Temperature change in Europe
Europe: Temperature change was 2.71 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Europe, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for temperature change in Europe is 2.71 °C, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 13.5% on the previous year and up 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Europe peaked at 3.35 °C in 2020 and was at its lowest, -1.01 °C, in 1969.
That places Europe 3rd out of 38 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
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 | 0.0341 °C | -1.01 °C | 0.892 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.091 °C | -0.563 °C | 0.84 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2493 °C | -0.608 °C | 1.03 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8013 °C | 0.184 °C | 1.83 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.38 °C | 0.667 °C | 2.3 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.75 °C | 0.805 °C | 2.28 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.45 °C | 1.58 °C | 3.35 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 3.92 °C compare
- 2 Kazakhstan 3.29 °C compare
- 3 Kyrgyzstan 2.97 °C compare
- 4 Canada 2.96 °C compare
- 5 Finland 2.94 °C compare
- 6 Russian Federation 2.87 °C compare
More environment data for Europe
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 27,700 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 170,878 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 37.54 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 7.72 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.21 g/Int$ (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 15,732 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.35 million 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Europe?
- Temperature change in Europe was 2.71 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 3.35 °C in 2020.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.01 °C in 1969.
- How does Europe rank for temperature change?
- Europe ranks 3rd out of 38 groups with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe 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).