Temperature change in Palestine
Palestine: Temperature change was 1.7 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Palestine, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in Palestine stood at 1.7 °C.
The figure is down 23.5% on the previous year and up 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Palestine peaked at 2.37 °C in 2010 and was at its lowest, -1.05 °C, in 1983.
That places Palestine 87th out of 233 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Palestine, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -0.116 °C | — |
| 1962 | 0.868 °C | -848.3% |
| 1963 | 0.851 °C | -2.0% |
| 1964 | -0.622 °C | -173.1% |
| 1965 | -0.025 °C | -96.0% |
| 1966 | 0.625 °C | -2600.0% |
| 1967 | -0.891 °C | -242.6% |
| 1968 | -0.069 °C | -92.3% |
| 1969 | 0.271 °C | -492.8% |
| 1970 | 0.226 °C | -16.6% |
| 1971 | -0.313 °C | -238.5% |
| 1972 | -0.468 °C | +49.5% |
| 1973 | -0.451 °C | -3.6% |
| 1974 | -0.231 °C | -48.8% |
| 1975 | -0.383 °C | +65.8% |
| 1976 | -0.547 °C | +42.8% |
| 1977 | 0.028 °C | -105.1% |
| 1978 | -0.055 °C | -296.4% |
| 1979 | 0.628 °C | -1241.8% |
| 1980 | -0.182 °C | -129.0% |
| 1981 | -0.197 °C | +8.2% |
| 1982 | -0.543 °C | +175.6% |
| 1983 | -1.05 °C | +92.8% |
| 1984 | -0.18 °C | -82.8% |
| 1985 | 0.038 °C | -121.1% |
| 1986 | 0.075 °C | +97.4% |
| 1987 | -0.29 °C | -486.7% |
| 1988 | 0.043 °C | -114.8% |
| 1989 | -0.163 °C | -479.1% |
| 1990 | -0.089 °C | -45.4% |
| 1991 | 0.435 °C | -588.8% |
| 1992 | -1 °C | -330.8% |
| 1993 | -0.319 °C | -68.2% |
| 1994 | 0.866 °C | -371.5% |
| 1995 | -0.103 °C | -111.9% |
| 1996 | 0.398 °C | -486.4% |
| 1997 | -0.063 °C | -115.8% |
| 1998 | 0.949 °C | -1606.3% |
| 1999 | 0.955 °C | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.319 °C | -66.6% |
| 2001 | 0.928 °C | +190.9% |
| 2002 | 0.779 °C | -16.1% |
| 2003 | 0.602 °C | -22.7% |
| 2004 | 0.596 °C | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.26 °C | -56.4% |
| 2006 | 0.675 °C | +159.6% |
| 2007 | 0.587 °C | -13.0% |
| 2008 | 0.821 °C | +39.9% |
| 2009 | 0.879 °C | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 2.37 °C | +170.0% |
| 2011 | 0.589 °C | -75.2% |
| 2012 | 1.04 °C | +76.9% |
| 2013 | 1.12 °C | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 0.91 °C | -19.1% |
| 2015 | 1.4 °C | +53.5% |
| 2016 | 1.71 °C | +22.3% |
| 2017 | 0.833 °C | -51.3% |
| 2018 | 2.06 °C | +147.8% |
| 2019 | 1.2 °C | -41.7% |
| 2020 | 1.44 °C | +19.8% |
| 2021 | 1.78 °C | +23.3% |
| 2022 | 1.01 °C | -43.1% |
| 2023 | 1.85 °C | +83.3% |
| 2024 | 2.23 °C | +19.9% |
| 2025 | 1.7 °C | -23.5% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 1.7 °C is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.34 °C, 1.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 1.7 °C is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.7 °C, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Palestine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +2600.0% | -0.025 °C | 0.625 °C |
| 1998 | +1606.3% | -0.063 °C | 0.949 °C |
| 1979 | +1241.8% | -0.055 °C | 0.628 °C |
| 1962 | +848.3% | -0.116 °C | 0.868 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0991 °C | -0.891 °C | 0.868 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.1566 °C | -0.547 °C | 0.628 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.2446 °C | -1.05 °C | 0.075 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2025 °C | -1 °C | 0.955 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6446 °C | 0.26 °C | 0.928 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.32 °C | 0.589 °C | 2.37 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.67 °C | 1.01 °C | 2.23 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
- 84 Armenia 1.74 °C compare
- 85 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.72 °C compare
- 86 French Guiana 1.71 °C compare
- 88 Israel 1.69 °C compare
- 89 New Caledonia 1.69 °C compare
- 90 Bangladesh 1.67 °C compare
More environment data for Palestine
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -16.31 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -15.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.477 °C (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), annual growth rate -94.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons), per capita 0 metric tons per person (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), annual growth rate -92.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons), per capita 0 metric tons per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Palestine?
- Temperature change in Palestine was 1.7 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 2.37 °C in 2010.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.05 °C in 1983.
- How does Palestine rank for temperature change?
- Palestine ranks 87th out of 233 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Palestine 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).