Temperature change in Nepal
Nepal: Temperature change was 1.43 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Nepal, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 1.43 °C for temperature change in 2025. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.7% on the previous year and up 85.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Nepal peaked at 1.43 °C in 2025 and was at its lowest, -0.509 °C, in 1971.
That places Nepal 124th out of 254 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.
Temperature change in Nepal, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.105 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.453 °C | -531.4% |
| 1963 | -0.179 °C | -60.5% |
| 1964 | 0.171 °C | -195.5% |
| 1965 | -0.35 °C | -304.7% |
| 1966 | 0.316 °C | -190.3% |
| 1967 | -0.26 °C | -182.3% |
| 1968 | -0.405 °C | +55.8% |
| 1969 | 0.112 °C | -127.7% |
| 1970 | 0.113 °C | +0.9% |
| 1971 | -0.509 °C | -550.4% |
| 1972 | 0.076 °C | -114.9% |
| 1973 | 0.303 °C | +298.7% |
| 1974 | 0.23 °C | -24.1% |
| 1975 | -0.042 °C | -118.3% |
| 1976 | 0.052 °C | -223.8% |
| 1977 | 0.073 °C | +40.4% |
| 1978 | -0.321 °C | -539.7% |
| 1979 | 0.43 °C | -234.0% |
| 1980 | 0.211 °C | -50.9% |
| 1981 | 0.007 °C | -96.7% |
| 1982 | -0.103 °C | -1571.4% |
| 1983 | -0.363 °C | +252.4% |
| 1984 | -0.031 °C | -91.5% |
| 1985 | 0.352 °C | -1235.5% |
| 1986 | -0.052 °C | -114.8% |
| 1987 | 0.345 °C | -763.5% |
| 1988 | 0.572 °C | +65.8% |
| 1989 | 0.097 °C | -83.0% |
| 1990 | -0.015 °C | -115.5% |
| 1991 | 0.111 °C | -840.0% |
| 1992 | -0.013 °C | -111.7% |
| 1993 | -0.152 °C | +1069.2% |
| 1994 | 0.187 °C | -223.0% |
| 1995 | 0.368 °C | +96.8% |
| 1996 | 0.262 °C | -28.8% |
| 1997 | -0.388 °C | -248.1% |
| 1998 | 0.384 °C | -199.0% |
| 1999 | 0.708 °C | +84.4% |
| 2000 | 0.17 °C | -76.0% |
| 2001 | 0.525 °C | +208.8% |
| 2002 | 0.619 °C | +17.9% |
| 2003 | 0.364 °C | -41.2% |
| 2004 | 0.462 °C | +26.9% |
| 2005 | 0.839 °C | +81.6% |
| 2006 | 0.969 °C | +15.5% |
| 2007 | 0.622 °C | -35.8% |
| 2008 | 0.458 °C | -26.4% |
| 2009 | 1.23 °C | +169.4% |
| 2010 | 1.26 °C | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.33 °C | -73.8% |
| 2012 | 0.52 °C | +57.6% |
| 2013 | 0.289 °C | -44.4% |
| 2014 | 0.425 °C | +47.1% |
| 2015 | 0.771 °C | +81.4% |
| 2016 | 1.32 °C | +71.2% |
| 2017 | 1.29 °C | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.785 °C | -39.2% |
| 2019 | 0.815 °C | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 0.295 °C | -63.8% |
| 2021 | 0.655 °C | +122.0% |
| 2022 | 0.964 °C | +47.2% |
| 2023 | 1.17 °C | +21.5% |
| 2024 | 1.3 °C | +11.3% |
| 2025 | 1.43 °C | +9.7% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 1.43 °C is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.34 °C, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 1.43 °C is above the median for South Asia, which is 1.19 °C, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Nepal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | -1571.4% | 0.007 °C | -0.103 °C |
| 1985 | +1235.5% | -0.031 °C | 0.352 °C |
| 1993 | -1069.2% | -0.013 °C | -0.152 °C |
| 1991 | +840.0% | -0.015 °C | 0.111 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.1048 °C | -0.453 °C | 0.316 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0405 °C | -0.509 °C | 0.43 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1035 °C | -0.363 °C | 0.572 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1452 °C | -0.388 °C | 0.708 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6262 °C | 0.17 °C | 1.23 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7808 °C | 0.289 °C | 1.32 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9695 °C | 0.295 °C | 1.43 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 121 Belgium-Luxembourg 1.44 °C compare
- 121 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.44 °C compare
- 123 Myanmar 1.43 °C compare
- 125 Liberia 1.42 °C compare
- 126 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 1.42 °C compare
- 127 Cuba 1.4 °C compare
- 127 Libya 1.4 °C compare
More environment data for Nepal
- 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 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.0606 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 12.52 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 41.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Nepal?
- Temperature change in Nepal was 1.43 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 °C in 2025.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.509 °C in 1971.
- How does Nepal rank for temperature change?
- Nepal ranks 124th out of 254 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 85.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nepal 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).