China vs Russia: Precipitation anomalies

China
11.19 millimeters
in 2025
Russia
13.12 millimeters
in 2025
China rank
70th
Russia rank
69th

Precipitation anomalies over time

  • China
  • Russia
-1000100200194019822025

How they compare

Russia currently reports 13.12 millimeters against 11.19 millimeters in China, a difference of 1.93 millimeters.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.2 times China's.

The two have swapped places 29 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was China ahead.

China ranks 70th and Russia ranks 69th of 192 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Precipitation anomalies
Unit
millimeters
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
192 places, 16,512 data points, 1940–2025
Last refreshed

The difference in a specific year's total precipitation—rain and snow—from the 1991–2020 average, measured in millimeters, excluding fog and dew.