C against 16.02 °C in Greece as of 2025.
- What is the difference in average annual surface temperature between Greece and Portugal?
- 0.15 °C, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Portugal?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Portugal rank globally for average annual surface temperature?
- Greece ranks 128th and Portugal 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 Average annual surface temperature. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Temperature of the air measured 2 meters above the ground, encompassing land, sea, and in-land water surfaces.