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Decadal average surface temperature by country

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

Countries reporting
193
Highest
28.96 °C
Mali
Lowest
-17.86 °C
Greenland
Median
22.75 °C
Years covered
71
1940–2010
Data points
1,544

What the numbers show

Decadal average surface temperature is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 28.96 °C in Mali; the lowest is -17.86 °C in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 22.75 °C, and the mean is 18.89 °C.

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

Over the past decade 181 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 554.6%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 6.6%).

Decadal average surface temperature: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 28.96 °C 2010 up 0.8% rising
2 Burkina Faso 28.95 °C 2010 up 1.0% rising
3 Senegal 28.89 °C 2010 up 0.7% rising
4 United Arab Emirates 28.55 °C 2010 up 1.6% rising
5 Djibouti 28.45 °C 2010 up 0.4% rising
6 South Sudan 28.21 °C 2010 up 1.6% rising
7 Oman 28.08 °C 2010 up 0.9% flat
8 Niger 27.96 °C 2010 up 1.9% rising
9 Gambia 27.94 °C 2010 up 1.0% flat
10 Benin 27.85 °C 2010 up 1.1% rising
11 Qatar 27.84 °C 2010 up 0.8% rising
12 Mauritania 27.81 °C 2010 up 0.8% rising
13 Cambodia 27.78 °C 2010 up 1.6% rising
14 Ghana 27.71 °C 2010 up 1.4% rising
15 Chad 27.66 °C 2010 up 2.0% rising
16 Sudan 27.6 °C 2010 up 1.3% rising
17 Guinea-Bissau 27.53 °C 2010 down 0.1% flat
18 Nigeria 27.3 °C 2010 up 0.8% flat
19 Togo 27.23 °C 2010 up 1.4% rising
20 Eritrea 27.22 °C 2010 up 1.2% rising
21 Cayman Islands 26.94 °C 2010 up 1.0% flat
22 American Samoa 26.89 °C 2010 up 0.5% flat
23 Somalia 26.71 °C 2010 up 0.7% flat
24 Sri Lanka 26.69 °C 2010 up 0.6% flat
25 Kuwait 26.68 °C 2010 up 1.8% rising
26 Brunei 26.62 °C 2010 up 1.3% rising
27 Cote d'Ivoire 26.61 °C 2010 up 0.9% rising
28 Thailand 26.59 °C 2010 up 1.2% rising
29 Seychelles 26.56 °C 2010 up 0.7% flat
30 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26.53 °C 2010 up 0.5% flat
31 Kiribati 26.53 °C 2010 up 0.4% flat
32 Saudi Arabia 26.52 °C 2010 up 2.1% rising
33 United States Virgin Islands 26.46 °C 2010 up 0.5% flat
34 Trinidad and Tobago 26.42 °C 2010 up 1.0% flat
35 El Salvador 26.4 °C 2010 up 2.2% rising
36 Solomon Islands 26.33 °C 2010 up 1.4% flat
37 Bahrain 26.29 °C 2010 up 0.7% flat
38 Antigua and Barbuda 26.28 °C 2010 up 0.3% flat
39 Anguilla 26.24 °C 2010 up 0.4% flat
40 Philippines 26.16 °C 2010 up 1.1% rising
41 Central African Republic 26.13 °C 2010 up 1.5% flat
42 Guinea 26.08 °C 2010 up 0.5% rising
43 Suriname 26.06 °C 2010 up 0.9% flat
44 Yemen 25.98 °C 2010 up 0.8% rising
45 Jamaica 25.97 °C 2010 up 1.6% rising
46 Belize 25.9 °C 2010 up 1.7% rising
47 Sierra Leone 25.88 °C 2010 up 0.8% flat
48 Venezuela 25.8 °C 2010 up 1.5% rising
49 Malaysia 25.79 °C 2010 up 1.3% rising
50 Bahamas 25.67 °C 2010 up 1.1% flat
51 Sao Tome and Principe 25.64 °C 2010 up 0.2% flat
52 Nicaragua 25.59 °C 2010 up 1.1% flat
53 Cuba 25.58 °C 2010 up 0.8% flat
54 Bangladesh 25.54 °C 2010 up 0.6% flat
55 Kenya 25.51 °C 2010 up 0.9% rising
56 French Polynesia 25.45 °C 2010 down 0.0% flat
57 Puerto Rico 25.43 °C 2010 up 0.9% flat
58 Guyana 25.42 °C 2010 up 0.8% flat
59 Indonesia 25.4 °C 2010 up 1.4% rising
60 Samoa 25.4 °C 2010 up 0.6% flat
61 Brazil 25.29 °C 2010 up 1.4% flat
62 Haiti 25.26 °C 2010 up 1.5% flat
63 Liberia 25.26 °C 2010 up 1.1% flat
64 Panama 25.24 °C 2010 up 1.7% flat
65 Comoros 25.21 °C 2010 up 1.1% flat
66 Vanuatu 25.08 °C 2010 up 0.5% flat
67 Congo 25.05 °C 2010 up 1.7% flat
68 Gabon 24.96 °C 2010 up 2.1% rising
69 Cameroon 24.83 °C 2010 up 1.4% flat
70 East Timor 24.65 °C 2010 up 1.1% flat
71 Fiji 24.51 °C 2010 up 0.6% flat
72 Dominican Republic 24.47 °C 2010 up 1.3% flat
73 Democratic Republic of Congo 24.47 °C 2010 up 2.1% flat
74 Cook Islands 24.46 °C 2010 up 0.4% flat
75 India 24.38 °C 2010 up 0.7% flat
76 Colombia 24.2 °C 2010 up 1.9% rising
77 Vietnam 24.18 °C 2010 up 1.7% rising
78 Equatorial Guinea 24.17 °C 2010 up 2.3% rising
79 Algeria 24.14 °C 2010 up 1.7% rising
80 Mozambique 24.1 °C 2010 up 1.2% flat
81 Paraguay 24.08 °C 2010 up 0.6% flat
82 Mauritius 23.9 °C 2010 up 1.4% flat
83 Myanmar 23.86 °C 2010 up 1.3% rising
84 Honduras 23.75 °C 2010 up 1.7% rising
85 Papua New Guinea 23.65 °C 2010 up 0.9% rising
86 Ethiopia 23.65 °C 2010 up 1.5% rising
87 Egypt 23.51 °C 2010 up 2.3% rising
88 Iraq 23.46 °C 2010 up 1.7% rising
89 Laos 23.43 °C 2010 up 2.0% rising
90 Uganda 23.38 °C 2010 up 1.3% rising
91 Guatemala 23.36 °C 2010 up 2.7% rising
92 Hong Kong 23.28 °C 2010 up 0.1% flat
93 Costa Rica 23.25 °C 2010 up 1.3% flat
94 Tanzania 23.07 °C 2010 up 1.4% flat
95 Madagascar 22.89 °C 2010 up 1.2% rising
96 Libya 22.76 °C 2010 up 1.9% rising
97 Cape Verde 22.75 °C 2010 down 0.5% flat
98 New Caledonia 22.61 °C 2010 up 0.6% rising
99 Angola 22.56 °C 2010 up 2.4% flat
100 Malawi 22.38 °C 2010 up 2.1% flat
101 Botswana 22.36 °C 2010 up 2.1% flat
102 Australia 22.34 °C 2010 up 1.1% flat
103 Zambia 22.2 °C 2010 up 1.6% flat
104 Namibia 21.83 °C 2010 up 2.5% rising
105 Zimbabwe 21.82 °C 2010 up 2.3% flat
106 Saint Helena 21.48 °C 2010 up 0.6% flat
107 Mexico 21.07 °C 2010 up 1.3% rising
108 Ecuador 21.04 °C 2010 up 3.4% rising
109 Burundi 20.86 °C 2010 up 1.8% rising
110 Israel 20.83 °C 2010 up 3.2% rising
111 Palestine 20.82 °C 2010 up 2.9% rising
112 Pakistan 20.65 °C 2010 up 0.0% flat
113 Bolivia 20.59 °C 2010 up 1.9% rising
114 Tunisia 20.53 °C 2010 up 0.8% rising
115 Cyprus 20.16 °C 2010 up 2.0% rising
116 Eswatini 20.04 °C 2010 up 2.2% flat
117 Jordan 19.95 °C 2010 up 3.8% rising
118 Rwanda 19.73 °C 2010 up 2.3% rising
119 Syria 19.67 °C 2010 up 4.6% rising
120 Peru 18.98 °C 2010 up 1.5% rising
121 Iran 18.86 °C 2010 up 2.1% rising
122 Morocco 18.77 °C 2010 up 1.4% rising
123 South Africa 18.25 °C 2010 up 2.7% rising
124 Uruguay 17.71 °C 2010 up 1.0% flat
125 Turkmenistan 16.97 °C 2010 up 1.0% rising
126 Lebanon 16.11 °C 2010 up 4.1% rising
127 Portugal 15.46 °C 2010 up 1.2% flat
128 Greece 15.42 °C 2010 up 3.6% rising
129 Argentina 14.93 °C 2010 up 2.2% rising
130 Spain 14.42 °C 2010 up 1.9% rising
131 Uzbekistan 13.76 °C 2010 up 0.9% rising
132 France 13.69 °C 2010 up 1.9% rising
133 Italy 13.45 °C 2010 up 2.7% rising
134 Nepal 13.33 °C 2010 up 1.0% rising
135 Albania 13.14 °C 2010 up 5.6% rising
136 Afghanistan 13.02 °C 2010 up 1.9% rising
137 Azerbaijan 12.68 °C 2010 up 4.4% rising
138 South Korea 12.58 °C 2010 up 1.2% rising
139 Croatia 12.56 °C 2010 up 2.9% rising
140 Turkey 12.23 °C 2010 up 6.1% rising
141 Japan 12.2 °C 2010 up 2.1% rising
142 Bulgaria 11.91 °C 2010 up 3.8% rising
143 Lesotho 11.84 °C 2010 up 6.1% rising
144 Hungary 11.79 °C 2010 up 4.2% rising
145 North Macedonia 11.7 °C 2010 up 6.4% rising
146 Serbia 11.65 °C 2010 up 4.1% rising
147 Moldova 11.03 °C 2010 up 4.8% rising
148 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.87 °C 2010 up 4.4% rising
149 New Zealand 10.72 °C 2010 up 4.6% rising
150 Slovenia 10.67 °C 2010 up 4.9% rising
151 Netherlands 10.6 °C 2010 down 0.5% rising
152 Romania 10.51 °C 2010 up 4.9% rising
153 Belgium 10.44 °C 2010 up 0.1% rising
154 Montenegro 10.31 °C 2010 up 7.6% rising
155 Isle of Man 10.28 °C 2010 down 1.9% rising
156 United States 9.96 °C 2010 up 4.4% rising
157 Ireland 9.79 °C 2010 down 2.0% flat
158 Ukraine 9.77 °C 2010 up 6.2% rising
159 Luxembourg 9.76 °C 2010 up 0.7% rising
160 Germany 9.68 °C 2010 up 2.0% rising
161 United Kingdom 9.44 °C 2010 down 1.4% rising
162 Chile 9.26 °C 2010 up 3.2% rising
163 Slovakia 9.2 °C 2010 up 6.4% rising
164 Poland 9.13 °C 2010 up 3.6% rising
165 Denmark 9.01 °C 2010 down 0.8% rising
166 Czechia 8.98 °C 2010 up 4.6% rising
167 Georgia 8.84 °C 2010 up 12.5% rising
168 Bhutan 8.58 °C 2010 up 3.6% rising
169 Belarus 7.77 °C 2010 up 6.5% rising
170 Lithuania 7.61 °C 2010 up 3.4% rising
171 Austria 7.42 °C 2010 up 8.3% rising
172 China 7.36 °C 2010 up 1.6% rising
173 North Korea 7.28 °C 2010 up 1.6% rising
174 Faroe Islands 7.23 °C 2010 down 1.2% rising
175 Kazakhstan 7.13 °C 2010 down 2.0% rising
176 Armenia 7.08 °C 2010 up 10.9% rising
177 Latvia 6.98 °C 2010 up 2.4% rising
178 Falkland Islands 6.69 °C 2010 up 1.2% rising
179 Estonia 6.54 °C 2010 up 2.1% rising
180 Switzerland 5.97 °C 2010 up 7.4% rising
181 Andorra 5.75 °C 2010 up 4.9% rising
182 Sweden 3.88 °C 2010 down 1.5% rising
183 Finland 3.19 °C 2010 up 5.1% rising
184 Iceland 2.21 °C 2010 up 9.1% volatile
185 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 1.8 °C 2010 up 18.4% rising
186 Mongolia 1.46 °C 2010 down 6.6% volatile
187 Norway 1.21 °C 2010 up 13.8% volatile
188 Kyrgyzstan 0.5984 °C 2010 up 6.1% volatile
189 Tajikistan 0.3352 °C 2010 up 554.6% volatile
190 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands -0.4785 °C 2010 up 42.4% rising
191 Russia -3.1 °C 2010 up 14.1% rising
192 Canada -3.33 °C 2010 up 10.8% rising
193 Greenland -17.86 °C 2010 up 1.7% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Decadal average 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, 1,544 data points, 1940–2010
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Temperature of the air measured 2 meters above the ground, encompassing land, sea, and in-land water surfaces.