Temperature change in Thailand
Thailand: Temperature change was 1.01 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Thailand, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 1.01 °C for temperature change in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.7% on the previous year and down 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Thailand peaked at 2.05 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.544 °C, in 1976.
Thailand ranks 210th of 254 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -0.141 °C | — |
| 1962 | -0.141 °C | -0.0% |
| 1963 | -0.312 °C | +121.3% |
| 1964 | -0.023 °C | -92.6% |
| 1965 | -0.216 °C | +839.1% |
| 1966 | 0.406 °C | -288.0% |
| 1967 | -0.047 °C | -111.6% |
| 1968 | -0.121 °C | +157.4% |
| 1969 | 0.458 °C | -478.5% |
| 1970 | -0.004 °C | -100.9% |
| 1971 | -0.489 °C | +12125.0% |
| 1972 | 0.028 °C | -105.7% |
| 1973 | 0.354 °C | +1164.3% |
| 1974 | -0.483 °C | -236.4% |
| 1975 | 0.059 °C | -112.2% |
| 1976 | -0.544 °C | -1022.0% |
| 1977 | 0.056 °C | -110.3% |
| 1978 | 0.235 °C | +319.6% |
| 1979 | 0.532 °C | +126.4% |
| 1980 | 0.452 °C | -15.0% |
| 1981 | 0.267 °C | -40.9% |
| 1982 | 0.1 °C | -62.5% |
| 1983 | 0.4 °C | +300.0% |
| 1984 | 0.068 °C | -83.0% |
| 1985 | 0.259 °C | +280.9% |
| 1986 | 0.047 °C | -81.9% |
| 1987 | 0.738 °C | +1470.2% |
| 1988 | 0.255 °C | -65.4% |
| 1989 | 0.289 °C | +13.3% |
| 1990 | 0.508 °C | +75.8% |
| 1991 | 0.639 °C | +25.8% |
| 1992 | 0.337 °C | -47.3% |
| 1993 | 0.281 °C | -16.6% |
| 1994 | 0.333 °C | +18.5% |
| 1995 | 0.646 °C | +94.0% |
| 1996 | 0.199 °C | -69.2% |
| 1997 | 0.35 °C | +75.9% |
| 1998 | 1.4 °C | +299.1% |
| 1999 | 0.368 °C | -73.7% |
| 2000 | -0.014 °C | -103.8% |
| 2001 | 0.579 °C | -4235.7% |
| 2002 | 0.59 °C | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.724 °C | +22.7% |
| 2004 | 0.461 °C | -36.3% |
| 2005 | 0.805 °C | +74.6% |
| 2006 | 0.603 °C | -25.1% |
| 2007 | 0.467 °C | -22.6% |
| 2008 | 0.327 °C | -30.0% |
| 2009 | 0.429 °C | +31.2% |
| 2010 | 1.24 °C | +188.1% |
| 2011 | 0.194 °C | -84.3% |
| 2012 | 0.857 °C | +341.8% |
| 2013 | 1.07 °C | +25.1% |
| 2014 | 0.665 °C | -38.0% |
| 2015 | 1.24 °C | +87.1% |
| 2016 | 1.55 °C | +24.4% |
| 2017 | 1.13 °C | -27.1% |
| 2018 | 0.883 °C | -21.7% |
| 2019 | 1.78 °C | +101.8% |
| 2020 | 1.54 °C | -13.4% |
| 2021 | 1.05 °C | -31.8% |
| 2022 | 0.943 °C | -10.4% |
| 2023 | 1.47 °C | +56.0% |
| 2024 | 2.05 °C | +39.6% |
| 2025 | 1.01 °C | -50.7% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 1.01 °C is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.4 °C, 72% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 1.01 °C is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.01 °C, 100% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | -12125.0% | -0.004 °C | -0.489 °C |
| 2001 | +4235.7% | -0.014 °C | 0.579 °C |
| 1987 | +1470.2% | 0.047 °C | 0.738 °C |
| 1973 | +1164.3% | 0.028 °C | 0.354 °C |
| 1976 | -1022.0% | 0.059 °C | -0.544 °C |
| 1965 | -839.1% | -0.023 °C | -0.216 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0152 °C | -0.312 °C | 0.458 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.0256 °C | -0.544 °C | 0.532 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2875 °C | 0.047 °C | 0.738 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5058 °C | 0.199 °C | 1.4 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4971 °C | -0.014 °C | 0.805 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 °C | 0.194 °C | 1.78 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.35 °C | 0.943 °C | 2.05 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 207 Vanuatu 1.02 °C compare
- 208 Kiribati 1.02 °C compare
- 209 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1.01 °C compare
- 211 China, Hong Kong SAR 1.01 °C compare
- 211 China, Macao SAR 1.01 °C compare
- 213 American Samoa 1 °C compare
More environment data for Thailand
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.0112 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 1.57 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2006)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 8.48 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Thailand?
- Temperature change in Thailand was 1.01 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 2.05 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.544 °C in 1976.
- How does Thailand rank for temperature change?
- Thailand ranks 210th out of 254 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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).