Annual temperature anomalies in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Annual temperature anomalies was 0.6522 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0.6522 °C
Change on year
up 2.9%
World rank
99th
of 193 countries
All-time high
0.7637 °C
in 2022
All-time low
-0.767 °C
in 1966
Years of data
86
1940–2025
Annual temperature anomalies in Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu is 0.6522 °C, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 1,101.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual temperature anomalies in Vanuatu peaked at 0.7637 °C in 2022 and was at its lowest, -0.767 °C, in 1966.
Vanuatu ranks 99th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual temperature anomalies in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | -0.6373 °C | — |
| 1941 | -0.6919 °C | +8.6% |
| 1942 | -0.4597 °C | -33.6% |
| 1943 | -0.3886 °C | -15.5% |
| 1944 | -0.489 °C | +25.8% |
| 1945 | -0.4302 °C | -12.0% |
| 1946 | -0.5943 °C | +38.2% |
| 1947 | -0.5053 °C | -15.0% |
| 1948 | -0.207 °C | -59.0% |
| 1949 | -0.1791 °C | -13.5% |
| 1950 | -0.0473 °C | -73.6% |
| 1951 | -0.3926 °C | +729.7% |
| 1952 | -0.024 °C | -93.9% |
| 1953 | -0.1117 °C | +365.2% |
| 1954 | -0.1827 °C | +63.7% |
| 1955 | -0.1374 °C | -24.8% |
| 1956 | -0.0094 °C | -93.2% |
| 1957 | -0.3006 °C | +3104.9% |
| 1958 | -0.1963 °C | -34.7% |
| 1959 | -0.3333 °C | +69.8% |
| 1960 | -0.3777 °C | +13.3% |
| 1961 | -0.2604 °C | -31.0% |
| 1962 | -0.1412 °C | -45.8% |
| 1963 | -0.4724 °C | +234.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0077 °C | -101.6% |
| 1965 | -0.7501 °C | -9871.5% |
| 1966 | -0.767 °C | +2.3% |
| 1967 | -0.3313 °C | -56.8% |
| 1968 | -0.452 °C | +36.4% |
| 1969 | -0.1382 °C | -69.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0447 °C | -132.3% |
| 1971 | -0.086 °C | -292.6% |
| 1972 | -0.4796 °C | +457.6% |
| 1973 | 0.1211 °C | -125.3% |
| 1974 | -0.1278 °C | -205.5% |
| 1975 | -0.1713 °C | +34.0% |
| 1976 | -0.3153 °C | +84.0% |
| 1977 | -0.578 °C | +83.3% |
| 1978 | -0.404 °C | -30.1% |
| 1979 | -0.4816 °C | +19.2% |
| 1980 | -0.363 °C | -24.6% |
| 1981 | -0.4224 °C | +16.4% |
| 1982 | -0.433 °C | +2.5% |
| 1983 | -0.1321 °C | -69.5% |
| 1984 | -0.1052 °C | -20.4% |
| 1985 | -0.1159 °C | +10.2% |
| 1986 | -0.4591 °C | +296.0% |
| 1987 | -0.5132 °C | +11.8% |
| 1988 | 0.2259 °C | -144.0% |
| 1989 | -0.0839 °C | -137.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0052 °C | -106.2% |
| 1991 | -0.3634 °C | -7069.0% |
| 1992 | -0.3456 °C | -4.9% |
| 1993 | -0.7259 °C | +110.0% |
| 1994 | -0.6817 °C | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0573 °C | -108.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0874 °C | +52.7% |
| 1997 | -0.3329 °C | -480.7% |
| 1998 | 0.3792 °C | -213.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0397 °C | -89.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0294 °C | -25.9% |
| 2001 | 0.1245 °C | +323.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0671 °C | -46.1% |
| 2003 | -0.1 °C | -248.9% |
| 2004 | -0.1557 °C | +55.8% |
| 2005 | -0.0272 °C | -82.5% |
| 2006 | -0.1521 °C | +458.3% |
| 2007 | 0.3664 °C | -340.9% |
| 2008 | 0.1113 °C | -69.6% |
| 2009 | -0.1646 °C | -247.9% |
| 2010 | 0.3815 °C | -331.7% |
| 2011 | 0.1148 °C | -69.9% |
| 2012 | -0.0453 °C | -139.5% |
| 2013 | 0.1284 °C | -383.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0385 °C | -70.0% |
| 2015 | -0.0652 °C | -269.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4813 °C | -838.7% |
| 2017 | 0.2725 °C | -43.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0388 °C | -85.8% |
| 2019 | 0.1027 °C | +164.7% |
| 2020 | 0.3389 °C | +230.1% |
| 2021 | 0.3537 °C | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 0.7637 °C | +115.9% |
| 2023 | 0.2077 °C | -72.8% |
| 2024 | 0.6339 °C | +205.2% |
| 2025 | 0.6522 °C | +2.9% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 0.6522 °C is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5654 °C, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 0.6522 °C is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.4414 °C, 1.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual temperature anomalies in Vanuatu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | -9871.5% | 0.0077 °C | -0.7501 °C |
| 1991 | -7069.0% | 0.0052 °C | -0.3634 °C |
| 1957 | -3104.9% | -0.0094 °C | -0.3006 °C |
| 2016 | +838.7% | -0.0652 °C | 0.4813 °C |
| 1951 | -729.7% | -0.0473 °C | -0.3926 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.4582 °C | -0.6919 °C | -0.1791 °C | 10 |
| 1950s | -0.1735 °C | -0.3926 °C | -0.0094 °C | 10 |
| 1960s | -0.3683 °C | -0.767 °C | 0.0077 °C | 10 |
| 1970s | -0.2478 °C | -0.578 °C | 0.1211 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.2402 °C | -0.5132 °C | 0.2259 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.1881 °C | -0.7259 °C | 0.3792 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0099 °C | -0.1646 °C | 0.3664 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1448 °C | -0.0652 °C | 0.4813 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4917 °C | 0.2077 °C | 0.7637 °C | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual temperature anomalies in Vanuatu?
- Annual temperature anomalies in Vanuatu was 0.6522 °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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7637 °C in 2022.
- What is the lowest annual temperature anomalies recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.767 °C in 1966.
- How does Vanuatu rank for annual temperature anomalies?
- Vanuatu ranks 99th out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual temperature anomalies rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,101.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.