Temperature change in Nigeria
Nigeria: Temperature change was 1.15 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Nigeria, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for temperature change in Nigeria is 1.15 °C, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 18.7% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Nigeria peaked at 1.62 °C in 2021 and was at its lowest, -0.383 °C, in 1989.
Nigeria ranks 179th 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 | -0.074 °C | -0.34 °C | 0.369 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1739 °C | -0.301 °C | 0.822 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3921 °C | -0.383 °C | 0.838 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.571 °C | -0.083 °C | 1.06 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8303 °C | 0.263 °C | 1.31 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.08 °C | 0.553 °C | 1.45 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.28 °C | 0.874 °C | 1.62 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 176 Sao Tome and Principe 1.16 °C compare
- 177 Puerto Rico 1.16 °C compare
- 178 Sudan (former) 1.15 °C compare
- 179 British Virgin Islands 1.15 °C compare
- 181 Cameroon 1.15 °C compare
- 182 Anguilla 1.15 °C compare
More environment data for Nigeria
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 20,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 43,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 13,147 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 4,365 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 1,451 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 2,057 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 68,007 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 57,973 t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 216,140 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Nigeria?
- Temperature change in Nigeria was 1.15 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.62 °C in 2021.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.383 °C in 1989.
- How does Nigeria rank for temperature change?
- Nigeria ranks 179th out of 250 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nigeria 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).