Temperature change in Australia
Australia: Temperature change was 1.4 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Australia, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for temperature change in Australia is 1.4 °C, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 7.5% on the previous year and up 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Australia peaked at 1.51 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.546 °C, in 1976.
Australia ranks 130th of 250 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0122 °C | -0.251 °C | 0.168 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0562 °C | -0.546 °C | 0.841 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3703 °C | -0.217 °C | 0.914 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5145 °C | 0.183 °C | 1.07 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7042 °C | 0.134 °C | 1.18 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9678 °C | 0.18 °C | 1.47 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.11 °C | 0.626 °C | 1.51 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More environment data for Australia
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.63 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 3.61 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 51,999 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 4,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 450,829 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 806,085 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 587,995 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 484,839 t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 346,444 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Australia?
- Temperature change in Australia was 1.4 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.51 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.546 °C in 1976.
- How does Australia rank for temperature change?
- Australia ranks 130th out of 250 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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).