Average annual surface temperature by country

The temperature of the air measured 2 meters above the ground, encompassing land, sea, and in-land water surfaces.

Countries reporting
191
Highest
29.56 °C
Mali
Lowest
-16.62 °C
Greenland
Median
23.19 °C
Years covered
86
1940–2025
Data points
16,598

What the numbers show

Average annual surface temperature is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 29.56 °C in Mali; the lowest is -16.62 °C in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 23.19 °C, and the mean is 19.41 °C.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 143 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 401.9%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 6.7%).

Average annual surface temperature: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 29.56 °C 2025 up 3.1% rising
2 Burkina Faso 29.21 °C 2025 up 1.3% rising
3 Djibouti 29.1 °C 2025 up 1.0% rising
4 United Arab Emirates 28.85 °C 2025 down 0.2% rising
5 Senegal 28.52 °C 2025 down 0.7% rising
6 Niger 28.38 °C 2025 up 3.6% rising
7 Oman 28.28 °C 2025 down 0.3% rising
8 Benin 28.26 °C 2025 up 1.5% rising
9 Mauritania 28.22 °C 2025 up 1.2% rising
10 South Sudan 28.19 °C 2025 down 0.9% rising
11 Chad 28.02 °C 2025 up 2.1% rising
12 Ghana 27.92 °C 2025 up 0.7% rising
13 Qatar 27.88 °C 2025 down 1.1% rising
14 Gambia 27.88 °C 2025 up 0.6% rising
15 Nigeria 27.78 °C 2025 up 1.8% rising
16 Sudan 27.76 °C 2025 up 0.5% rising
17 Guinea-Bissau 27.56 °C 2025 up 0.8% rising
18 Cayman Islands 27.55 °C 2025 up 1.3% flat
19 Togo 27.49 °C 2025 up 1.1% rising
20 Eritrea 27.44 °C 2025 down 0.8% rising
21 Cambodia 27.26 °C 2025 down 3.0% rising
22 Somalia 27.11 °C 2025 up 1.2% flat
23 El Salvador 27.06 °C 2025 down 0.0% rising
24 American Samoa 26.94 °C 2025 up 0.8% flat
25 Sri Lanka 26.93 °C 2025 up 1.0% rising
26 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26.89 °C 2025 up 1.6% flat
27 United States Virgin Islands 26.87 °C 2025 up 1.2% flat
28 Brunei 26.85 °C 2025 up 0.9% rising
29 Cote d'Ivoire 26.78 °C 2025 up 0.9% rising
30 Kuwait 26.74 °C 2025 down 0.5% rising
31 Solomon Islands 26.67 °C 2025 up 1.8% flat
32 Jamaica 26.67 °C 2025 up 1.6% rising
33 Central African Republic 26.65 °C 2025 up 1.5% flat
34 Antigua and Barbuda 26.65 °C 2025 up 1.4% flat
35 Anguilla 26.65 °C 2025 up 1.2% flat
36 Seychelles 26.64 °C 2025 down 0.5% flat
37 Saudi Arabia 26.56 °C 2025 down 0.8% rising
38 Trinidad and Tobago 26.53 °C 2025 up 0.4% flat
39 Bahrain 26.47 °C 2025 up 0.2% flat
40 Guinea 26.42 °C 2025 up 1.8% rising
41 Philippines 26.32 °C 2025 up 0.7% rising
42 Thailand 26.31 °C 2025 down 1.9% rising
43 Sierra Leone 26.31 °C 2025 up 2.1% rising
44 Yemen 26.29 °C 2025 up 0.8% rising
45 Kiribati 26.25 °C 2025 down 3.8% flat
46 Suriname 26.24 °C 2025 up 0.0% flat
47 Belize 26.1 °C 2025 down 0.4% rising
48 Cuba 26.09 °C 2025 up 0.5% flat
49 Venezuela 25.99 °C 2025 down 1.1% rising
50 Bahamas 25.97 °C 2025 down 0.4% flat
51 Nicaragua 25.95 °C 2025 up 0.3% rising
52 Malaysia 25.87 °C 2025 up 0.1% rising
53 Sao Tome and Principe 25.87 °C 2025 up 2.0% flat
54 Bangladesh 25.87 °C 2025 up 1.6% flat
55 Haiti 25.81 °C 2025 up 0.4% rising
56 Kenya 25.8 °C 2025 up 0.3% rising
57 Puerto Rico 25.75 °C 2025 up 0.7% rising
58 Liberia 25.68 °C 2025 up 1.9% rising
59 Guyana 25.63 °C 2025 up 0.6% rising
60 Comoros 25.62 °C 2025 up 1.1% flat
61 French Polynesia 25.62 °C 2025 up 0.4% flat
62 Vanuatu 25.59 °C 2025 up 2.9% flat
63 Indonesia 25.5 °C 2025 up 0.2% rising
64 Samoa 25.42 °C 2025 up 0.6% flat
65 Congo 25.29 °C 2025 up 0.8% rising
66 Cameroon 25.23 °C 2025 up 1.7% rising
67 Brazil 25.16 °C 2025 down 2.0% flat
68 Panama 25.14 °C 2025 down 2.2% rising
69 Dominican Republic 25.02 °C 2025 up 0.9% rising
70 Gabon 24.94 °C 2025 up 0.0% rising
71 East Timor 24.91 °C 2025 up 1.9% flat
72 Democratic Republic of Congo 24.87 °C 2025 up 1.4% rising
73 Fiji 24.82 °C 2025 up 3.3% flat
74 Algeria 24.75 °C 2025 up 3.6% rising
75 Cook Islands 24.5 °C 2025 up 3.1% flat
76 Equatorial Guinea 24.35 °C 2025 up 1.0% rising
77 Mozambique 24.35 °C 2025 up 0.2% flat
78 Colombia 24.35 °C 2025 down 0.3% rising
79 Honduras 24.33 °C 2025 up 1.0% rising
80 India 24.23 °C 2025 down 0.8% flat
81 Papua New Guinea 24.08 °C 2025 up 2.2% rising
82 Ethiopia 24.08 °C 2025 up 0.5% rising
83 Mauritius 24.06 °C 2025 down 0.2% flat
84 Myanmar 24.03 °C 2025 up 1.0% rising
85 Paraguay 24.03 °C 2025 down 2.8% rising
86 Vietnam 23.97 °C 2025 down 2.3% rising
87 Iraq 23.9 °C 2025 up 1.7% rising
88 Uganda 23.87 °C 2025 up 1.1% rising
89 Guatemala 23.69 °C 2025 up 0.4% rising
90 Egypt 23.57 °C 2025 up 0.9% rising
91 Hong Kong 23.41 °C 2025 down 1.3% rising
92 Costa Rica 23.34 °C 2025 down 0.8% rising
93 New Caledonia 23.27 °C 2025 up 3.4% rising
94 Tanzania 23.25 °C 2025 up 0.1% rising
95 Laos 23.2 °C 2025 down 2.1% rising
96 Libya 23.19 °C 2025 up 4.2% rising
97 Madagascar 23.12 °C 2025 up 1.2% rising
98 Cape Verde 22.86 °C 2025 up 1.8% flat
99 Australia 22.64 °C 2025 up 0.6% flat
100 Angola 22.35 °C 2025 down 2.0% rising
101 Malawi 22.29 °C 2025 down 1.6% flat
102 Zambia 22.02 °C 2025 down 1.5% rising
103 Zimbabwe 21.8 °C 2025 down 1.7% rising
104 Botswana 21.74 °C 2025 down 6.2% flat
105 Mexico 21.68 °C 2025 up 3.0% rising
106 Namibia 21.61 °C 2025 down 2.8% rising
107 Pakistan 21.46 °C 2025 up 5.0% rising
108 Saint Helena 21.37 °C 2025 down 1.2% flat
109 Israel 21.32 °C 2025 up 3.8% rising
110 Palestine 21.24 °C 2025 up 3.5% rising
111 Burundi 21.24 °C 2025 up 0.9% rising
112 Ecuador 21.2 °C 2025 down 1.3% rising
113 Tunisia 21.12 °C 2025 up 4.0% rising
114 Bolivia 20.53 °C 2025 down 1.9% rising
115 Jordan 20.48 °C 2025 up 3.9% rising
116 Syria 20.26 °C 2025 up 3.3% rising
117 Rwanda 20.12 °C 2025 up 1.1% rising
118 Cyprus 20.12 °C 2025 up 1.5% rising
119 Eswatini 20.04 °C 2025 down 3.4% flat
120 Iran 19.71 °C 2025 up 3.3% rising
121 Morocco 19.3 °C 2025 up 3.0% rising
122 Peru 19.16 °C 2025 down 0.7% rising
123 South Africa 18.35 °C 2025 down 2.6% rising
124 Turkmenistan 18.22 °C 2025 up 6.8% rising
125 Uruguay 17.48 °C 2025 down 2.2% flat
126 Lebanon 16.99 °C 2025 up 8.0% rising
127 Portugal 16.17 °C 2025 up 3.0% rising
128 Greece 16.02 °C 2025 up 5.6% rising
129 Uzbekistan 15.44 °C 2025 up 9.7% rising
130 Argentina 15.39 °C 2025 up 1.8% rising
131 Spain 15.09 °C 2025 up 1.9% rising
132 France 14.22 °C 2025 up 1.6% rising
133 Nepal 14.13 °C 2025 up 7.3% rising
134 Italy 14.05 °C 2025 up 2.3% rising
135 Albania 14 °C 2025 up 5.9% rising
136 Afghanistan 13.8 °C 2025 up 6.4% rising
137 South Korea 13.4 °C 2025 up 2.7% rising
138 Azerbaijan 13.18 °C 2025 up 3.4% rising
139 Croatia 13.14 °C 2025 up 3.1% rising
140 Turkey 12.88 °C 2025 up 6.9% rising
141 Japan 12.86 °C 2025 up 2.6% rising
142 Bulgaria 12.51 °C 2025 up 3.8% rising
143 Serbia 12.22 °C 2025 up 3.0% rising
144 North Macedonia 12.09 °C 2025 up 3.6% rising
145 Hungary 11.96 °C 2025 down 1.4% rising
146 Lesotho 11.75 °C 2025 down 6.7% rising
147 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.7 °C 2025 up 6.7% rising
148 Moldova 11.6 °C 2025 down 1.4% rising
149 Belgium 11.29 °C 2025 up 6.3% rising
150 Netherlands 11.27 °C 2025 up 4.7% rising
151 Isle of Man 11.22 °C 2025 up 10.2% rising
152 New Zealand 11.19 °C 2025 up 8.4% rising
153 Romania 11.05 °C 2025 up 0.8% rising
154 Slovenia 10.92 °C 2025 up 0.0% rising
155 Montenegro 10.86 °C 2025 up 4.1% rising
157 Ukraine 10.49 °C 2025 up 2.4% rising
158 United States 10.43 °C 2025 up 0.8% rising
160 United Kingdom 10.37 °C 2025 up 9.8% rising
161 Germany 10.08 °C 2025 up 0.1% rising
162 Denmark 9.82 °C 2025 up 5.8% rising
163 Bhutan 9.76 °C 2025 up 17.3% rising
164 Poland 9.5 °C 2025 down 3.2% rising
165 Chile 9.48 °C 2025 up 0.1% rising
166 Slovakia 9.46 °C 2025 down 1.6% rising
167 Czechia 9.08 °C 2025 down 6.1% rising
168 Georgia 9 °C 2025 down 0.9% rising
169 Kazakhstan 8.95 °C 2025 up 15.1% rising
170 Belarus 8.52 °C 2025 down 1.4% rising
171 Faroe Islands 8.35 °C 2025 up 17.6% rising
172 Lithuania 8.34 °C 2025 up 0.7% rising
173 North Korea 8.33 °C 2025 up 6.6% rising
174 China 8.21 °C 2025 up 7.2% rising
175 Latvia 7.95 °C 2025 up 3.3% rising
176 Armenia 7.91 °C 2025 up 8.8% rising
177 Austria 7.81 °C 2025 down 1.6% rising
178 Estonia 7.71 °C 2025 up 4.0% rising
179 Falkland Islands 7.11 °C 2025 up 13.7% rising
180 Switzerland 6.78 °C 2025 up 4.7% rising
181 Andorra 6.48 °C 2025 up 2.1% rising
182 Sweden 5.21 °C 2025 up 12.9% rising
183 Finland 4.48 °C 2025 up 7.8% volatile
184 Iceland 2.87 °C 2025 up 98.9% volatile
185 Tajikistan 2.63 °C 2025 up 401.9% volatile
186 Kyrgyzstan 2.5 °C 2025 up 172.6% volatile
187 Norway 2.5 °C 2025 up 40.0% volatile
188 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 2.45 °C 2025 up 67.9% rising
189 Mongolia 2.24 °C 2025 up 3.8% volatile
190 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands -0.0896 °C 2025 up 87.2% volatile
191 Russia -2.35 °C 2025 up 11.0% rising
192 Canada -2.55 °C 2025 up 27.4% rising
193 Greenland -16.62 °C 2025 up 15.1% rising

About this data

Indicator
Average annual surface temperature
Unit
°C
Source
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
193 places, 16,598 data points, 1940–2025
Last refreshed

The temperature of the air measured 2 meters above the ground, encompassing land, sea, and in-land water surfaces.