Annual temperature anomalies in Cyprus
Cyprus: Annual temperature anomalies was 0.3873 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Annual temperature anomalies in Cyprus, 1940–2025
Source: Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual temperature anomalies in Cyprus is 0.3873 °C, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 56.2% on the previous year and up 346.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual temperature anomalies in Cyprus peaked at 1.3 °C in 2018 and was at its lowest, -1.93 °C, in 1992.
Cyprus ranks 153rd of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual temperature anomalies in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | -1.28 °C | — |
| 1941 | -1.14 °C | -11.1% |
| 1942 | -1.12 °C | -1.6% |
| 1943 | -1.16 °C | +3.1% |
| 1944 | -1.27 °C | +10.0% |
| 1945 | -1.2 °C | -5.5% |
| 1946 | -0.5835 °C | -51.5% |
| 1947 | -0.4314 °C | -26.1% |
| 1948 | -1.63 °C | +277.2% |
| 1949 | -1.77 °C | +9.0% |
| 1950 | -1.2 °C | -32.1% |
| 1951 | -0.5003 °C | -58.4% |
| 1952 | -0.5483 °C | +9.6% |
| 1953 | -1.39 °C | +154.0% |
| 1954 | -0.8823 °C | -36.7% |
| 1955 | -0.2253 °C | -74.5% |
| 1956 | -1.05 °C | +365.9% |
| 1957 | -0.9144 °C | -12.9% |
| 1958 | -0.4722 °C | -48.4% |
| 1959 | -1.61 °C | +241.8% |
| 1960 | 0.1611 °C | -110.0% |
| 1961 | -0.8261 °C | -612.9% |
| 1962 | 0.0146 °C | -101.8% |
| 1963 | -0.3813 °C | -2718.6% |
| 1964 | -1.22 °C | +219.3% |
| 1965 | -0.9996 °C | -17.9% |
| 1966 | -0.3167 °C | -68.3% |
| 1967 | -1.64 °C | +418.4% |
| 1968 | -0.9105 °C | -44.5% |
| 1969 | -0.9742 °C | +7.0% |
| 1970 | -0.7833 °C | -19.6% |
| 1971 | -1.27 °C | +62.8% |
| 1972 | -1.71 °C | +34.0% |
| 1973 | -1.13 °C | -34.1% |
| 1974 | -1.16 °C | +2.6% |
| 1975 | -1.33 °C | +15.4% |
| 1976 | -1.36 °C | +2.0% |
| 1977 | -0.9131 °C | -32.8% |
| 1978 | -0.8715 °C | -4.6% |
| 1979 | -0.6718 °C | -22.9% |
| 1980 | -1.19 °C | +76.4% |
| 1981 | -0.8537 °C | -28.0% |
| 1982 | -1.54 °C | +80.1% |
| 1983 | -1.64 °C | +6.9% |
| 1984 | -1.15 °C | -30.1% |
| 1985 | -0.9652 °C | -16.0% |
| 1986 | -0.857 °C | -11.2% |
| 1987 | -1.13 °C | +31.3% |
| 1988 | -0.9389 °C | -16.5% |
| 1989 | -0.9682 °C | +3.1% |
| 1990 | -0.6361 °C | -34.3% |
| 1991 | -0.919 °C | +44.5% |
| 1992 | -1.93 °C | +110.5% |
| 1993 | -0.948 °C | -51.0% |
| 1994 | -0.0623 °C | -93.4% |
| 1995 | -0.6499 °C | +942.8% |
| 1996 | -0.4531 °C | -30.3% |
| 1997 | -0.8766 °C | +93.5% |
| 1998 | 0.3297 °C | -137.6% |
| 1999 | 0.5506 °C | +67.0% |
| 2000 | -0.0712 °C | -112.9% |
| 2001 | 0.5152 °C | -823.2% |
| 2002 | 0.1945 °C | -62.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0977 °C | -49.8% |
| 2004 | -0.1866 °C | -291.0% |
| 2005 | -0.4255 °C | +128.0% |
| 2006 | -0.4919 °C | +15.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0487 °C | -109.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3041 °C | +524.2% |
| 2009 | 0.2342 °C | -23.0% |
| 2010 | 1.02 °C | +333.5% |
| 2011 | -0.352 °C | -134.7% |
| 2012 | 0.1383 °C | -139.3% |
| 2013 | 0.1857 °C | +34.3% |
| 2014 | 0.177 °C | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0868 °C | -51.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7051 °C | +712.2% |
| 2017 | 0.3744 °C | -46.9% |
| 2018 | 1.3 °C | +247.6% |
| 2019 | 0.6139 °C | -52.8% |
| 2020 | 0.4981 °C | -18.9% |
| 2021 | 0.7369 °C | +48.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1454 °C | -80.3% |
| 2023 | 0.619 °C | +325.7% |
| 2024 | 0.8852 °C | +43.0% |
| 2025 | 0.3873 °C | -56.2% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 0.3873 °C is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.8095 °C, 48% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 0.3873 °C is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.05 °C, 37% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual temperature anomalies in Cyprus changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | -2718.6% | 0.0146 °C | -0.3813 °C |
| 1995 | -942.8% | -0.0623 °C | -0.6499 °C |
| 2001 | +823.2% | -0.0712 °C | 0.5152 °C |
| 2016 | +712.2% | 0.0868 °C | 0.7051 °C |
| 1961 | -612.9% | 0.1611 °C | -0.8261 °C |
| 2008 | +524.2% | 0.0487 °C | 0.3041 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.16 °C | -1.77 °C | -0.4314 °C | 10 |
| 1950s | -0.8803 °C | -1.61 °C | -0.2253 °C | 10 |
| 1960s | -0.7092 °C | -1.64 °C | 0.1611 °C | 10 |
| 1970s | -1.12 °C | -1.71 °C | -0.6718 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | -1.12 °C | -1.64 °C | -0.8537 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.5599 °C | -1.93 °C | 0.5506 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0219 °C | -0.4919 °C | 0.5152 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4246 °C | -0.352 °C | 1.3 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5453 °C | 0.1454 °C | 0.8852 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More reference data data for Cyprus
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.043 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0752 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1565 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0045 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1565 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1441 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1715 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3058 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.7841 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0245 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual temperature anomalies in Cyprus?
- Annual temperature anomalies in Cyprus was 0.3873 °C in 2025, according to Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual temperature anomalies recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3 °C in 2018.
- What is the lowest annual temperature anomalies recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.93 °C in 1992.
- How does Cyprus rank for annual temperature anomalies?
- Cyprus ranks 153rd out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual temperature anomalies rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 346.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual temperature anomalies. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Difference of a specific year's average surface temperature from the 1991-2020 mean, in degrees Celsius.