Melanesia vs Papua New Guinea: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- Melanesia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 0.857 °C against 0.834 °C in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.023 °C.
The two have swapped places 22 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Melanesia ranks 227th and Papua New Guinea ranks 230th of 254 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.08 °C | -0.0752 °C | 0.0048 °C | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 0.0052 °C | -0.0116 °C | 0.0168 °C | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 0.1994 °C | 0.2118 °C | 0.0124 °C | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.2772 °C | 0.2862 °C | 0.009 °C | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.3361 °C | 0.3012 °C | 0.0349 °C | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 0.4844 °C | 0.431 °C | 0.0534 °C | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 0.8668 °C | 0.8587 °C | 0.0082 °C | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, Melanesia or Papua New Guinea?
- Melanesia, at 0.857 °C against 0.834 °C in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between Melanesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.023 °C, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Melanesia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for temperature change?
- Melanesia ranks 227th and Papua New Guinea ranks 230th of 254 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).