Temperature change in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Temperature change was 1.16 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Puerto Rico, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in Puerto Rico stood at 1.16 °C.
That represents a change of down 25.8% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Puerto Rico peaked at 1.56 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.436 °C, in 1976.
Puerto Rico ranks 177th 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 | -0.0529 °C | -0.345 °C | 0.379 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.0696 °C | -0.436 °C | 0.26 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.317 °C | -0.06 °C | 0.62 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.526 °C | 0.274 °C | 1.13 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6473 °C | 0.162 °C | 0.947 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7703 °C | 0.374 °C | 1.05 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.12 °C | 0.765 °C | 1.56 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 174 Guadeloupe 1.17 °C compare
- 175 Madagascar 1.17 °C compare
- 176 Sao Tome and Principe 1.16 °C compare
- 178 Sudan (former) 1.15 °C compare
- 179 British Virgin Islands 1.15 °C compare
- 179 Nigeria 1.15 °C compare
More environment data for Puerto Rico
- Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 864.98 million SLC (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 1.1 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 5.77 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 0.6793 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 5.77 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 1.1 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 10.38 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 0.6901 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 864.98 million USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Puerto Rico?
- Temperature change in Puerto Rico was 1.16 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 1.56 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.436 °C in 1976.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for temperature change?
- Puerto Rico ranks 177th out of 250 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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).