Temperature change in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Temperature change was 1.01 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
China, Hong Kong SAR recorded 1.01 °C for temperature change in 2025.
The figure is down 42.1% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 1.84 °C in 2021 and was at its lowest, -0.772 °C, in 1976.
China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 196th of 233 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Temperature change in China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.061 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.057 °C | -193.4% |
| 1963 | 0.331 °C | -680.7% |
| 1964 | 0.122 °C | -63.1% |
| 1965 | 0.156 °C | +27.9% |
| 1966 | 0.655 °C | +319.9% |
| 1967 | 0.041 °C | -93.7% |
| 1968 | -0.652 °C | -1690.2% |
| 1969 | -0.003 °C | -99.5% |
| 1970 | -0.394 °C | +13033.3% |
| 1971 | -0.184 °C | -53.3% |
| 1972 | -0.14 °C | -23.9% |
| 1973 | 0.426 °C | -404.3% |
| 1974 | -0.344 °C | -180.8% |
| 1975 | 0.159 °C | -146.2% |
| 1976 | -0.772 °C | -585.5% |
| 1977 | 0.162 °C | -121.0% |
| 1978 | 0.005 °C | -96.9% |
| 1979 | 0.018 °C | +260.0% |
| 1980 | 0.258 °C | +1333.3% |
| 1981 | 0.386 °C | +49.6% |
| 1982 | 0.071 °C | -81.6% |
| 1983 | -0.168 °C | -336.6% |
| 1984 | -0.5 °C | +197.6% |
| 1985 | -0.266 °C | -46.8% |
| 1986 | 0.039 °C | -114.7% |
| 1987 | 0.859 °C | +2102.6% |
| 1988 | -0.11 °C | -112.8% |
| 1989 | 0.274 °C | -349.1% |
| 1990 | 0.285 °C | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 0.705 °C | +147.4% |
| 1992 | -0.254 °C | -136.0% |
| 1993 | 0.273 °C | -207.5% |
| 1994 | 0.323 °C | +18.3% |
| 1995 | -0.043 °C | -113.3% |
| 1996 | -0.006 °C | -86.0% |
| 1997 | 0.272 °C | -4633.3% |
| 1998 | 0.898 °C | +230.1% |
| 1999 | 0.954 °C | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 0.292 °C | -69.4% |
| 2001 | 0.827 °C | +183.2% |
| 2002 | 0.933 °C | +12.8% |
| 2003 | 0.96 °C | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.671 °C | -30.1% |
| 2005 | 0.717 °C | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 0.886 °C | +23.6% |
| 2007 | 0.995 °C | +12.3% |
| 2008 | 0.393 °C | -60.5% |
| 2009 | 0.891 °C | +126.7% |
| 2010 | 0.365 °C | -59.0% |
| 2011 | 0.324 °C | -11.2% |
| 2012 | 0.53 °C | +63.6% |
| 2013 | 0.769 °C | +45.1% |
| 2014 | 0.677 °C | -12.0% |
| 2015 | 1.15 °C | +69.4% |
| 2016 | 0.724 °C | -36.9% |
| 2017 | 1.27 °C | +75.7% |
| 2018 | 1.08 °C | -15.2% |
| 2019 | 1.65 °C | +53.3% |
| 2020 | 1.74 °C | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 1.84 °C | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 1.24 °C | -32.6% |
| 2023 | 1.28 °C | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 1.74 °C | +36.1% |
| 2025 | 1.01 °C | -42.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in China, Hong Kong SAR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | -13033.3% | -0.003 °C | -0.394 °C |
| 1997 | +4633.3% | -0.006 °C | 0.272 °C |
| 1987 | +2102.6% | 0.039 °C | 0.859 °C |
| 1968 | -1690.2% | 0.041 °C | -0.652 °C |
| 1980 | +1333.3% | 0.018 °C | 0.258 °C |
| 1963 | +680.7% | -0.057 °C | 0.331 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0727 °C | -0.652 °C | 0.655 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.1064 °C | -0.772 °C | 0.426 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0843 °C | -0.5 °C | 0.859 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3407 °C | -0.254 °C | 0.954 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7565 °C | 0.292 °C | 0.995 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8541 °C | 0.324 °C | 1.65 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.47 °C | 1.01 °C | 1.84 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near China, Hong Kong SAR
- 193 Kiribati 1.02 °C compare
- 194 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1.01 °C compare
- 195 Thailand 1.01 °C compare
- 196 China, Macao SAR 1.01 °C compare
- 198 American Samoa 1 °C compare
- 199 Namibia 0.979 °C compare
More environment data for China, Hong Kong SAR
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 261 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 293 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.57 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.03 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 73 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 219 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 824 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 545 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Temperature change in China, Hong Kong SAR was 1.01 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 1.84 °C in 2021.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.772 °C in 1976.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for temperature change?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 196th out of 233 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR 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).