French Polynesia vs Melanesia: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- French Polynesia
- Melanesia
How they compare
French Polynesia currently reports 0.863 °C against 0.857 °C in Melanesia, a difference of 0.006 °C.
The two have swapped places 38 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was French Polynesia ahead.
French Polynesia ranks 221st and Melanesia ranks 223rd of 250 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, French Polynesia averaged higher in 3 and Melanesia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | French Polynesia | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.1127 °C | -0.08 °C | 0.0327 °C | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 0.0222 °C | 0.0052 °C | 0.017 °C | French Polynesia |
| 1980s | 0.1779 °C | 0.1994 °C | 0.0215 °C | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 0.2291 °C | 0.2772 °C | 0.0481 °C | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 0.4775 °C | 0.3361 °C | 0.1414 °C | French Polynesia |
| 2010s | 0.559 °C | 0.4844 °C | 0.0746 °C | French Polynesia |
| 2020s | 0.7058 °C | 0.8668 °C | 0.161 °C | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, French Polynesia or Melanesia?
- French Polynesia, at 0.863 °C against 0.857 °C in Melanesia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between French Polynesia and Melanesia?
- 0.006 °C, with French Polynesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for French Polynesia and Melanesia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do French Polynesia and Melanesia rank globally for temperature change?
- French Polynesia ranks 221st and Melanesia ranks 223rd 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).