Japan vs Turkey: Average annual surface temperature
Japan
12.86 °C
in 2025
Turkey
12.88 °C
in 2025
Japan rank
141st
Turkey rank
140th
Average annual surface temperature over time
- Japan
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 12.88 °C against 12.86 °C in Japan, a difference of 0.02 °C.
The two have swapped places 38 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Turkey ahead.
Japan ranks 141st and Turkey ranks 140th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 7 and Turkey in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 10.16 °C | 9.88 °C | 0.2813 °C | Japan |
| 1950s | 10.93 °C | 10.69 °C | 0.2393 °C | Japan |
| 1960s | 11.03 °C | 11.04 °C | 0.0101 °C | Turkey |
| 1970s | 11.17 °C | 10.78 °C | 0.3892 °C | Japan |
| 1980s | 11.09 °C | 10.69 °C | 0.3998 °C | Japan |
| 1990s | 11.83 °C | 10.96 °C | 0.8676 °C | Japan |
| 2000s | 11.96 °C | 11.53 °C | 0.425 °C | Japan |
| 2010s | 12.2 °C | 12.23 °C | 0.0269 °C | Turkey |
| 2020s | 12.99 °C | 12.79 °C | 0.2021 °C | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher average annual surface temperature, Japan or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 12.88 °C against 12.86 °C in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in average annual surface temperature between Japan and Turkey?
- 0.02 °C, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Turkey?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Turkey rank globally for average annual surface temperature?
- Japan ranks 141st and Turkey ranks 140th 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.