Temperature change in Malawi

Malawi: Temperature change was 1.07 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)
1.07 °C
Change on year
down 34.0%
World rank
192nd
of 250 countries
All-time high
1.62 °C
in 2024
All-time low
-0.517 °C
in 1965
Years of data
65
1961–2025

Temperature change in Malawi, 1961–2025

-0.500.511.5196119932025

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 192nd 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 189 Chad 1.1 °C compare
  2. 190 Gabon 1.09 °C compare
  3. 191 Micronesia 1.08 °C compare
  4. 193 Zimbabwe 1.06 °C compare
  5. 194 United Republic of Tanzania 1.06 °C compare
  6. 195 Czechoslovakia 1.06 °C compare

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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 192nd out of 250 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

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
Last refreshed

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).