Temperature change in Lesotho
Lesotho: Temperature change was 0.783 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Lesotho, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.783 °C for temperature change in 2025.
That represents a change of down 38.9% on the previous year and down 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Lesotho peaked at 1.74 °C in 2016 and was at its lowest, -0.47 °C, in 1976.
That places Lesotho 230th out of 250 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 | 0.0472 °C | -0.418 °C | 0.466 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0122 °C | -0.47 °C | 0.418 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3717 °C | -0.309 °C | 0.989 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5295 °C | -0.292 °C | 1.15 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6455 °C | 0.234 °C | 1.1 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9815 °C | 0.293 °C | 1.74 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8917 °C | 0.728 °C | 1.28 °C | 6 |
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More environment data for Lesotho
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 3,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 3,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 48 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 11 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 26 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 42 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 2,883 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 4,198 t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 1,972 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Lesotho?
- Temperature change in Lesotho was 0.783 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1.74 °C in 2016.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.47 °C in 1976.
- How does Lesotho rank for temperature change?
- Lesotho ranks 230th out of 250 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho 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).