Temperature change in Cook Islands

Cook Islands: Temperature change was 0.886 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)
0.886 °C
Change on year
up 12.7%
World rank
219th
of 250 countries
All-time high
1.21 °C
in 1998
All-time low
-0.366 °C
in 1968
Years of data
65
1961–2025

Temperature change in Cook Islands, 1961–2025

-0.500.51196119932025

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.

Analysis

Cook Islands recorded 0.886 °C for temperature change in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.7% on the previous year and up 1,708.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, temperature change in Cook Islands peaked at 1.21 °C in 1998 and was at its lowest, -0.366 °C, in 1968.

Cook Islands ranks 219th of 250 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s -0.0763 °C -0.366 °C 0.208 °C 9
1970s 0.0156 °C -0.295 °C 0.455 °C 10
1980s 0.1682 °C 0.053 °C 0.371 °C 10
1990s 0.5198 °C 0.046 °C 1.21 °C 10
2000s 0.7043 °C 0.521 °C 0.824 °C 10
2010s 0.7313 °C 0.049 °C 1.15 °C 10
2020s 0.8107 °C 0.436 °C 1.05 °C 6

Countries ranked near Cook Islands

  1. 216 Maldives 0.911 °C compare
  2. 217 Philippines 0.905 °C compare
  3. 218 Polynesia 0.894 °C compare
  4. 220 French Southern Territories 0.866 °C compare
  5. 221 French Polynesia 0.863 °C compare
  6. 222 Tonga 0.858 °C compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is temperature change in Cook Islands?
Temperature change in Cook Islands was 0.886 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest temperature change recorded in Cook Islands?
The highest recorded value was 1.21 °C in 1998.
What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Cook Islands?
The lowest recorded value was -0.366 °C in 1968.
How does Cook Islands rank for temperature change?
Cook Islands ranks 219th out of 250 countries with data for 2025.
Is temperature change rising or falling in Cook Islands?
Over the last ten years it is up 1,708.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Cook Islands 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

Indicator
Temperature change
Unit
°C
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
288 places, 16,949 data points, 1961–2025
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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).