China vs Japan: Summer temperature anomalies

China
0.0991 °C
in 2026
Japan
0.1053 °C
in 2026
China rank
165th
Japan rank
163rd

Summer temperature anomalies over time

  • China
  • Japan
-4-202194019832026

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.1053 °C against 0.0991 °C in China, a difference of 0.0062 °C.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times China's.

The two have swapped places 37 times across 87 shared years of data; in 1940 it was China ahead.

China ranks 165th and Japan ranks 163rd of 193 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Summer temperature anomalies
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, 16,791 data points, 1940–2026
Last refreshed

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.