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 38 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.
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
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 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)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 38.89 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 4.77 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 10.64 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 14.43 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 3.14 million t (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 38 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).