Temperature change in South Africa
South Africa: Temperature change was 1.05 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in South Africa, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for temperature change in South Africa is 1.05 °C, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 32.5% on the previous year and down 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in South Africa peaked at 1.98 °C in 2019 and was at its lowest, -0.519 °C, in 1976.
South Africa ranks 36th of 38 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 | 0.0632 °C | -0.393 °C | 0.271 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0145 °C | -0.519 °C | 0.338 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3287 °C | -0.355 °C | 0.707 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5043 °C | -0.158 °C | 1.08 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7195 °C | 0.248 °C | 1.16 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.15 °C | 0.547 °C | 1.98 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 °C | 0.867 °C | 1.55 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More environment data for South Africa
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1.18 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 2.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 30,837 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 7,586 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 272,220 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 385,631 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 516,696 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 472,308 t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 266,572 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in South Africa?
- Temperature change in South Africa was 1.05 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.98 °C in 2019.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.519 °C in 1976.
- How does South Africa rank for temperature change?
- South Africa ranks 36th out of 38 groups with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South 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).