environmental2026

Average surface temperature

Name: Average surface temperature
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: environmental, °c, average, surface, temperature

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2026; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•191 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

18.5°C

Median: 22.7°C

Countries Covered

191

with available data

Highest

Burkina Faso

30.5°C

Lowest

Greenland

-20.0°C

Top 5 Countries

1Burkina Faso30.5°C

2Benin29.5°C

3Mali29.3°C

4Senegal29.2°C

5South Sudan29.1°C

By Region

Africa23.4°C(9 countries)

Other21.0°C(112 countries)

Asia20.3°C(25 countries)

South America19.3°C(7 countries)

Oceania17.6°C(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-20.0°C)High (30.5°C)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 18.5°C)

Africa (9)

Other (112)

Asia (25)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

Europe (32)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2026; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Burkina Faso	30.5°C
2	Benin	29.5°C
3	Mali	29.3°C
4	Senegal	29.2°C
5	South Sudan	29.1°C
6	Nigeria	29.0°C
7	Ghana	28.6°C
8	Chad	28.6°C
9	Togo	28.4°C
10	Guinea-Bissau	28.4°C
11	Cambodia	28.3°C
12	Niger	28.3°C
13	Djibouti	28.2°C
14	Republic of The Gambia	28.2°C
15	Oman	27.9°C
16	Guinea	27.7°C
17	Central African Republic	27.7°C
18	Sudan	27.7°C
19	Cote d'Ivoire	27.5°C
20	Eritrea	27.4°C
21	Sierra Leone	27.3°C
22	American Samoa	27.3°C
23	El Salvador	27.2°C
24	Somalia	27.2°C
25	Thailand	27.2°C
26	Seychelles	27.1°C
27	Mauritania	27.0°C
28	Kiribati	26.9°C
29	United Arab Emirates	26.8°C
30	Sri Lanka	26.8°C
31	Solomon Islands	26.7°C
32	Brunei Darussalam	26.7°C
33	Sao Tome and Principe	26.7°C
34	Venezuela	26.5°C
35	Cayman Islands	26.4°C
36	Philippines	26.3°C
37	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	26.3°C
38	Trinidad and Tobago	26.2°C
39	Virgin Islands, U.S.	26.1°C
40	Nicaragua	26.1°C
41	Kenya	26.0°C
42	Liberia	26.0°C
43	French Polynesia	26.0°C
44	Malaysia	26.0°C
45	Comoros	26.0°C
46	Vanuatu	25.9°C
47	Anguilla	25.9°C
48	Antigua and Barbuda	25.9°C
49	Cameroon	25.9°C
50	Yemen	25.8°C
51	Suriname	25.8°C
52	Republic of the Congo	25.7°C
53	Jamaica	25.7°C
54	Samoa	25.7°C
55	Indonesia	25.5°C
56	Cook Islands	25.5°C
57	Panama	25.4°C
58	Gabon	25.4°C
59	Qatar	25.4°C
60	Belize	25.3°C
61	Fiji	25.3°C
62	Guyana	25.3°C
63	Haiti	25.1°C
64	Puerto Rico	25.1°C
65	India	25.0°C
66	Bangladesh	25.0°C
67	Saudi Arabia	24.9°C
68	Mauritius	24.9°C
69	Democratic Republic of the Congo	24.9°C
70	Cuba	24.9°C
71	Brazil	24.8°C
72	Equatorial Guinea	24.8°C
73	Bahamas	24.8°C
74	Colombia	24.7°C
75	Timor-Leste	24.5°C
76	Vietnam	24.4°C
77	Mozambique	24.4°C
78	Ethiopia	24.4°C
79	Dominican Republic	24.3°C
80	Paraguay	24.2°C
81	Uganda	24.1°C
82	Honduras	24.1°C
83	Kuwait	24.0°C
84	Lao People's Democratic Republic	24.0°C
85	Myanmar	23.9°C
86	New Caledonia	23.9°C
87	Papua New Guinea	23.9°C
88	Bahrain	23.7°C
89	Madagascar	23.6°C
90	Costa Rica	23.5°C
91	Saint Helena	23.3°C
92	Guatemala	23.2°C
93	Australia	23.1°C
94	United Republic of Tanzania	22.8°C
95	Hong Kong	22.7°C
96	Algeria	22.7°C
97	Angola	22.3°C
98	Malawi	22.3°C
99	Ecuador	21.8°C
100	Egypt	21.8°C
101	Namibia	21.6°C
102	Zimbabwe	21.6°C
103	Botswana	21.5°C
104	Zambia	21.4°C
105	Libya	21.4°C
106	Mexico	21.4°C
107	Cape Verde	21.1°C
108	Eswatini	21.0°C
109	Burundi	21.0°C
110	Bolivia	20.4°C
111	Pakistan	20.3°C
112	Iraq	20.1°C
113	Rwanda	20.1°C
114	Peru	19.3°C
115	South Africa	18.9°C
116	Tunisia	18.8°C
117	Israel	18.5°C
118	Uruguay	18.2°C
119	State of Palestine	18.0°C
120	Jordan	17.4°C
121	Islamic Republic of Iran	17.2°C
122	Morocco	17.1°C
123	Cyprus	16.6°C
124	Turkmenistan	16.3°C
125	Syrian Arab Republic	16.0°C
126	Argentina	15.8°C
127	Portugal	14.9°C
128	France	13.7°C
129	Spain	13.6°C
130	Uzbekistan	13.5°C
131	Greece	13.4°C
132	Lebanon	13.0°C
133	Lesotho	12.4°C
134	Italy	12.4°C
135	Nepal	12.3°C
136	New Zealand	12.1°C
137	Albania	11.9°C
138	Afghanistan	11.8°C
139	Croatia	11.7°C
140	Chile	10.6°C
141	Belgium	10.5°C
142	Hungary	10.3°C
143	Serbia	10.2°C
144	South Korea	10.2°C
145	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.1°C
146	Azerbaijan	10.0°C
147	The Republic of North Macedonia	10.0°C
148	Luxembourg	9.7°C
149	Netherlands	9.7°C
150	Bulgaria	9.6°C
151	Slovenia	9.6°C
152	Ireland	9.3°C
153	Japan	9.3°C
154	Isle of Man	9.2°C
155	United Kingdom	9.0°C
156	Türkiye	9.0°C
157	Montenegro	9.0°C
158	Romania	8.5°C
159	Germany	8.5°C
160	United States of America	8.2°C
161	Bhutan	8.0°C
162	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	8.0°C
163	Moldova, Republic of	7.9°C
164	Slovakia	7.9°C
165	Czech Republic	7.7°C
166	Poland	6.8°C
167	Denmark	6.7°C
168	Ukraine	6.7°C
169	Austria	6.4°C
170	Faroe Islands	6.4°C
171	People's Republic of China	6.3°C
172	Kazakhstan	6.3°C
173	Georgia	5.8°C
174	Switzerland	5.6°C
175	North Korea	5.1°C
176	Andorra	4.8°C
177	Armenia	4.6°C
178	Belarus	4.5°C
179	Lithuania	4.0°C
180	Latvia	3.5°C
181	Estonia	3.2°C
182	Sweden	1.5°C
183	Kyrgyzstan	1.0°C
184	Finland	0.3°C
185	Iceland	0.0°C
186	Tajikistan	-0.3°C
187	Mongolia	-0.5°C
188	Norway	-0.8°C
189	Russian Federation	-6.2°C
190	Canada	-8.2°C
191	Greenland	-20.0°C

Showing 191 of 191 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2026).

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