Greece vs Spain: Average annual surface temperature
Greece
16.02 °C
in 2025
Spain
15.09 °C
in 2025
Greece rank
128th
Spain rank
131st
Average annual surface temperature over time
- Greece
- Spain
How they compare
Greece currently reports 16.02 °C against 15.09 °C in Spain, a difference of 0.93 °C.
That makes Greece's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 128th and Spain ranks 131st of 193 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 13.99 °C | 13.01 °C | 0.9764 °C | Greece |
| 1950s | 14.56 °C | 12.87 °C | 1.69 °C | Greece |
| 1960s | 14.46 °C | 12.95 °C | 1.51 °C | Greece |
| 1970s | 14.23 °C | 12.7 °C | 1.52 °C | Greece |
| 1980s | 14.28 °C | 13.52 °C | 0.7589 °C | Greece |
| 1990s | 14.47 °C | 13.91 °C | 0.5605 °C | Greece |
| 2000s | 14.88 °C | 14.15 °C | 0.7331 °C | Greece |
| 2010s | 15.42 °C | 14.42 °C | 0.9934 °C | Greece |
| 2020s | 15.85 °C | 14.98 °C | 0.8739 °C | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher average annual surface temperature, Greece or Spain?
- Greece, at 16.02 °C against 15.09 °C in Spain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in average annual surface temperature between Greece and Spain?
- 0.93 °C, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Spain?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Spain rank globally for average annual surface temperature?
- Greece ranks 128th and Spain ranks 131st 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.