Temperature change in Iceland
Iceland: Temperature change was 1.47 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Iceland, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 1.47 °C for temperature change in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1,158.1% on the previous year and up 334.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Iceland peaked at 1.75 °C in 2003 and was at its lowest, -1.38 °C, in 1979.
That places Iceland 116th out of 250 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 | -0.1402 °C | -0.939 °C | 1.15 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.1821 °C | -1.38 °C | 0.708 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.2146 °C | -1.04 °C | 0.568 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1384 °C | -0.466 °C | 0.642 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8472 °C | 0.203 °C | 1.75 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 °C | 0.339 °C | 1.62 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8397 °C | 0.117 °C | 1.47 °C | 6 |
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More environment data for Iceland
- Standard Deviation 0.587 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 25,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 25,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 452 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 16 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 74 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 189 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 8,194 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 2,634 t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 3,695 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Iceland?
- Temperature change in Iceland was 1.47 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.75 °C in 2003.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.38 °C in 1979.
- How does Iceland rank for temperature change?
- Iceland ranks 116th out of 250 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 334.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iceland 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).