Central America vs Switzerland: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- Central America
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 2.33 °C against 1.58 °C in Central America, a difference of 0.75 °C.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.5 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.
Central America ranks 19th and Switzerland ranks 17th of 38 groups.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0904 °C | 0.0032 °C | 0.0937 °C | Switzerland |
| 1970s | -0.0574 °C | 0.0082 °C | 0.0656 °C | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 0.2188 °C | 0.2891 °C | 0.0703 °C | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 0.467 °C | 0.9381 °C | 0.4711 °C | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 0.6423 °C | 1.33 °C | 0.6899 °C | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.9777 °C | 1.67 °C | 0.692 °C | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 1.48 °C | 2.43 °C | 0.9548 °C | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, Central America or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 2.33 °C against 1.58 °C in Central America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between Central America and Switzerland?
- 0.75 °C, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Switzerland?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Central America and Switzerland rank globally for temperature change?
- Central America ranks 19th and Switzerland ranks 17th of 38 groups.
- 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).