Japan vs Zimbabwe: Temperature anomalies by month
Japan
-0.7172 °C
in 2026
Zimbabwe
-0.5886 °C
in 2026
Japan rank
171st
Zimbabwe rank
168th
Temperature anomalies by month over time
- Japan
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports -0.5886 °C against -0.7172 °C in Japan, a difference of 0.1286 °C.
The two have swapped places 38 times across 87 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Japan ranks 171st and Zimbabwe ranks 168th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Zimbabwe in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -2.62 °C | -1.85 °C | 0.7637 °C | Zimbabwe |
| 1950s | -1.28 °C | -1.52 °C | 0.2432 °C | Japan |
| 1960s | -1.37 °C | -0.6849 °C | 0.683 °C | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | -0.7925 °C | -0.9108 °C | 0.1183 °C | Japan |
| 1980s | -1.01 °C | 0.0541 °C | 1.07 °C | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | -0.165 °C | -0.3491 °C | 0.1841 °C | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.0222 °C | 0.0561 °C | 0.0339 °C | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | -0.1962 °C | 0.0919 °C | 0.288 °C | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 0.5049 °C | -0.3087 °C | 0.8136 °C | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature anomalies by month, Japan or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at -0.5886 °C against -0.7172 °C in Japan as of 2026.
- What is the difference in temperature anomalies by month between Japan and Zimbabwe?
- 0.1286 °C, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Zimbabwe?
- 87 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2026.
- How do Japan and Zimbabwe rank globally for temperature anomalies by month?
- Japan ranks 171st and Zimbabwe ranks 168th 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 Temperature anomalies by month. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The difference in a specific month's average surface temperature from the mean temperature of the same month during the period 1991-2020, measured in degrees Celsius.