Land Surface Temperature by country
Countries reporting
192
Highest
44.31
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
-4.26
Russia
Median
27.34
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,210
What the numbers show
Land Surface Temperature is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 44.31 in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is -4.26 in Russia.
The median across all reporting countries is 27.34, and the mean is 25.61.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 139 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 85.9%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 177.9%).
Land Surface Temperature: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 44.31 | 2021 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 2 | Oman | 43.19 | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 3 | Eritrea | 41.44 | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 41.31 | 2021 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 5 | Djibouti | 41.19 | 2021 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 6 | Yemen | 41.06 | 2021 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 7 | Qatar | 40.41 | 2021 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 8 | Kuwait | 40.41 | 2021 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 9 | Sudan | 40.19 | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Niger | 39.94 | 2021 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 11 | Chad | 39.81 | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 12 | Mali | 39.56 | 2021 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 13 | Somalia | 38.69 | 2021 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 14 | Mauritania | 38.69 | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 15 | Algeria | 38.63 | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 16 | Iraq | 38.13 | 2021 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 17 | Kenya | 37.62 | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 18 | Bahrain | 37.54 | 2021 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 19 | Senegal | 37.44 | 2021 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 37.44 | 2021 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 21 | Egypt | 36.81 | 2021 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 22 | Libya | 36.69 | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 23 | Iran | 36.13 | 2021 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 24 | Syria | 35.69 | 2021 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 25 | Jordan | 35.56 | 2021 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 26 | Nigeria | 35.19 | 2021 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 27 | Namibia | 34.94 | 2021 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 28 | Gambia | 34.78 | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 29 | Ethiopia | 34.37 | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 30 | Benin | 34.34 | 2021 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 31 | Israel | 34.31 | 2021 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 32 | South Sudan | 33.81 | 2021 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 33 | Australia | 33.62 | 2021 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 34 | Singapore | 33.53 | 2021 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 35 | Togo | 33.22 | 2021 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 36 | Cape Verde | 33.19 | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 37 | Turkmenistan | 33.06 | 2021 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 38 | Tunisia | 32.81 | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 39 | Pakistan | 32.75 | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 40 | Ghana | 32.59 | 2021 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 41 | Madagascar | 32.19 | 2021 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 42 | Botswana | 32.06 | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 43 | Mexico | 31.88 | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 44 | India | 31.87 | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 45 | Malawi | 31.69 | 2021 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 46 | Morocco | 31.62 | 2021 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 47 | Cambodia | 31.56 | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 48 | Mozambique | 31.56 | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 49 | Zimbabwe | 31.44 | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 50 | Guinea | 31.31 | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 51 | El Salvador | 31.19 | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 52 | Tanzania | 31.13 | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 53 | Afghanistan | 30.87 | 2021 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 54 | Paraguay | 30.69 | 2021 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 55 | Zambia | 30.69 | 2021 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 30.66 | 2021 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 57 | Kiribati | 30.6 | 2021 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 58 | Thailand | 30.56 | 2021 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 59 | Nauru | 30.38 | 2021 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 60 | Angola | 30.31 | 2021 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 61 | Haiti | 30.19 | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 62 | Uganda | 30.13 | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 63 | Cyprus | 29.94 | 2021 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 64 | Cuba | 29.69 | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 29.69 | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 66 | Central African Republic | 29.41 | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 67 | Cote d'Ivoire | 29.34 | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 68 | Barbados | 29.3 | 2021 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 69 | Antigua and Barbuda | 29.21 | 2021 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 29.13 | 2021 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 71 | Tuvalu | 28.92 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 72 | Brazil | 28.81 | 2021 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 73 | East Timor | 28.69 | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 28.69 | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 75 | South Africa | 28.62 | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 76 | Brunei | 28.41 | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 77 | Colombia | 28.37 | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 28.22 | 2021 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 79 | Venezuela | 28.19 | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 80 | Belize | 28.03 | 2021 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 81 | Bahamas | 28.03 | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 82 | Malaysia | 27.94 | 2021 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 83 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 27.94 | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 84 | Bolivia | 27.87 | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 85 | Guatemala | 27.81 | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 86 | Philippines | 27.81 | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 87 | Congo | 27.81 | 2021 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 88 | Burundi | 27.69 | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 89 | Indonesia | 27.62 | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 90 | Bangladesh | 27.59 | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 91 | Vietnam | 27.56 | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 92 | Marshall Islands | 27.51 | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 27.44 | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 94 | Honduras | 27.44 | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 95 | Jamaica | 27.44 | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 96 | Myanmar | 27.37 | 2021 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 97 | Costa Rica | 27.31 | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 98 | Panama | 27.19 | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 99 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 27.16 | 2021 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 100 | Eswatini | 27.03 | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 101 | Rwanda | 26.94 | 2021 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 102 | Ecuador | 26.88 | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 103 | Peru | 26.87 | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 104 | Cameroon | 26.87 | 2021 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 105 | Mauritius | 26.65 | 2021 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 26.56 | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 107 | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.53 | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 108 | Palau | 26.53 | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 109 | Seychelles | 26.3 | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 110 | Gabon | 26.22 | 2021 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 111 | Liberia | 26.22 | 2021 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 112 | Guyana | 26.19 | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 113 | Suriname | 26.16 | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 114 | Comoros | 26.1 | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 115 | Lebanon | 26.06 | 2021 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 116 | Solomon Islands | 26.06 | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 25.85 | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 118 | Malta | 25.76 | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 119 | Samoa | 25.69 | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 120 | Equatorial Guinea | 25.69 | 2021 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 121 | Laos | 25.69 | 2021 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 122 | Sao Tome and Principe | 25.59 | 2021 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 123 | Micronesia (country) | 25.49 | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 124 | Fiji | 25.47 | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 125 | Argentina | 25.25 | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 126 | Tonga | 25.21 | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 127 | Grenada | 25.03 | 2021 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 128 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.96 | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 129 | Uruguay | 24.94 | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 130 | Azerbaijan | 24.62 | 2021 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 131 | Dominica | 24.59 | 2021 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 132 | Vanuatu | 24.47 | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 133 | Portugal | 22.81 | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 134 | Lesotho | 22.78 | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 135 | Turkey | 22.37 | 2021 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 136 | Spain | 22.37 | 2021 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 137 | Nepal | 22.13 | 2021 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 138 | Greece | 21.69 | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 139 | San Marino | 20.64 | 2021 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 140 | Italy | 20.38 | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 141 | Bulgaria | 19.56 | 2021 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 142 | Albania | 19.44 | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 143 | Serbia | 19.06 | 2021 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 144 | Monaco | 18.76 | 2021 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 145 | China | 18.75 | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 146 | Hungary | 18.66 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 18.44 | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 148 | Moldova | 18.28 | 2021 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 149 | United States | 18.25 | 2021 | up 15.8% | flat |
| 150 | Croatia | 17.44 | 2021 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 151 | Romania | 17.44 | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 152 | Chile | 17.25 | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 153 | Kazakhstan | 17.25 | 2021 | up 20.0% | flat |
| 154 | Armenia | 16.69 | 2021 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 155 | France | 16.63 | 2021 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 156 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.56 | 2021 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 157 | South Korea | 16.44 | 2021 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 158 | Georgia | 15.62 | 2021 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 159 | Japan | 15.31 | 2021 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 160 | Montenegro | 14.94 | 2021 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 161 | Ukraine | 14.94 | 2021 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 162 | Slovenia | 14.81 | 2021 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 163 | Luxembourg | 14.59 | 2021 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 164 | New Zealand | 14.44 | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 165 | Netherlands | 14.41 | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 166 | Belgium | 14.34 | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 167 | Germany | 14.06 | 2021 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 168 | Slovakia | 13.94 | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 169 | Mongolia | 13.87 | 2021 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 170 | Czechia | 13.44 | 2021 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 171 | Liechtenstein | 13.41 | 2021 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 172 | Bhutan | 13.38 | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 173 | North Korea | 13.19 | 2021 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 174 | Poland | 12.69 | 2021 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 175 | United Kingdom | 12.44 | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 176 | Ireland | 12.41 | 2021 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 177 | Austria | 12.06 | 2021 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 178 | Tajikistan | 11.88 | 2021 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 179 | Denmark | 11.78 | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 180 | Switzerland | 11.06 | 2021 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 181 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.63 | 2021 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 182 | Belarus | 10.34 | 2021 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 183 | Andorra | 10.28 | 2021 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 184 | Lithuania | 9.16 | 2021 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 185 | Latvia | 7.97 | 2021 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 186 | Estonia | 7.69 | 2021 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 187 | Sweden | 2.94 | 2021 | down 29.8% | flat |
| 188 | Finland | 2.69 | 2021 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 189 | Iceland | 2.44 | 2021 | up 85.9% | falling |
| 190 | Norway | -0.4379 | 2021 | down 177.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Canada | -3.25 | 2021 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 192 | Russia | -4.26 | 2021 | down 54.5% | rising |