Winter temperature anomalies 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
191
Highest
4.55 °C
Tajikistan
Lowest
-2.57 °C
Canada
Median
0.7811 °C
Years covered
86
1940–2025
Data points
16,598

What the numbers show

Winter temperature anomalies is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 4.55 °C in Tajikistan; the lowest is -2.57 °C in Canada.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7811 °C, and the mean is 0.9205 °C.

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

Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 6,059.8%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 3,414.7%).

Winter temperature anomalies: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tajikistan 4.55 °C 2025 up 902.6% volatile
2 Kyrgyzstan 4.2 °C 2025 up 1,571.4% volatile
3 Greenland 4.1 °C 2025 up 211.6% volatile
4 Iceland 3.5 °C 2025 up 821.5% volatile
5 Norway 3.43 °C 2025 up 7.3% volatile
6 Estonia 3.22 °C 2025 down 21.7% volatile
7 Sweden 3.13 °C 2025 up 3.4% volatile
8 Latvia 3.08 °C 2025 down 23.6% volatile
9 Lithuania 2.97 °C 2025 down 18.5% volatile
10 Belarus 2.92 °C 2025 down 27.5% volatile
11 Slovakia 2.77 °C 2025 up 1.9% volatile
12 Niger 2.76 °C 2025 up 223.7% volatile
13 Moldova 2.74 °C 2025 up 0.5% volatile
14 Romania 2.72 °C 2025 up 0.6% volatile
15 Afghanistan 2.68 °C 2025 up 553.5% volatile
16 Finland 2.51 °C 2025 down 20.3% volatile
17 Ukraine 2.51 °C 2025 down 18.0% volatile
18 Faroe Islands 2.45 °C 2025 up 346.5% volatile
19 Denmark 2.41 °C 2025 down 36.8% volatile
20 Kazakhstan 2.4 °C 2025 down 54.0% volatile
21 Chad 2.39 °C 2025 up 199.0% volatile
22 Switzerland 2.37 °C 2025 down 16.7% volatile
23 Bhutan 2.34 °C 2025 up 330.4% volatile
24 Mexico 2.29 °C 2025 up 197.8% volatile
25 Uzbekistan 2.26 °C 2025 down 25.1% volatile
26 Armenia 2.23 °C 2025 up 315.2% volatile
27 Hungary 2.21 °C 2025 up 11.2% volatile
28 China 2.06 °C 2025 up 179.0% volatile
29 Poland 2.03 °C 2025 down 53.4% volatile
30 Austria 1.99 °C 2025 down 40.9% volatile
31 Bulgaria 1.98 °C 2025 down 6.5% volatile
32 Turkmenistan 1.96 °C 2025 down 1.8% volatile
34 North Macedonia 1.88 °C 2025 up 86.0% volatile
35 Belgium 1.84 °C 2025 down 63.3% volatile
36 Albania 1.81 °C 2025 up 915.2% volatile
37 Nigeria 1.76 °C 2025 up 204.9% volatile
38 Serbia 1.74 °C 2025 up 30.8% volatile
39 United Kingdom 1.74 °C 2025 down 52.4% volatile
40 Greece 1.73 °C 2025 up 2,713.3% volatile
41 Hong Kong 1.72 °C 2025 up 1,300.1% volatile
42 Italy 1.7 °C 2025 up 34.4% volatile
43 Turkey 1.69 °C 2025 up 229.7% volatile
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.64 °C 2025 up 22.0% volatile
45 Netherlands 1.62 °C 2025 down 68.4% volatile
46 Azerbaijan 1.52 °C 2025 up 1,436.8% volatile
47 Uruguay 1.51 °C 2025 up 2,891.1% volatile
48 Benin 1.5 °C 2025 up 201.9% volatile
49 Burkina Faso 1.47 °C 2025 up 190.2% volatile
50 Montenegro 1.45 °C 2025 up 10.3% volatile
51 Georgia 1.39 °C 2025 up 853.5% volatile
52 Czechia 1.35 °C 2025 down 67.3% volatile
53 Pakistan 1.33 °C 2025 up 448.1% volatile
54 Slovenia 1.31 °C 2025 down 24.5% volatile
55 Isle of Man 1.29 °C 2025 down 37.1% volatile
56 Iraq 1.27 °C 2025 up 205.7% volatile
57 Mongolia 1.26 °C 2025 down 13.2% volatile
58 Germany 1.25 °C 2025 down 73.6% volatile
59 Bahrain 1.24 °C 2025 up 246.4% volatile
60 El Salvador 1.22 °C 2025 down 5.9% volatile
61 Kenya 1.22 °C 2025 up 211.6% volatile
62 Cameroon 1.22 °C 2025 up 255.9% volatile
63 Croatia 1.21 °C 2025 up 5.5% volatile
64 Honduras 1.21 °C 2025 down 25.7% volatile
65 France 1.2 °C 2025 down 60.0% volatile
66 Kuwait 1.2 °C 2025 up 182.2% volatile
67 Lebanon 1.17 °C 2025 up 337.0% volatile
68 Libya 1.15 °C 2025 up 221.9% volatile
69 Syria 1.14 °C 2025 up 894.0% volatile
70 Iran 1.14 °C 2025 up 216.0% volatile
71 Vietnam 1.13 °C 2025 up 31.7% volatile
72 Palestine 1.1 °C 2025 up 218.7% volatile
73 Togo 1.07 °C 2025 up 220.5% volatile
74 Israel 1.06 °C 2025 up 210.8% volatile
75 Haiti 1.05 °C 2025 down 5.4% volatile
76 Jamaica 0.994 °C 2025 down 2.7% volatile
77 Cayman Islands 0.9854 °C 2025 down 5.8% volatile
78 North Korea 0.9637 °C 2025 down 46.9% volatile
79 Sudan 0.9627 °C 2025 up 143.7% volatile
80 Qatar 0.9579 °C 2025 up 383.9% volatile
81 Laos 0.95 °C 2025 down 26.5% volatile
82 Egypt 0.9319 °C 2025 up 258.9% volatile
83 United States 0.9189 °C 2025 down 58.0% volatile
84 South Korea 0.9115 °C 2025 down 56.6% volatile
86 Guatemala 0.8885 °C 2025 down 56.0% volatile
87 Central African Republic 0.888 °C 2025 up 290.3% volatile
88 Ethiopia 0.8867 °C 2025 up 4.4% volatile
89 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0.8706 °C 2025 up 421.9% volatile
90 Belize 0.857 °C 2025 down 59.8% volatile
91 Colombia 0.8514 °C 2025 up 2.0% volatile
92 Nepal 0.8422 °C 2025 up 642.9% volatile
93 Cyprus 0.8299 °C 2025 up 599.5% volatile
94 Ecuador 0.8108 °C 2025 down 30.7% volatile
95 Argentina 0.8008 °C 2025 up 1,105.0% volatile
96 United Arab Emirates 0.794 °C 2025 up 411.6% volatile
97 Jordan 0.7824 °C 2025 up 149.1% volatile
98 Cuba 0.7811 °C 2025 down 52.7% volatile
99 Comoros 0.7794 °C 2025 up 38.3% volatile
100 Equatorial Guinea 0.7773 °C 2025 up 129.0% volatile
101 Venezuela 0.7491 °C 2025 down 27.9% volatile
102 Dominican Republic 0.7309 °C 2025 down 12.9% volatile
103 Philippines 0.6992 °C 2025 up 16.7% volatile
104 Somalia 0.697 °C 2025 down 14.7% volatile
105 Bahamas 0.6825 °C 2025 down 58.9% volatile
106 Tanzania 0.6747 °C 2025 up 123.8% volatile
107 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.6722 °C 2025 up 30.7% volatile
108 Peru 0.6602 °C 2025 up 6.4% volatile
109 Congo 0.6531 °C 2025 up 46.1% volatile
110 Tunisia 0.6518 °C 2025 up 1,463.1% volatile
111 Ghana 0.6214 °C 2025 up 300.3% volatile
112 Thailand 0.5892 °C 2025 down 61.4% volatile
113 Japan 0.5865 °C 2025 down 67.3% volatile
114 Burundi 0.581 °C 2025 down 8.0% volatile
115 Nicaragua 0.5762 °C 2025 down 50.9% volatile
116 Gabon 0.5583 °C 2025 down 11.8% volatile
117 Saudi Arabia 0.5548 °C 2025 up 163.9% volatile
118 New Zealand 0.5536 °C 2025 up 362.9% volatile
119 Andorra 0.5369 °C 2025 down 80.3% volatile
120 Anguilla 0.5158 °C 2025 up 35.5% volatile
121 Seychelles 0.4806 °C 2025 down 22.9% volatile
122 United States Virgin Islands 0.4764 °C 2025 down 3.9% volatile
123 Uganda 0.4723 °C 2025 up 6,059.8% volatile
124 Australia 0.4713 °C 2025 down 19.6% volatile
125 Cote d'Ivoire 0.4688 °C 2025 up 155.9% volatile
126 Malaysia 0.4538 °C 2025 down 46.1% volatile
127 Liberia 0.4456 °C 2025 up 312.5% volatile
128 Puerto Rico 0.4424 °C 2025 down 42.5% volatile
129 Vanuatu 0.4368 °C 2025 up 123.0% volatile
130 Solomon Islands 0.4206 °C 2025 up 38.9% volatile
131 New Caledonia 0.4155 °C 2025 up 1,692.7% volatile
132 Samoa 0.4124 °C 2025 up 239.8% volatile
133 Guinea 0.3921 °C 2025 up 136.1% volatile
134 Sri Lanka 0.372 °C 2025 down 51.4% volatile
135 Angola 0.3708 °C 2025 down 36.1% volatile
136 Russia 0.367 °C 2025 down 86.8% volatile
137 Spain 0.3641 °C 2025 down 80.8% volatile
138 Antigua and Barbuda 0.3638 °C 2025 up 37.9% volatile
139 Rwanda 0.3611 °C 2025 down 36.1% volatile
140 Cambodia 0.3573 °C 2025 down 83.0% volatile
141 Djibouti 0.3443 °C 2025 down 64.1% volatile
142 Brunei 0.3438 °C 2025 down 57.6% volatile
143 Suriname 0.3214 °C 2025 down 25.5% volatile
144 Costa Rica 0.3144 °C 2025 down 77.3% volatile
145 Sao Tome and Principe 0.3141 °C 2025 up 1,644.7% volatile
146 Myanmar 0.2735 °C 2025 up 67.8% volatile
147 Yemen 0.2632 °C 2025 up 368.2% volatile
148 Papua New Guinea 0.257 °C 2025 down 24.7% volatile
149 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0.2524 °C 2025 up 220.3% volatile
150 Chile 0.2404 °C 2025 down 19.4% volatile
151 Saint Helena 0.2374 °C 2025 down 60.8% volatile
152 Mauritius 0.2322 °C 2025 down 78.7% volatile
153 Indonesia 0.223 °C 2025 down 68.2% volatile
154 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2201 °C 2025 down 27.1% volatile
155 American Samoa 0.2171 °C 2025 down 3.3% volatile
156 South Africa 0.2153 °C 2025 down 91.2% volatile
157 Panama 0.1292 °C 2025 down 92.1% volatile
158 Sierra Leone 0.1178 °C 2025 up 154.8% volatile
159 Brazil 0.1099 °C 2025 down 91.6% volatile
160 Fiji 0.0981 °C 2025 up 175.4% volatile
161 Algeria 0.0968 °C 2025 up 212.0% volatile
162 Trinidad and Tobago 0.089 °C 2025 down 43.7% volatile
163 Guyana 0.0337 °C 2025 down 87.6% volatile
164 Portugal 0.0004 °C 2025 down 100.0% volatile
165 French Polynesia -0.0302 °C 2025 down 107.2% volatile
166 Kiribati -0.0871 °C 2025 down 105.9% volatile
167 Cook Islands -0.1015 °C 2025 up 78.7% volatile
168 Bolivia -0.1506 °C 2025 down 113.4% volatile
169 Namibia -0.2035 °C 2025 down 116.3% volatile
170 India -0.2053 °C 2025 down 132.6% volatile
171 Oman -0.2076 °C 2025 down 72.2% volatile
172 Falkland Islands -0.2225 °C 2025 up 71.8% volatile
173 Mali -0.234 °C 2025 up 78.7% volatile
174 East Timor -0.2379 °C 2025 down 136.2% volatile
175 Zambia -0.2981 °C 2025 down 134.0% volatile
176 Paraguay -0.3055 °C 2025 down 156.8% volatile
177 Madagascar -0.3162 °C 2025 down 153.6% volatile
178 Eritrea -0.3232 °C 2025 down 8.3% volatile
179 Bangladesh -0.3565 °C 2025 down 3,414.7% volatile
180 Cape Verde -0.375 °C 2025 down 217.4% volatile
181 Lesotho -0.4131 °C 2025 down 111.1% volatile
182 Malawi -0.5269 °C 2025 down 155.8% volatile
183 Guinea-Bissau -0.6203 °C 2025 up 41.5% volatile
184 Mozambique -0.637 °C 2025 down 151.9% volatile
185 Eswatini -0.6507 °C 2025 down 128.7% volatile
186 Zimbabwe -0.7408 °C 2025 down 130.0% volatile
187 Gambia -0.7792 °C 2025 up 2.8% volatile
188 South Sudan -0.8369 °C 2025 down 54.5% volatile
189 Senegal -1.05 °C 2025 down 44.7% volatile
190 Morocco -1.11 °C 2025 down 175.7% volatile
191 Mauritania -1.5 °C 2025 down 663.2% volatile
192 Botswana -1.55 °C 2025 down 158.5% volatile
193 Canada -2.57 °C 2025 down 242.9% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Winter temperature anomalies
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 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.