Temperature change in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Temperature change was 1.44 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Southern Asia, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 1.44 °C for temperature change in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.3% on the previous year and up 37.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Southern Asia peaked at 1.64 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.405 °C, in 1972.
Southern Asia ranks 21st of 33 groups 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.
Temperature change in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -0.137 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.22 °C | +60.6% |
| 1963 | 0.31 °C | -240.9% |
| 1964 | -0.279 °C | -190.0% |
| 1965 | -0.168 °C | -39.8% |
| 1966 | 0.366 °C | -317.9% |
| 1967 | -0.243 °C | -166.4% |
| 1968 | -0.276 °C | +13.6% |
| 1969 | 0.047 °C | -117.0% |
| 1970 | 0.387 °C | +723.4% |
| 1971 | -0.188 °C | -148.6% |
| 1972 | -0.405 °C | +115.4% |
| 1973 | 0.14 °C | -134.6% |
| 1974 | -0.22 °C | -257.1% |
| 1975 | -0.301 °C | +36.8% |
| 1976 | -0.199 °C | -33.9% |
| 1977 | 0.273 °C | -237.2% |
| 1978 | -0.009 °C | -103.3% |
| 1979 | 0.376 °C | -4277.8% |
| 1980 | 0.452 °C | +20.2% |
| 1981 | 0.284 °C | -37.2% |
| 1982 | -0.115 °C | -140.5% |
| 1983 | -0.141 °C | +22.6% |
| 1984 | -0.047 °C | -66.7% |
| 1985 | 0.212 °C | -551.1% |
| 1986 | 0.08 °C | -62.3% |
| 1987 | 0.48 °C | +500.0% |
| 1988 | 0.61 °C | +27.1% |
| 1989 | 0.008 °C | -98.7% |
| 1990 | 0.267 °C | +3237.5% |
| 1991 | 0.147 °C | -44.9% |
| 1992 | -0.258 °C | -275.5% |
| 1993 | 0.155 °C | -160.1% |
| 1994 | 0.335 °C | +116.1% |
| 1995 | 0.342 °C | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.22 °C | -35.7% |
| 1997 | 0.134 °C | -39.1% |
| 1998 | 0.737 °C | +450.0% |
| 1999 | 0.903 °C | +22.5% |
| 2000 | 0.668 °C | -26.0% |
| 2001 | 0.852 °C | +27.5% |
| 2002 | 1.1 °C | +29.6% |
| 2003 | 0.703 °C | -36.3% |
| 2004 | 0.937 °C | +33.3% |
| 2005 | 0.612 °C | -34.7% |
| 2006 | 1.15 °C | +87.6% |
| 2007 | 0.707 °C | -38.4% |
| 2008 | 0.567 °C | -19.8% |
| 2009 | 1.13 °C | +99.3% |
| 2010 | 1.49 °C | +31.9% |
| 2011 | 0.773 °C | -48.1% |
| 2012 | 0.614 °C | -20.6% |
| 2013 | 0.877 °C | +42.8% |
| 2014 | 0.652 °C | -25.7% |
| 2015 | 1.05 °C | +60.9% |
| 2016 | 1.34 °C | +27.9% |
| 2017 | 1.32 °C | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.34 °C | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 1.04 °C | -23.0% |
| 2020 | 0.761 °C | -26.5% |
| 2021 | 1.25 °C | +64.0% |
| 2022 | 1.4 °C | +12.0% |
| 2023 | 1.37 °C | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 1.64 °C | +20.0% |
| 2025 | 1.44 °C | -12.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Southern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +4277.8% | -0.009 °C | 0.376 °C |
| 1990 | +3237.5% | 0.008 °C | 0.267 °C |
| 1970 | +723.4% | 0.047 °C | 0.387 °C |
| 1985 | +551.1% | -0.047 °C | 0.212 °C |
| 1987 | +500.0% | 0.08 °C | 0.48 °C |
| 1998 | +450.0% | 0.134 °C | 0.737 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0667 °C | -0.279 °C | 0.366 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.0146 °C | -0.405 °C | 0.387 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1823 °C | -0.141 °C | 0.61 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2982 °C | -0.258 °C | 0.903 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8428 °C | 0.567 °C | 1.15 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 °C | 0.614 °C | 1.49 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.31 °C | 0.761 °C | 1.64 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 18 Tajikistan 2.32 °C compare
- 18 Polynesia 0.894 °C compare
- 19 Côte d'Ivoire 1.51 °C compare
- 19 France 2.31 °C compare
- 19 Melanesia 0.857 °C compare
- 20 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.825 °C compare
- 20 Spain 2.3 °C compare
- 21 Gibraltar 2.29 °C compare
- 21 Viet Nam 0.817 °C compare
- 22 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.644 °C compare
- 22 Denmark 2.29 °C compare
- 23 Liechtenstein 2.28 °C compare
- 24 Ukraine 2.27 °C compare
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 24.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 18.27 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 13.9 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Southern Asia?
- Temperature change in Southern Asia was 1.44 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.64 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.405 °C in 1972.
- How does Southern Asia rank for temperature change?
- Southern Asia ranks 21st out of 33 groups with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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).