Temperature change in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Temperature change was 1.39 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 1.39 °C for temperature change in 2025.
The figure is down 6.3% on the previous year and up 33.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 1.49 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.545 °C, in 1976.
That places Australia and New Zealand 124th out of 233 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.153 °C | — |
| 1962 | 0.155 °C | +1.3% |
| 1963 | -0.097 °C | -162.6% |
| 1964 | -0.022 °C | -77.3% |
| 1965 | 0.117 °C | -631.8% |
| 1966 | -0.25 °C | -313.7% |
| 1967 | -0.096 °C | -61.6% |
| 1968 | -0.211 °C | +119.8% |
| 1969 | 0.086 °C | -140.8% |
| 1970 | 0.028 °C | -67.4% |
| 1971 | 0.013 °C | -53.6% |
| 1972 | 0.108 °C | +730.8% |
| 1973 | 0.819 °C | +658.3% |
| 1974 | -0.36 °C | -144.0% |
| 1975 | 0.041 °C | -111.4% |
| 1976 | -0.545 °C | -1429.3% |
| 1977 | 0.134 °C | -124.6% |
| 1978 | 0.052 °C | -61.2% |
| 1979 | 0.33 °C | +534.6% |
| 1980 | 0.81 °C | +145.5% |
| 1981 | 0.43 °C | -46.9% |
| 1982 | 0.117 °C | -72.8% |
| 1983 | 0.542 °C | +363.2% |
| 1984 | -0.204 °C | -137.6% |
| 1985 | 0.289 °C | -241.7% |
| 1986 | 0.336 °C | +16.3% |
| 1987 | 0.311 °C | -7.4% |
| 1988 | 0.901 °C | +189.7% |
| 1989 | 0.136 °C | -84.9% |
| 1990 | 0.519 °C | +281.6% |
| 1991 | 0.771 °C | +48.6% |
| 1992 | 0.222 °C | -71.2% |
| 1993 | 0.421 °C | +89.6% |
| 1994 | 0.174 °C | -58.7% |
| 1995 | 0.369 °C | +112.1% |
| 1996 | 0.562 °C | +52.3% |
| 1997 | 0.334 °C | -40.6% |
| 1998 | 1.07 °C | +221.0% |
| 1999 | 0.587 °C | -45.2% |
| 2000 | 0.139 °C | -76.3% |
| 2001 | 0.327 °C | +135.3% |
| 2002 | 0.699 °C | +113.8% |
| 2003 | 0.793 °C | +13.4% |
| 2004 | 0.672 °C | -15.3% |
| 2005 | 1.15 °C | +71.7% |
| 2006 | 0.687 °C | -40.5% |
| 2007 | 0.878 °C | +27.8% |
| 2008 | 0.596 °C | -32.1% |
| 2009 | 0.969 °C | +62.6% |
| 2010 | 0.648 °C | -33.1% |
| 2011 | 0.196 °C | -69.8% |
| 2012 | 0.277 °C | +41.3% |
| 2013 | 1.46 °C | +426.0% |
| 2014 | 1.14 °C | -21.9% |
| 2015 | 1.05 °C | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 1.17 °C | +11.5% |
| 2017 | 1.12 °C | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 1.12 °C | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.42 °C | +26.3% |
| 2020 | 1.41 °C | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.635 °C | -55.0% |
| 2022 | 0.774 °C | +21.9% |
| 2023 | 0.939 °C | +21.3% |
| 2024 | 1.49 °C | +58.1% |
| 2025 | 1.39 °C | -6.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Australia and New Zealand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | -1429.3% | 0.041 °C | -0.545 °C |
| 1972 | +730.8% | 0.013 °C | 0.108 °C |
| 1973 | +658.3% | 0.108 °C | 0.819 °C |
| 1965 | +631.8% | -0.022 °C | 0.117 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0183 °C | -0.25 °C | 0.155 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.062 °C | -0.545 °C | 0.819 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3668 °C | -0.204 °C | 0.901 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5031 °C | 0.174 °C | 1.07 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6914 °C | 0.139 °C | 1.15 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9591 °C | 0.196 °C | 1.46 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.11 °C | 0.635 °C | 1.49 °C | 6 |
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More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 3.18 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 2.93 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 98.34 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 54.4 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Australia and New Zealand?
- Temperature change in Australia and New Zealand was 1.39 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.49 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.545 °C in 1976.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for temperature change?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 124th out of 233 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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).