Japan vs North Korea: Autumn temperature anomalies
Japan
1.9 °C
in 2025
North Korea
2 °C
in 2025
Japan rank
14th
North Korea rank
13th
Autumn temperature anomalies over time
- Japan
- North Korea
How they compare
North Korea currently reports 2 °C against 1.9 °C in Japan, a difference of 0.1 °C.
That makes North Korea's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 38 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was North Korea ahead.
Japan ranks 14th and North Korea ranks 13th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and North Korea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | North Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.32 °C | -0.6099 °C | 0.7086 °C | North Korea |
| 1950s | -1.04 °C | -0.8819 °C | 0.1567 °C | North Korea |
| 1960s | -0.9828 °C | -0.7818 °C | 0.201 °C | North Korea |
| 1970s | -0.9459 °C | -0.9867 °C | 0.0407 °C | Japan |
| 1980s | -0.8946 °C | -1.06 °C | 0.1632 °C | Japan |
| 1990s | -0.324 °C | -0.4368 °C | 0.1127 °C | Japan |
| 2000s | -0.0339 °C | 0.1172 °C | 0.1511 °C | North Korea |
| 2010s | 0.3029 °C | 0.2582 °C | 0.0447 °C | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.6 °C | 1.49 °C | 0.1142 °C | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher autumn temperature anomalies, Japan or North Korea?
- North Korea, at 2 °C against 1.9 °C in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in autumn temperature anomalies between Japan and North Korea?
- 0.1 °C, with North Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and North Korea?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Japan and North Korea rank globally for autumn temperature anomalies?
- Japan ranks 14th and North Korea ranks 13th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Autumn temperature anomalies. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Difference in a specific month's average surface temperature from the mean temperature of the same month during the period 1991-2020, measured in degrees Celsius.