New Zealand vs Nicaragua: Winter temperature anomalies
New Zealand
0.5536 °C
in 2025
Nicaragua
0.5762 °C
in 2025
New Zealand rank
118th
Nicaragua rank
115th
Winter temperature anomalies over time
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.5762 °C against 0.5536 °C in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0226 °C.
The two have swapped places 42 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Nicaragua ahead.
New Zealand ranks 118th and Nicaragua ranks 115th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 6 and Nicaragua in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.25 °C | -1.17 °C | 0.0759 °C | Nicaragua |
| 1950s | -0.4413 °C | -0.7913 °C | 0.35 °C | New Zealand |
| 1960s | -0.468 °C | -0.5977 °C | 0.1297 °C | New Zealand |
| 1970s | -0.3016 °C | -0.5904 °C | 0.2888 °C | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 0.0034 °C | -0.4176 °C | 0.421 °C | New Zealand |
| 1990s | -0.5115 °C | -0.2757 °C | 0.2358 °C | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | -0.1844 °C | 0.1164 °C | 0.3007 °C | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 0.6714 °C | 0.1379 °C | 0.5334 °C | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 1.09 °C | 0.5027 °C | 0.5889 °C | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher winter temperature anomalies, New Zealand or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 0.5762 °C against 0.5536 °C in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in winter temperature anomalies between New Zealand and Nicaragua?
- 0.0226 °C, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Nicaragua?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do New Zealand and Nicaragua rank globally for winter temperature anomalies?
- New Zealand ranks 118th and Nicaragua ranks 115th 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 Winter 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.