Costa Rica vs Jamaica: Summer temperature anomalies
Costa Rica
0.8623 °C
in 2026
Jamaica
0.833 °C
in 2026
Costa Rica rank
80th
Jamaica rank
83rd
Summer temperature anomalies over time
- Costa Rica
- Jamaica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.8623 °C against 0.833 °C in Jamaica, a difference of 0.0293 °C.
The two have swapped places 34 times across 87 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 80th and Jamaica ranks 83rd of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 7 and Jamaica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.01 °C | -1.16 °C | 0.1509 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | -0.4767 °C | -1.18 °C | 0.6998 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | -0.7047 °C | -1.11 °C | 0.4011 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | -0.6475 °C | -0.805 °C | 0.1575 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | -0.2275 °C | -0.3745 °C | 0.1471 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | -0.2768 °C | -0.112 °C | 0.1648 °C | Jamaica |
| 2000s | -0.0819 °C | -0.2411 °C | 0.1593 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3237 °C | 0.259 °C | 0.0648 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.2032 °C | 0.7138 °C | 0.5106 °C | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher summer temperature anomalies, Costa Rica or Jamaica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.8623 °C against 0.833 °C in Jamaica as of 2026.
- What is the difference in summer temperature anomalies between Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 0.0293 °C, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 87 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2026.
- How do Costa Rica and Jamaica rank globally for summer temperature anomalies?
- Costa Rica ranks 80th and Jamaica ranks 83rd 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 Summer temperature anomalies. 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.