Polynesia vs Southern Asia: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- Polynesia
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Southern Asia currently reports 1.44 °C against 0.894 °C in Polynesia, a difference of 0.546 °C.
That makes Southern Asia's figure about 1.6 times Polynesia's.
The two have swapped places 27 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Polynesia ahead.
Polynesia ranks 18th and Southern Asia ranks 21st of 22 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Polynesia averaged higher in 1 and Southern Asia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Polynesia | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0746 °C | -0.0667 °C | 0.0079 °C | Southern Asia |
| 1970s | -0.0203 °C | -0.0146 °C | 0.0057 °C | Southern Asia |
| 1980s | 0.1872 °C | 0.1823 °C | 0.0049 °C | Polynesia |
| 1990s | 0.2851 °C | 0.2982 °C | 0.0131 °C | Southern Asia |
| 2000s | 0.5849 °C | 0.8428 °C | 0.2579 °C | Southern Asia |
| 2010s | 0.76 °C | 1.05 °C | 0.2896 °C | Southern Asia |
| 2020s | 0.9063 °C | 1.31 °C | 0.4018 °C | Southern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, Polynesia or Southern Asia?
- Southern Asia, at 1.44 °C against 0.894 °C in Polynesia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between Polynesia and Southern Asia?
- 0.546 °C, with Southern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Southern Asia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Polynesia and Southern Asia rank globally for temperature change?
- Polynesia ranks 18th and Southern Asia ranks 21st of 22 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).