Temperature change in Malawi
Malawi: Temperature change was 1.07 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Malawi, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 1.07 °C for temperature change in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 34.0% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Malawi peaked at 1.62 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.517 °C, in 1965.
That places Malawi 194th out of 254 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.
Temperature change in Malawi, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.334 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.154 °C | -146.1% |
| 1963 | -0.39 °C | +153.2% |
| 1964 | -0.275 °C | -29.5% |
| 1965 | -0.517 °C | +88.0% |
| 1966 | 0.165 °C | -131.9% |
| 1967 | 0.091 °C | -44.8% |
| 1968 | -0.259 °C | -384.6% |
| 1969 | 0.288 °C | -211.2% |
| 1970 | 0.165 °C | -42.7% |
| 1971 | -0.228 °C | -238.2% |
| 1972 | 0.063 °C | -127.6% |
| 1973 | 0.333 °C | +428.6% |
| 1974 | -0.31 °C | -193.1% |
| 1975 | -0.138 °C | -55.5% |
| 1976 | -0.079 °C | -42.8% |
| 1977 | 0.499 °C | -731.6% |
| 1978 | 0.262 °C | -47.5% |
| 1979 | 0.088 °C | -66.4% |
| 1980 | 0.213 °C | +142.0% |
| 1981 | -0.193 °C | -190.6% |
| 1982 | -0.006 °C | -96.9% |
| 1983 | 0.851 °C | -14283.3% |
| 1984 | 0.243 °C | -71.4% |
| 1985 | -0.023 °C | -109.5% |
| 1986 | 0.187 °C | -913.0% |
| 1987 | 0.614 °C | +228.3% |
| 1988 | 0.77 °C | +25.4% |
| 1989 | 0.268 °C | -65.2% |
| 1990 | 0.702 °C | +161.9% |
| 1991 | 0.265 °C | -62.3% |
| 1992 | 0.662 °C | +149.8% |
| 1993 | 0.104 °C | -84.3% |
| 1994 | 0.194 °C | +86.5% |
| 1995 | 0.772 °C | +297.9% |
| 1996 | 0.587 °C | -24.0% |
| 1997 | 0.65 °C | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 1.02 °C | +56.6% |
| 1999 | 0.247 °C | -75.7% |
| 2000 | 0.769 °C | +211.3% |
| 2001 | 0.654 °C | -15.0% |
| 2002 | 0.813 °C | +24.3% |
| 2003 | 0.983 °C | +20.9% |
| 2004 | 0.702 °C | -28.6% |
| 2005 | 1.31 °C | +86.3% |
| 2006 | 0.942 °C | -28.0% |
| 2007 | 0.952 °C | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.389 °C | -59.1% |
| 2009 | 0.559 °C | +43.7% |
| 2010 | 1.05 °C | +88.4% |
| 2011 | 0.667 °C | -36.7% |
| 2012 | 0.782 °C | +17.2% |
| 2013 | 0.614 °C | -21.5% |
| 2014 | 0.81 °C | +31.9% |
| 2015 | 0.841 °C | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 1.07 °C | +26.8% |
| 2017 | 0.833 °C | -21.9% |
| 2018 | 0.801 °C | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 0.87 °C | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 1.13 °C | +29.7% |
| 2021 | 0.973 °C | -13.7% |
| 2022 | 1.05 °C | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 1.2 °C | +14.6% |
| 2024 | 1.62 °C | +34.4% |
| 2025 | 1.07 °C | -34.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 1.07 °C is below the median for low income countries, which is 1.28 °C, 84% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 1.07 °C is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.22 °C, 88% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Malawi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +14283.3% | -0.006 °C | 0.851 °C |
| 1986 | +913.0% | -0.023 °C | 0.187 °C |
| 1977 | +731.6% | -0.079 °C | 0.499 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0797 °C | -0.517 °C | 0.334 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0655 °C | -0.31 °C | 0.499 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2924 °C | -0.193 °C | 0.851 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5201 °C | 0.104 °C | 1.02 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8071 °C | 0.389 °C | 1.31 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8337 °C | 0.614 °C | 1.07 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.17 °C | 0.973 °C | 1.62 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 191 Chad 1.1 °C compare
- 192 Gabon 1.09 °C compare
- 193 Micronesia 1.08 °C compare
- 195 Zimbabwe 1.06 °C compare
- 196 United Republic of Tanzania 1.06 °C compare
- 197 Czechoslovakia 1.06 °C compare
More environment data for Malawi
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % 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 0.0833 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.9153 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8098 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 19.62 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 Malawi?
- Temperature change in Malawi was 1.07 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.62 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.517 °C in 1965.
- How does Malawi rank for temperature change?
- Malawi ranks 194th out of 254 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi 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).