Canada vs Europe: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- Canada
- Europe
How they compare
Canada currently reports 2.96 °C against 2.71 °C in Europe, a difference of 0.25 °C.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Europe's.
The two have swapped places 31 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Europe ahead.
Canada ranks 4th and Europe ranks 3rd of 250 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 1 and Europe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.1192 °C | 0.0341 °C | 0.1533 °C | Europe |
| 1970s | -0.1268 °C | 0.091 °C | 0.2178 °C | Europe |
| 1980s | 0.4917 °C | 0.2493 °C | 0.2424 °C | Canada |
| 1990s | 0.6716 °C | 0.8013 °C | 0.1297 °C | Europe |
| 2000s | 1.14 °C | 1.38 °C | 0.2388 °C | Europe |
| 2010s | 1.5 °C | 1.75 °C | 0.249 °C | Europe |
| 2020s | 2.26 °C | 2.45 °C | 0.1872 °C | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, Canada or Europe?
- Canada, at 2.96 °C against 2.71 °C in Europe as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between Canada and Europe?
- 0.25 °C, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Europe?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Europe rank globally for temperature change?
- Canada ranks 4th and Europe ranks 3rd of 250 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Temperature change. 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).