Temperature change in Antarctica
Antarctica: Temperature change was 1.37 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Antarctica, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
Antarctica recorded 1.37 °C for temperature change in 2025.
That represents a change of up 158.5% on the previous year and up 3,286.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Antarctica peaked at 1.75 °C in 2013 and was at its lowest, -0.798 °C, in 2000.
Antarctica ranks 127th of 233 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Temperature change in Antarctica, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.28 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.227 °C | -181.1% |
| 1963 | 0.136 °C | -159.9% |
| 1964 | -0.366 °C | -369.1% |
| 1965 | -0.098 °C | -73.2% |
| 1966 | -0.24 °C | +144.9% |
| 1967 | 0.133 °C | -155.4% |
| 1968 | -0.086 °C | -164.7% |
| 1969 | -0.255 °C | +196.5% |
| 1970 | -0.132 °C | -48.2% |
| 1971 | 0.281 °C | -312.9% |
| 1972 | 0.621 °C | +121.0% |
| 1973 | 0.011 °C | -98.2% |
| 1974 | 0.169 °C | +1436.4% |
| 1975 | 0.178 °C | +5.3% |
| 1976 | -0.635 °C | -456.7% |
| 1977 | 0.25 °C | -139.4% |
| 1978 | -0.118 °C | -147.2% |
| 1979 | -0.235 °C | +99.2% |
| 1980 | 0.565 °C | -340.4% |
| 1981 | 0.706 °C | +25.0% |
| 1982 | -0.03 °C | -104.2% |
| 1983 | -0.693 °C | +2210.0% |
| 1984 | 0.122 °C | -117.6% |
| 1985 | 0.177 °C | +45.1% |
| 1986 | -0.272 °C | -253.7% |
| 1987 | -0.702 °C | +158.1% |
| 1988 | 0.952 °C | -235.6% |
| 1989 | -0.442 °C | -146.4% |
| 1990 | 0.285 °C | -164.5% |
| 1991 | 0.673 °C | +136.1% |
| 1992 | 0.33 °C | -51.0% |
| 1993 | -0.725 °C | -319.7% |
| 1994 | -0.077 °C | -89.4% |
| 1995 | -0.244 °C | +216.9% |
| 1996 | 0.798 °C | -427.0% |
| 1997 | -0.517 °C | -164.8% |
| 1998 | -0.402 °C | -22.2% |
| 1999 | -0.555 °C | +38.1% |
| 2000 | -0.798 °C | +43.8% |
| 2001 | -0.078 °C | -90.2% |
| 2002 | 1.32 °C | -1789.7% |
| 2003 | -0.462 °C | -135.1% |
| 2004 | 0.155 °C | -133.5% |
| 2005 | 0.878 °C | +466.5% |
| 2006 | -0.025 °C | -102.8% |
| 2007 | 0.684 °C | -2836.0% |
| 2008 | 0.568 °C | -17.0% |
| 2009 | 1.3 °C | +129.6% |
| 2010 | 0.851 °C | -34.7% |
| 2011 | 0.763 °C | -10.3% |
| 2012 | -0.205 °C | -126.9% |
| 2013 | 1.75 °C | -954.6% |
| 2014 | 0.558 °C | -68.2% |
| 2015 | -0.043 °C | -107.7% |
| 2016 | 0.213 °C | -595.3% |
| 2017 | 0.781 °C | +266.7% |
| 2018 | 1.45 °C | +85.8% |
| 2019 | 0.654 °C | -54.9% |
| 2020 | 0.787 °C | +20.3% |
| 2021 | -0.587 °C | -174.6% |
| 2022 | 0.47 °C | -180.1% |
| 2023 | 0.483 °C | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 0.53 °C | +9.7% |
| 2025 | 1.37 °C | +158.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Antarctica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +2836.0% | -0.025 °C | 0.684 °C |
| 1983 | -2210.0% | -0.03 °C | -0.693 °C |
| 2002 | +1789.7% | -0.078 °C | 1.32 °C |
| 1974 | +1436.4% | 0.011 °C | 0.169 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0803 °C | -0.366 °C | 0.28 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.039 °C | -0.635 °C | 0.621 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0383 °C | -0.702 °C | 0.952 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.0434 °C | -0.725 °C | 0.798 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3544 °C | -0.798 °C | 1.32 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6775 °C | -0.205 °C | 1.75 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5088 °C | -0.587 °C | 1.37 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Antarctica
More environment data for Antarctica
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.474 °C (2025)
- Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC 33,779 1000 ha (2022)
- Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC 1.18 million 1000 ha (2022)
- Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC 10.16 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Antarctica?
- Temperature change in Antarctica was 1.37 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Antarctica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.75 °C in 2013.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Antarctica?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.798 °C in 2000.
- How does Antarctica rank for temperature change?
- Antarctica ranks 127th out of 233 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Antarctica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3,286.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Antarctica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Temperature change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).