Costa Rica vs Laos: Summer temperature anomalies
Costa Rica
0.8623 °C
in 2026
Laos
0.8819 °C
in 2026
Costa Rica rank
80th
Laos rank
78th
Summer temperature anomalies over time
- Costa Rica
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 0.8819 °C against 0.8623 °C in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0196 °C.
The two have swapped places 29 times across 87 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 80th and Laos ranks 78th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 7 and Laos in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.01 °C | -1.67 °C | 0.6631 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | -0.4767 °C | -0.98 °C | 0.5033 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | -0.7047 °C | -1.06 °C | 0.3583 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | -0.6475 °C | -0.7113 °C | 0.0638 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | -0.2275 °C | -0.5239 °C | 0.2964 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | -0.2768 °C | -0.3923 °C | 0.1155 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | -0.0819 °C | -0.2136 °C | 0.1318 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3237 °C | 0.4471 °C | 0.1233 °C | Laos |
| 2020s | 0.2032 °C | 0.6216 °C | 0.4184 °C | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher summer temperature anomalies, Costa Rica or Laos?
- Laos, at 0.8819 °C against 0.8623 °C in Costa Rica as of 2026.
- What is the difference in summer temperature anomalies between Costa Rica and Laos?
- 0.0196 °C, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Laos?
- 87 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2026.
- How do Costa Rica and Laos rank globally for summer temperature anomalies?
- Costa Rica ranks 80th and Laos ranks 78th 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.