Temperature change in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Temperature change was 0.34 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Solomon Islands, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for temperature change in Solomon Islands is 0.34 °C, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 46.5% on the previous year and down 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Solomon Islands peaked at 0.832 °C in 2016 and was at its lowest, -0.503 °C, in 1965.
Solomon Islands ranks 225th of 233 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Temperature change in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.208 °C | — |
| 1962 | 0.087 °C | -58.2% |
| 1963 | -0.087 °C | -200.0% |
| 1964 | 0.099 °C | -213.8% |
| 1965 | -0.503 °C | -608.1% |
| 1966 | -0.165 °C | -67.2% |
| 1967 | -0.179 °C | +8.5% |
| 1968 | -0.181 °C | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 0.202 °C | -211.6% |
| 1970 | 0.109 °C | -46.0% |
| 1971 | -0.16 °C | -246.8% |
| 1972 | -0.365 °C | +128.1% |
| 1973 | 0.168 °C | -146.0% |
| 1974 | 0.072 °C | -57.1% |
| 1975 | 0.022 °C | -69.4% |
| 1976 | -0.069 °C | -413.6% |
| 1977 | 0.22 °C | -418.8% |
| 1978 | 0.373 °C | +69.5% |
| 1979 | 0.211 °C | -43.4% |
| 1980 | 0.143 °C | -32.2% |
| 1981 | 0.432 °C | +202.1% |
| 1982 | -0.111 °C | -125.7% |
| 1983 | 0.169 °C | -252.3% |
| 1984 | 0.149 °C | -11.8% |
| 1985 | -0.004 °C | -102.7% |
| 1986 | -0.287 °C | +7075.0% |
| 1987 | -0.371 °C | +29.3% |
| 1988 | 0.211 °C | -156.9% |
| 1989 | -0.053 °C | -125.1% |
| 1990 | -0.123 °C | +132.1% |
| 1991 | -0.311 °C | +152.8% |
| 1992 | -0.294 °C | -5.5% |
| 1993 | -0.394 °C | +34.0% |
| 1994 | -0.26 °C | -34.0% |
| 1995 | 0.326 °C | -225.4% |
| 1996 | 0.092 °C | -71.8% |
| 1997 | -0.008 °C | -108.7% |
| 1998 | 0.393 °C | -5012.5% |
| 1999 | -0.027 °C | -106.9% |
| 2000 | 0.333 °C | -1333.3% |
| 2002 | -0.07 °C | -121.0% |
| 2003 | 0.394 °C | -662.9% |
| 2004 | 0.42 °C | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 0.413 °C | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.34 °C | -17.7% |
| 2007 | 0.569 °C | +67.4% |
| 2008 | 0.078 °C | -86.3% |
| 2009 | 0.11 °C | +41.0% |
| 2010 | 0.237 °C | +115.5% |
| 2011 | 0.381 °C | +60.8% |
| 2012 | 0.478 °C | +25.5% |
| 2013 | 0.6 °C | +25.5% |
| 2014 | 0.685 °C | +14.2% |
| 2015 | 0.474 °C | -30.8% |
| 2016 | 0.832 °C | +75.5% |
| 2017 | 0.588 °C | -29.3% |
| 2018 | 0.392 °C | -33.3% |
| 2019 | 0.652 °C | +66.3% |
| 2020 | 0.624 °C | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 0.302 °C | -51.6% |
| 2022 | 0.467 °C | +54.6% |
| 2023 | 0.436 °C | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 0.636 °C | +45.9% |
| 2025 | 0.34 °C | -46.5% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 0.34 °C is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.34 °C, 25% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 0.34 °C is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.01 °C, 33% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Solomon Islands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | -7075.0% | -0.004 °C | -0.287 °C |
| 1998 | +5012.5% | -0.008 °C | 0.393 °C |
| 2000 | +1333.3% | -0.027 °C | 0.333 °C |
| 2003 | +662.9% | -0.07 °C | 0.394 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0577 °C | -0.503 °C | 0.208 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0581 °C | -0.365 °C | 0.373 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0278 °C | -0.371 °C | 0.432 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.0606 °C | -0.394 °C | 0.393 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2874 °C | -0.07 °C | 0.569 °C | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.5319 °C | 0.237 °C | 0.832 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4675 °C | 0.302 °C | 0.636 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 222 Botswana 0.443 °C compare
- 223 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0.429 °C compare
- 224 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 0.341 °C compare
- 226 Ethiopia PDR 0.087 °C compare
- 227 Eritrea 0.012 °C compare
- 228 Serbia and Montenegro 0.006 °C compare
More environment data for Solomon Islands
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8823 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.193 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.3636 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Solomon Islands?
- Temperature change in Solomon Islands was 0.34 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.832 °C in 2016.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.503 °C in 1965.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for temperature change?
- Solomon Islands ranks 225th out of 233 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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).