Temperature change in Colombia
Colombia: Temperature change was 1.59 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Colombia, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for temperature change in Colombia is 1.59 °C, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.1% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Colombia peaked at 2.15 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.401 °C, in 1971.
Colombia ranks 106th of 254 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 Colombia, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.112 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.098 °C | -187.5% |
| 1963 | -0.046 °C | -53.1% |
| 1964 | 0.105 °C | -328.3% |
| 1965 | -0.155 °C | -247.6% |
| 1966 | 0.107 °C | -169.0% |
| 1967 | -0.302 °C | -382.2% |
| 1968 | -0.252 °C | -16.6% |
| 1969 | 0.331 °C | -231.3% |
| 1970 | 0.042 °C | -87.3% |
| 1971 | -0.401 °C | -1054.8% |
| 1972 | -0.036 °C | -91.0% |
| 1973 | 0.376 °C | -1144.4% |
| 1974 | -0.288 °C | -176.6% |
| 1975 | -0.279 °C | -3.1% |
| 1976 | -0.22 °C | -21.1% |
| 1977 | 0.252 °C | -214.5% |
| 1978 | 0.142 °C | -43.7% |
| 1979 | 0.166 °C | +16.9% |
| 1980 | 0.438 °C | +163.9% |
| 1981 | 0.144 °C | -67.1% |
| 1982 | 0.202 °C | +40.3% |
| 1983 | 0.623 °C | +208.4% |
| 1984 | -0.207 °C | -133.2% |
| 1985 | -0.007 °C | -96.6% |
| 1986 | 0.023 °C | -428.6% |
| 1987 | 0.584 °C | +2439.1% |
| 1988 | 0.353 °C | -39.6% |
| 1989 | -0.025 °C | -107.1% |
| 1990 | 0.319 °C | -1376.0% |
| 1991 | 0.474 °C | +48.6% |
| 1992 | 0.644 °C | +35.9% |
| 1993 | 0.354 °C | -45.0% |
| 1994 | 0.315 °C | -11.0% |
| 1995 | 0.601 °C | +90.8% |
| 1996 | 0.241 °C | -59.9% |
| 1997 | 0.626 °C | +159.8% |
| 1998 | 1.02 °C | +63.6% |
| 1999 | 0.043 °C | -95.8% |
| 2000 | 0.043 °C | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.497 °C | +1055.8% |
| 2002 | 0.75 °C | +50.9% |
| 2003 | 0.801 °C | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 0.675 °C | -15.7% |
| 2005 | 0.839 °C | +24.3% |
| 2006 | 0.684 °C | -18.5% |
| 2007 | 0.757 °C | +10.7% |
| 2008 | 0.502 °C | -33.7% |
| 2009 | 0.991 °C | +97.4% |
| 2010 | 1.15 °C | +15.6% |
| 2011 | 0.6 °C | -47.6% |
| 2012 | 0.793 °C | +32.2% |
| 2013 | 0.97 °C | +22.3% |
| 2014 | 0.973 °C | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.43 °C | +47.4% |
| 2016 | 1.34 °C | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 1.06 °C | -21.1% |
| 2018 | 1.29 °C | +21.4% |
| 2019 | 1.62 °C | +25.6% |
| 2020 | 1.72 °C | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 1.21 °C | -29.6% |
| 2022 | 1.07 °C | -11.6% |
| 2023 | 1.69 °C | +57.9% |
| 2024 | 2.15 °C | +27.3% |
| 2025 | 1.59 °C | -26.1% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 1.59 °C is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.4 °C, 1.1× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 1.59 °C is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.36 °C, 1.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Colombia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +2439.1% | 0.023 °C | 0.584 °C |
| 1990 | +1376.0% | -0.025 °C | 0.319 °C |
| 1973 | +1144.4% | -0.036 °C | 0.376 °C |
| 1971 | -1054.8% | 0.042 °C | -0.401 °C |
| 2001 | +1055.8% | 0.043 °C | 0.497 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.022 °C | -0.302 °C | 0.331 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.0246 °C | -0.401 °C | 0.376 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2128 °C | -0.207 °C | 0.623 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4641 °C | 0.043 °C | 1.02 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6539 °C | 0.043 °C | 0.991 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.12 °C | 0.6 °C | 1.62 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.57 °C | 1.07 °C | 2.15 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 103 Mexico 1.62 °C compare
- 104 Costa Rica 1.61 °C compare
- 105 Norfolk Island 1.6 °C compare
- 107 Comoros 1.59 °C compare
- 108 Saudi Arabia 1.58 °C compare
- 109 Pakistan 1.58 °C compare
More environment data for Colombia
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.88 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.6607 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4233 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.2774 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.267 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 32.42 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Colombia?
- Temperature change in Colombia was 1.59 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.15 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.401 °C in 1971.
- How does Colombia rank for temperature change?
- Colombia ranks 106th out of 254 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Colombia 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).