Temperature change in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Temperature change was 1.06 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Zimbabwe, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
In 2025, temperature change in Zimbabwe stood at 1.06 °C.
The figure is down 28.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Zimbabwe peaked at 1.48 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.476 °C, in 1965.
Zimbabwe ranks 195th 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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.237 °C | — |
| 1962 | 0.216 °C | -8.9% |
| 1963 | -0.462 °C | -313.9% |
| 1964 | -0.103 °C | -77.7% |
| 1965 | -0.476 °C | +362.1% |
| 1966 | 0.212 °C | -144.5% |
| 1967 | -0.051 °C | -124.1% |
| 1968 | 0.097 °C | -290.2% |
| 1969 | 0.222 °C | +128.9% |
| 1970 | 0.428 °C | +92.8% |
| 1971 | -0.031 °C | -107.2% |
| 1972 | -0.361 °C | +1064.5% |
| 1973 | 0.635 °C | -275.9% |
| 1974 | -0.47 °C | -174.0% |
| 1975 | -0.248 °C | -47.2% |
| 1976 | -0.417 °C | +68.1% |
| 1977 | 0.458 °C | -209.8% |
| 1978 | 0.01 °C | -97.8% |
| 1979 | 0.216 °C | +2060.0% |
| 1980 | -0.012 °C | -105.6% |
| 1981 | -0.372 °C | +3000.0% |
| 1982 | 0.134 °C | -136.0% |
| 1983 | 1.15 °C | +756.0% |
| 1984 | 0.463 °C | -59.6% |
| 1985 | 0.032 °C | -93.1% |
| 1986 | 0.011 °C | -65.6% |
| 1987 | 1.03 °C | +9272.7% |
| 1988 | 0.423 °C | -59.0% |
| 1989 | 0.18 °C | -57.4% |
| 1990 | 0.586 °C | +225.6% |
| 1991 | 0.317 °C | -45.9% |
| 1992 | 1.1 °C | +247.6% |
| 1993 | 0.435 °C | -60.5% |
| 1994 | 0.12 °C | -72.4% |
| 1995 | 0.841 °C | +600.8% |
| 1996 | -0.132 °C | -115.7% |
| 1997 | 0.229 °C | -273.5% |
| 1998 | 1.07 °C | +365.5% |
| 1999 | 0.285 °C | -73.3% |
| 2000 | -0.152 °C | -153.3% |
| 2001 | 0.221 °C | -245.4% |
| 2002 | 0.671 °C | +203.6% |
| 2003 | 0.649 °C | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 0.195 °C | -70.0% |
| 2005 | 1.33 °C | +583.6% |
| 2006 | -0.034 °C | -102.6% |
| 2007 | 0.355 °C | -1144.1% |
| 2008 | 0.235 °C | -33.8% |
| 2009 | -0.161 °C | -168.5% |
| 2010 | 1.12 °C | -795.7% |
| 2011 | 0.56 °C | -50.0% |
| 2012 | 0.617 °C | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 0.366 °C | -40.7% |
| 2014 | 0.287 °C | -21.6% |
| 2015 | 1.05 °C | +266.9% |
| 2016 | 1.34 °C | +26.9% |
| 2017 | 0.29 °C | -78.3% |
| 2018 | 0.562 °C | +93.8% |
| 2019 | 1.13 °C | +101.6% |
| 2020 | 0.527 °C | -53.5% |
| 2021 | 0.111 °C | -78.9% |
| 2022 | 0.382 °C | +244.1% |
| 2023 | 0.928 °C | +142.9% |
| 2024 | 1.48 °C | +59.4% |
| 2025 | 1.06 °C | -28.1% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 1.06 °C is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.34 °C, 79% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 1.06 °C is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.22 °C, 87% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Temperature change in Zimbabwe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +9272.7% | 0.011 °C | 1.03 °C |
| 1981 | -3000.0% | -0.012 °C | -0.372 °C |
| 1979 | +2060.0% | 0.01 °C | 0.216 °C |
| 2007 | +1144.1% | -0.034 °C | 0.355 °C |
| 1972 | -1064.5% | -0.031 °C | -0.361 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.012 °C | -0.476 °C | 0.237 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.022 °C | -0.47 °C | 0.635 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3037 °C | -0.372 °C | 1.15 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4849 °C | -0.132 °C | 1.1 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3312 °C | -0.161 °C | 1.33 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7324 °C | 0.287 °C | 1.34 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7483 °C | 0.111 °C | 1.48 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 192 Gabon 1.09 °C compare
- 193 Micronesia 1.08 °C compare
- 194 Malawi 1.07 °C compare
- 196 United Republic of Tanzania 1.06 °C compare
- 197 Czechoslovakia 1.06 °C compare
- 198 Palau 1.05 °C compare
- 198 South Africa 1.05 °C compare
More environment data for Zimbabwe
- 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 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.7138 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 31.28 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Zimbabwe?
- Temperature change in Zimbabwe was 1.06 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.48 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.476 °C in 1965.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for temperature change?
- Zimbabwe ranks 195th out of 254 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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).