Iceland vs Norway: Average annual surface temperature

Iceland

2.87 °C

in 2025

Norway

2.5 °C

in 2025

Iceland rank

184th

Norway rank

187th

Average annual surface temperature over time

Iceland currently reports 2.87 °C against 2.5 °C in Norway, a difference of 0.3725 °C.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 184th and Norway ranks 187th 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.