Cook Islands vs French Polynesia: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- Cook Islands
- French Polynesia
How they compare
Cook Islands currently reports 0.886 °C against 0.863 °C in French Polynesia, a difference of 0.023 °C.
The two have swapped places 32 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 219th and French Polynesia ranks 221st of 250 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 5 and French Polynesia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | French Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0763 °C | -0.1127 °C | 0.0363 °C | Cook Islands |
| 1970s | 0.0156 °C | 0.0222 °C | 0.0066 °C | French Polynesia |
| 1980s | 0.1682 °C | 0.1779 °C | 0.0097 °C | French Polynesia |
| 1990s | 0.5198 °C | 0.2291 °C | 0.2907 °C | Cook Islands |
| 2000s | 0.7043 °C | 0.4775 °C | 0.2268 °C | Cook Islands |
| 2010s | 0.7313 °C | 0.559 °C | 0.1723 °C | Cook Islands |
| 2020s | 0.8107 °C | 0.7058 °C | 0.1048 °C | Cook Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, Cook Islands or French Polynesia?
- Cook Islands, at 0.886 °C against 0.863 °C in French Polynesia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between Cook Islands and French Polynesia?
- 0.023 °C, with Cook Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and French Polynesia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Cook Islands and French Polynesia rank globally for temperature change?
- Cook Islands ranks 219th and French Polynesia ranks 221st 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).