Temperature anomalies by month by country

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.

Countries reporting
189
Highest
5.41 °C
Greenland
Lowest
-6.34 °C
Lithuania
Median
0.3377 °C
Years covered
87
1940–2026
Data points
16,791

What the numbers show

Temperature anomalies by month is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 5.41 °C in Greenland; the lowest is -6.34 °C in Lithuania.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3377 °C, and the mean is 0.179 °C.

Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 6,053.6%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 2,527.3%).

Temperature anomalies by month: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greenland 5.41 °C 2026 up 53.2% volatile
2 Chad 3.03 °C 2026 up 398.5% volatile
3 Niger 3.03 °C 2026 up 6,053.6% volatile
4 Bhutan 2.67 °C 2026 up 445.7% volatile
5 Libya 2.51 °C 2026 up 489.8% volatile
6 Canada 2.12 °C 2026 down 43.1% volatile
7 Sudan 2.09 °C 2026 up 236.3% volatile
8 North Macedonia 2.06 °C 2026 up 360.9% volatile
9 Kyrgyzstan 1.94 °C 2026 down 34.9% volatile
10 Albania 1.83 °C 2026 up 132.3% volatile
11 Greece 1.8 °C 2026 up 116.8% volatile
12 Nigeria 1.8 °C 2026 up 429.0% volatile
13 Egypt 1.79 °C 2026 up 383.8% volatile
14 Israel 1.73 °C 2026 up 432.7% volatile
15 Algeria 1.65 °C 2026 down 30.3% volatile
16 Burkina Faso 1.53 °C 2026 up 599.9% volatile
17 Central African Republic 1.51 °C 2026 up 269.4% volatile
18 Jordan 1.5 °C 2026 up 1,010.1% volatile
19 Montenegro 1.49 °C 2026 up 86.9% volatile
20 Benin 1.48 °C 2026 up 828.9% volatile
21 Tunisia 1.41 °C 2026 down 8.1% volatile
22 Bulgaria 1.39 °C 2026 up 287.8% volatile
23 Armenia 1.38 °C 2026 up 401.6% volatile
24 Chile 1.32 °C 2026 up 15.9% volatile
25 Uzbekistan 1.29 °C 2026 down 70.4% volatile
26 Mali 1.26 °C 2026 down 23.1% volatile
27 Palestine 1.26 °C 2026 up 350.2% volatile
28 Togo 1.17 °C 2026 up 320.9% volatile
29 China 1.15 °C 2026 up 296.1% volatile
30 Australia 1.13 °C 2026 up 489.5% volatile
31 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.12 °C 2026 up 5.4% volatile
32 Cameroon 1.11 °C 2026 up 1,426.8% volatile
33 Haiti 1.11 °C 2026 up 51.7% volatile
34 Nepal 1.1 °C 2026 up 303.3% volatile
35 Tajikistan 1.1 °C 2026 down 52.1% volatile
36 Lebanon 1.08 °C 2026 up 245.8% volatile
37 Turkmenistan 1.06 °C 2026 down 68.8% volatile
38 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.05 °C 2026 down 3.4% volatile
39 Uganda 1.03 °C 2026 up 114.2% volatile
40 Rwanda 1.03 °C 2026 up 20.9% volatile
41 Venezuela 1.01 °C 2026 down 39.9% volatile
42 Equatorial Guinea 0.9926 °C 2026 up 27.5% volatile
43 Dominican Republic 0.9243 °C 2026 up 69.6% volatile
44 Jamaica 0.9087 °C 2026 up 11.7% volatile
45 Georgia 0.8911 °C 2026 up 77.4% volatile
46 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0.876 °C 2026 up 376.3% volatile
47 Congo 0.8729 °C 2026 down 9.6% volatile
48 Ghana 0.8532 °C 2026 up 38.3% volatile
49 Azerbaijan 0.8399 °C 2026 up 66.9% volatile
50 Angola 0.8184 °C 2026 down 18.4% volatile
51 Burundi 0.8146 °C 2026 down 2.4% volatile
52 Saint Helena 0.8 °C 2026 up 20.4% volatile
53 Cote d'Ivoire 0.7844 °C 2026 up 496.5% volatile
54 Kenya 0.7503 °C 2026 down 18.5% volatile
55 Puerto Rico 0.7164 °C 2026 up 57.6% volatile
56 Argentina 0.7158 °C 2026 down 1.2% volatile
57 Namibia 0.7156 °C 2026 down 43.3% volatile
58 Serbia 0.7013 °C 2026 up 5,805.4% volatile
60 Gabon 0.6821 °C 2026 down 32.5% volatile
61 Anguilla 0.6789 °C 2026 up 162.8% volatile
62 Lesotho 0.6724 °C 2026 down 39.5% volatile
63 Guinea 0.6627 °C 2026 up 282.5% volatile
64 Eritrea 0.6441 °C 2026 up 1,811.8% volatile
65 South Africa 0.6318 °C 2026 down 53.6% volatile
66 Fiji 0.6275 °C 2026 down 13.0% volatile
67 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0.6268 °C 2026 up 168.7% volatile
68 United States Virgin Islands 0.6263 °C 2026 up 58.5% volatile
69 Saudi Arabia 0.6025 °C 2026 up 43.7% volatile
70 Turkey 0.6004 °C 2026 up 397.1% volatile
71 Italy 0.5909 °C 2026 down 45.8% volatile
72 Antigua and Barbuda 0.5796 °C 2026 up 204.6% volatile
73 Tanzania 0.5126 °C 2026 up 99.3% volatile
74 Papua New Guinea 0.504 °C 2026 up 18.9% volatile
75 Bolivia 0.4786 °C 2026 down 65.9% volatile
76 New Caledonia 0.4653 °C 2026 up 84.6% volatile
77 Myanmar 0.4249 °C 2026 up 141.3% volatile
78 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.4204 °C 2026 up 4,321.6% volatile
79 Kazakhstan 0.4141 °C 2026 down 76.2% volatile
80 Seychelles 0.4096 °C 2026 down 57.1% volatile
81 Cook Islands 0.3984 °C 2026 up 257.7% volatile
82 Solomon Islands 0.3882 °C 2026 down 46.5% volatile
83 Sao Tome and Principe 0.385 °C 2026 up 47.9% volatile
84 Portugal 0.3824 °C 2026 down 79.6% volatile
85 Croatia 0.3804 °C 2026 down 9.9% volatile
86 Bahamas 0.3796 °C 2026 down 32.1% volatile
87 Vanuatu 0.3744 °C 2026 up 27.0% volatile
88 Guyana 0.373 °C 2026 down 41.7% volatile
89 Malawi 0.3659 °C 2026 down 59.0% volatile
90 Cayman Islands 0.359 °C 2026 down 49.3% volatile
91 Ecuador 0.3544 °C 2026 down 78.5% volatile
92 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3542 °C 2026 up 83.1% volatile
93 Indonesia 0.3525 °C 2026 down 62.5% volatile
94 Mauritania 0.348 °C 2026 down 89.0% volatile
95 Comoros 0.3401 °C 2026 down 16.0% volatile
96 Suriname 0.3377 °C 2026 down 61.7% volatile
97 Zambia 0.3261 °C 2026 down 66.4% volatile
98 Bangladesh 0.3245 °C 2026 up 303.2% volatile
100 Sierra Leone 0.2824 °C 2026 up 376.8% volatile
101 El Salvador 0.2746 °C 2026 down 42.6% volatile
102 Cyprus 0.2713 °C 2026 up 157.5% volatile
103 Morocco 0.2498 °C 2026 down 91.3% volatile
104 Iran 0.2419 °C 2026 down 88.6% volatile
105 Samoa 0.2414 °C 2026 down 68.9% volatile
106 Liberia 0.2305 °C 2026 up 33.9% volatile
107 Nicaragua 0.2273 °C 2026 down 62.5% volatile
108 Philippines 0.2172 °C 2026 down 78.0% volatile
109 Gambia 0.2116 °C 2026 down 80.7% volatile
110 Peru 0.2052 °C 2026 down 86.8% volatile
111 United Arab Emirates 0.2042 °C 2026 up 40.5% volatile
112 East Timor 0.2038 °C 2026 down 81.9% volatile
113 Ethiopia 0.2007 °C 2026 down 79.9% volatile
114 Honduras 0.1582 °C 2026 down 75.7% volatile
115 Guinea-Bissau 0.1558 °C 2026 down 67.9% volatile
116 Cuba 0.1375 °C 2026 down 67.5% volatile
117 France 0.1356 °C 2026 down 90.6% volatile
118 Costa Rica 0.1052 °C 2026 down 88.2% volatile
119 Falkland Islands 0.1045 °C 2026 up 110.9% volatile
120 American Samoa 0.0944 °C 2026 down 84.5% volatile
121 Spain 0.0798 °C 2026 down 96.2% volatile
122 Malaysia 0.0702 °C 2026 down 94.9% volatile
123 Kuwait 0.0679 °C 2026 up 9.7% volatile
124 Romania 0.0635 °C 2026 up 107.4% volatile
125 Paraguay 0.0626 °C 2026 down 92.3% volatile
126 United States 0.0594 °C 2026 down 94.9% volatile
127 New Zealand 0.0464 °C 2026 down 82.9% volatile
128 Colombia 0.0438 °C 2026 down 97.5% volatile
129 Brazil 0.0351 °C 2026 down 94.7% volatile
131 Belgium 0.0177 °C 2026 down 98.5% volatile
132 Sri Lanka 0.0088 °C 2026 down 99.0% volatile
133 India 0.0088 °C 2026 down 98.9% volatile
134 Switzerland -0.0171 °C 2026 down 101.0% volatile
135 Mozambique -0.0188 °C 2026 down 102.7% volatile
136 Senegal -0.0252 °C 2026 down 101.7% volatile
137 Oman -0.0377 °C 2026 down 104.7% volatile
138 Madagascar -0.0487 °C 2026 down 109.0% volatile
139 Somalia -0.06 °C 2026 down 107.3% volatile
140 Iraq -0.0842 °C 2026 down 197.4% volatile
141 Mongolia -0.0846 °C 2026 up 97.0% volatile
142 Iceland -0.09 °C 2026 up 91.7% volatile
144 Kiribati -0.0955 °C 2026 down 105.1% volatile
145 Yemen -0.1292 °C 2026 down 115.4% volatile
146 Vietnam -0.1303 °C 2026 down 113.6% volatile
147 Luxembourg -0.1835 °C 2026 down 123.7% volatile
148 Isle of Man -0.1903 °C 2026 down 134.3% volatile
149 Afghanistan -0.1923 °C 2026 down 108.2% volatile
150 Pakistan -0.2084 °C 2026 down 113.7% volatile
151 South Sudan -0.2213 °C 2026 down 138.9% volatile
152 Bahrain -0.2403 °C 2026 down 5.7% volatile
153 Brunei -0.2563 °C 2026 down 120.9% volatile
154 Guatemala -0.2788 °C 2026 down 145.1% volatile
155 French Polynesia -0.2816 °C 2026 down 216.9% volatile
156 Mauritius -0.2881 °C 2026 down 134.6% volatile
157 Cape Verde -0.3107 °C 2026 down 123.0% volatile
158 Qatar -0.3447 °C 2026 down 196.5% volatile
159 Laos -0.3578 °C 2026 down 541.6% volatile
160 Syria -0.3623 °C 2026 down 272.8% volatile
161 Faroe Islands -0.3816 °C 2026 up 65.8% volatile
162 Botswana -0.391 °C 2026 down 120.5% volatile
163 Andorra -0.4109 °C 2026 down 121.4% volatile
164 United Kingdom -0.4402 °C 2026 down 177.1% volatile
165 Belize -0.5009 °C 2026 down 217.0% volatile
166 Eswatini -0.5399 °C 2026 down 157.9% volatile
167 Slovenia -0.5768 °C 2026 down 462.1% volatile
168 Zimbabwe -0.5886 °C 2026 down 136.2% volatile
169 Ireland -0.6528 °C 2026 down 235.7% volatile
170 Slovakia -0.7046 °C 2026 up 7.2% volatile
171 Japan -0.7172 °C 2026 down 237.3% volatile
172 Thailand -0.7989 °C 2026 down 433.0% volatile
173 Uruguay -0.8785 °C 2026 down 239.5% volatile
174 South Korea -0.8996 °C 2026 down 269.4% volatile
175 Austria -0.9044 °C 2026 down 212.0% volatile
176 Russia -1.2 °C 2026 down 561.7% volatile
177 Cambodia -1.33 °C 2026 down 197.5% volatile
178 Netherlands -1.43 °C 2026 down 268.1% volatile
179 Hungary -1.61 °C 2026 down 168.2% volatile
180 Czechia -1.62 °C 2026 down 2,527.3% volatile
181 Germany -1.82 °C 2026 down 911.7% volatile
182 Moldova -1.89 °C 2026 down 75.5% volatile
183 Denmark -2.18 °C 2026 down 77.9% volatile
184 North Korea -2.22 °C 2026 down 113.1% volatile
185 Ukraine -2.52 °C 2026 down 31.9% volatile
186 Norway -2.84 °C 2026 down 108.3% volatile
187 Poland -3.31 °C 2026 down 134.3% volatile
188 Sweden -3.74 °C 2026 up 11.0% volatile
189 Finland -5.24 °C 2026 up 12.2% volatile
190 Estonia -5.32 °C 2026 down 4.4% volatile
191 Latvia -5.99 °C 2026 down 31.1% volatile
192 Belarus -6.27 °C 2026 down 104.3% volatile
193 Lithuania -6.34 °C 2026 down 55.3% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Temperature anomalies by month
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, 16,791 data points, 1940–2026
Last refreshed

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.