Europe vs Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- Europe
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
How they compare
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands currently reports 3.92 °C against 2.71 °C in Europe, a difference of 1.21 °C.
That makes Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands's figure about 1.4 times Europe's.
The two have swapped places 21 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Europe ahead.
Europe ranks 3rd and Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands ranks 1st of 48 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Europe averaged higher in 3 and Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0341 °C | -1.24 °C | 1.28 °C | Europe |
| 1970s | 0.091 °C | 0.2173 °C | 0.1263 °C | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands |
| 1980s | 0.2493 °C | -0.1159 °C | 0.3652 °C | Europe |
| 1990s | 0.8013 °C | 0.7534 °C | 0.0479 °C | Europe |
| 2000s | 1.38 °C | 1.97 °C | 0.5911 °C | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands |
| 2010s | 1.75 °C | 3.27 °C | 1.52 °C | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands |
| 2020s | 2.45 °C | 3.28 °C | 0.835 °C | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, Europe or Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands?
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, at 3.92 °C against 2.71 °C in Europe as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between Europe and Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands?
- 1.21 °C, with Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Europe and Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands rank globally for temperature change?
- Europe ranks 3rd and Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands ranks 1st of 48 regions.
- 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).