Temperature change in Western Sahara
Western Sahara: Temperature change was 1.89 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Western Sahara, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for temperature change in Western Sahara is 1.89 °C, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.4% on the previous year and up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Western Sahara peaked at 2.31 °C in 2023 and was at its lowest, -1.17 °C, in 1972.
That places Western Sahara 72nd out of 254 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 Western Sahara, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.665 °C | — |
| 1962 | 0.583 °C | -12.3% |
| 1963 | 0.302 °C | -48.2% |
| 1964 | 0.789 °C | +161.3% |
| 1965 | -0.364 °C | -146.1% |
| 1966 | 0.245 °C | -167.3% |
| 1967 | -0.015 °C | -106.1% |
| 1968 | -0.383 °C | +2453.3% |
| 1969 | 0.291 °C | -176.0% |
| 1970 | 0.458 °C | +57.4% |
| 1971 | -0.692 °C | -251.1% |
| 1972 | -1.17 °C | +68.8% |
| 1973 | -0.072 °C | -93.8% |
| 1974 | -0.663 °C | +820.8% |
| 1975 | -0.332 °C | -49.9% |
| 1976 | -1.03 °C | +209.9% |
| 1977 | 0.056 °C | -105.4% |
| 1978 | 0.351 °C | +526.8% |
| 1979 | 0.533 °C | +51.9% |
| 1980 | 0.424 °C | -20.5% |
| 1981 | 0.561 °C | +32.3% |
| 1982 | 0.334 °C | -40.5% |
| 1983 | 0.773 °C | +131.4% |
| 1984 | 0.358 °C | -53.7% |
| 1985 | 0.698 °C | +95.0% |
| 1986 | 0.257 °C | -63.2% |
| 1987 | 1.02 °C | +295.7% |
| 1988 | 0.434 °C | -57.3% |
| 1989 | 0.618 °C | +42.4% |
| 1990 | 1.31 °C | +112.3% |
| 1991 | 0.534 °C | -59.3% |
| 1992 | 0.464 °C | -13.1% |
| 1993 | 0.378 °C | -18.5% |
| 1994 | 0.844 °C | +123.3% |
| 1995 | 1.31 °C | +55.2% |
| 1996 | 1.3 °C | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 1.49 °C | +14.1% |
| 1998 | 1.4 °C | -5.5% |
| 1999 | 1 °C | -28.6% |
| 2000 | 0.944 °C | -5.8% |
| 2001 | 1.4 °C | +47.8% |
| 2002 | 1.33 °C | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 1.45 °C | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 1.53 °C | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 1.23 °C | -19.6% |
| 2006 | 1.42 °C | +15.9% |
| 2007 | 0.936 °C | -34.3% |
| 2008 | 1.39 °C | +48.2% |
| 2009 | 0.993 °C | -28.4% |
| 2010 | 2.01 °C | +102.7% |
| 2011 | 1.67 °C | -17.1% |
| 2012 | 1.39 °C | -17.0% |
| 2013 | 1.45 °C | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 1.42 °C | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 1.52 °C | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 1.62 °C | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 2.08 °C | +28.4% |
| 2018 | 0.789 °C | -62.1% |
| 2019 | 1.33 °C | +68.6% |
| 2020 | 1.91 °C | +43.5% |
| 2021 | 1.43 °C | -25.2% |
| 2022 | 1.85 °C | +29.4% |
| 2023 | 2.31 °C | +25.0% |
| 2024 | 2.09 °C | -9.6% |
| 2025 | 1.89 °C | -9.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Western Sahara 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | -2453.3% | -0.015 °C | -0.383 °C |
| 1974 | -820.8% | -0.072 °C | -0.663 °C |
| 1978 | +526.8% | 0.056 °C | 0.351 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2348 °C | -0.383 °C | 0.789 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.2558 °C | -1.17 °C | 0.533 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5474 °C | 0.257 °C | 1.02 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 1 °C | 0.378 °C | 1.49 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.26 °C | 0.936 °C | 1.53 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.53 °C | 0.789 °C | 2.08 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.91 °C | 1.43 °C | 2.31 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Sahara
More environment data for Western Sahara
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -62.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -21.2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.503 °C (2025)
- Arable land — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cropland — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 62.35 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 37.78 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Western Sahara?
- Temperature change in Western Sahara was 1.89 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Western Sahara?
- The highest recorded value was 2.31 °C in 2023.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Western Sahara?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.17 °C in 1972.
- How does Western Sahara rank for temperature change?
- Western Sahara ranks 72nd out of 254 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Western Sahara?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Sahara 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).