Temperature change in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Temperature change was 1.61 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Northern Africa, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 1.61 °C for temperature change in 2025.
That represents a change of down 27.2% on the previous year and up 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Northern Africa peaked at 2.21 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.489 °C, in 1976.
That places Northern Africa 18th out of 38 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0588 °C | -0.318 °C | 0.406 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.1023 °C | -0.489 °C | 0.492 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2634 °C | 0.037 °C | 0.792 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5365 °C | -0.26 °C | 1.02 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9551 °C | 0.513 °C | 1.14 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.27 °C | 0.974 °C | 1.96 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.68 °C | 1.18 °C | 2.21 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 27.72 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.57 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.41 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 789,689 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 787,239 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 218,303 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Northern Africa?
- Temperature change in Northern Africa was 1.61 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.21 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.489 °C in 1976.
- How does Northern Africa rank for temperature change?
- Northern Africa ranks 18th out of 38 groups with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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).