Northern Africa vs Switzerland: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- Northern Africa
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 2.33 °C against 1.61 °C in Northern Africa, a difference of 0.72 °C.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.4 times Northern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 24 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.
Northern Africa ranks 18th and Switzerland ranks 17th of 38 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Northern Africa averaged higher in 1 and Switzerland in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0588 °C | 0.0032 °C | 0.0556 °C | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | -0.1023 °C | 0.0082 °C | 0.1105 °C | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 0.2634 °C | 0.2891 °C | 0.0257 °C | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 0.5365 °C | 0.9381 °C | 0.4016 °C | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 0.9551 °C | 1.33 °C | 0.3771 °C | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 1.27 °C | 1.67 °C | 0.404 °C | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 1.68 °C | 2.43 °C | 0.7567 °C | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, Northern Africa or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 2.33 °C against 1.61 °C in Northern Africa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between Northern Africa and Switzerland?
- 0.72 °C, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Switzerland?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Northern Africa and Switzerland rank globally for temperature change?
- Northern Africa ranks 18th 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).