Temperature change in New Zealand
New Zealand: Temperature change was 1.23 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in New Zealand, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in New Zealand stood at 1.23 °C.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 59.9% on the previous year and up 144.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in New Zealand peaked at 1.27 °C in 2022 and was at its lowest, -0.663 °C, in 1992.
New Zealand ranks 164th of 250 countries on this measure, 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 | -0.1917 °C | -0.449 °C | 0.591 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2291 °C | -0.514 °C | 0.674 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2623 °C | -0.307 °C | 0.769 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1798 °C | -0.663 °C | 1.03 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3229 °C | 0.037 °C | 0.584 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7138 °C | 0.118 °C | 1.15 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 °C | 0.766 °C | 1.27 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 161 Wallis and Futuna Islands 1.23 °C compare
- 162 Uganda 1.23 °C compare
- 163 Mozambique 1.23 °C compare
- 165 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1.21 °C compare
- 165 Sudan 1.21 °C compare
- 167 Martinique 1.2 °C compare
More environment data for New Zealand
- Standard Deviation 0.379 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 341,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1.38 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 15,836 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 21,938 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 175,467 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 276,479 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 279,819 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 303,161 t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 62,380 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in New Zealand?
- Temperature change in New Zealand was 1.23 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 °C in 2022.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.663 °C in 1992.
- How does New Zealand rank for temperature change?
- New Zealand ranks 164th out of 250 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 144.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand 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).