Melanesia vs Southern Africa: Standard Deviation
Standard Deviation over time
- Melanesia
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Southern Africa currently reports 0.282 °C against 0.179 °C in Melanesia, a difference of 0.103 °C.
That makes Southern Africa's figure about 1.6 times Melanesia's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Southern Africa has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 19th and Southern Africa ranks 17th of 22 countries.
Southern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.179 °C | 0.282 °C | 0.103 °C | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 0.179 °C | 0.282 °C | 0.103 °C | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 0.179 °C | 0.282 °C | 0.103 °C | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 0.179 °C | 0.282 °C | 0.103 °C | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 0.179 °C | 0.282 °C | 0.103 °C | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 0.179 °C | 0.282 °C | 0.103 °C | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 0.179 °C | 0.282 °C | 0.103 °C | Southern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher standard deviation, Melanesia or Southern Africa?
- Southern Africa, at 0.282 °C against 0.179 °C in Melanesia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in standard deviation between Melanesia and Southern Africa?
- 0.103 °C, with Southern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Southern Africa?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Melanesia and Southern Africa rank globally for standard deviation?
- Melanesia ranks 19th and Southern Africa ranks 17th of 22 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Standard Deviation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Temperature change on land domain disseminates statistics of mean surface temperature change by country, with annual updates. Statistics are available for monthly, seasonal and annual mean temperature anomalies, i.e., temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology, corresponding to the period 1951–1980. The standard deviation of the temperature change of the baseline methodology is also available. Data are based on the publicly available GISTEMP data, the Global Surface Temperature Change data distributed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA-GISS).