Caribbean vs South America: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- Caribbean
- South America
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 1.29 °C against 1.23 °C in South America, a difference of 0.06 °C.
The two have swapped places 27 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
Caribbean ranks 27th and South America ranks 30th of 33 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 3 and South America in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0717 °C | 0.0058 °C | 0.0774 °C | South America |
| 1970s | 0.0727 °C | 0.0284 °C | 0.0443 °C | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 0.4085 °C | 0.3068 °C | 0.1017 °C | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 0.6735 °C | 0.5515 °C | 0.122 °C | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 0.6948 °C | 0.7141 °C | 0.0193 °C | South America |
| 2010s | 0.9392 °C | 1.06 °C | 0.1182 °C | South America |
| 2020s | 1.3 °C | 1.33 °C | 0.0248 °C | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, Caribbean or South America?
- Caribbean, at 1.29 °C against 1.23 °C in South America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between Caribbean and South America?
- 0.06 °C, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and South America?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Caribbean and South America rank globally for temperature change?
- Caribbean ranks 27th and South America ranks 30th of 33 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).