Sri Lanka vs Tonga: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- Sri Lanka
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 0.858 °C against 0.849 °C in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.009 °C.
The two have swapped places 24 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tonga ahead.
Sri Lanka ranks 224th and Tonga ranks 222nd of 250 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 5 and Tonga in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0056 °C | -0.0896 °C | 0.084 °C | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | -0.011 °C | 0.0522 °C | 0.0632 °C | Tonga |
| 1980s | 0.3036 °C | 0.1705 °C | 0.1331 °C | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 0.4589 °C | 0.1987 °C | 0.2602 °C | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.6331 °C | 0.4123 °C | 0.2208 °C | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.8307 °C | 0.7899 °C | 0.0408 °C | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.9713 °C | 1.02 °C | 0.0447 °C | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, Sri Lanka or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 0.858 °C against 0.849 °C in Sri Lanka as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between Sri Lanka and Tonga?
- 0.009 °C, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Tonga?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Sri Lanka and Tonga rank globally for temperature change?
- Sri Lanka ranks 224th and Tonga ranks 222nd 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).