Temperature change in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: Temperature change was 0.834 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)
0.834 °C
Change on year
down 20.2%
World rank
226th
of 250 countries
All-time high
1.04 °C
in 2024
All-time low
-0.505 °C
in 1965
Years of data
65
1961–2025

Temperature change in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2025

-0.500.51196119932025

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.

Analysis

In 2025, temperature change in Papua New Guinea stood at 0.834 °C.

That represents a change of down 20.2% on the previous year and up 343.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, temperature change in Papua New Guinea peaked at 1.04 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.505 °C, in 1965.

That places Papua New Guinea 226th 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 -0.0752 °C -0.505 °C 0.207 °C 9
1970s -0.0116 °C -0.349 °C 0.214 °C 10
1980s 0.2118 °C -0.147 °C 0.541 °C 10
1990s 0.2862 °C -0.093 °C 0.86 °C 10
2000s 0.3012 °C 0.122 °C 0.523 °C 10
2010s 0.431 °C 0.055 °C 0.834 °C 10
2020s 0.8587 °C 0.529 °C 1.04 °C 6

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 223 Melanesia 0.857 °C compare
  2. 224 Sri Lanka 0.849 °C compare
  3. 225 Tuvalu 0.836 °C compare
  4. 227 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.825 °C compare
  5. 228 Chile 0.82 °C compare
  6. 229 Viet Nam 0.817 °C compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is temperature change in Papua New Guinea?
Temperature change in Papua New Guinea was 0.834 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest temperature change recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 °C in 2024.
What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was -0.505 °C in 1965.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for temperature change?
Papua New Guinea ranks 226th out of 250 countries with data for 2025.
Is temperature change rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is up 343.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Papua New Guinea 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).