Costa Rica vs Spain: Temperature anomalies by month
Costa Rica
0.1052 °C
in 2026
Spain
0.0798 °C
in 2026
Costa Rica rank
118th
Spain rank
121st
Temperature anomalies by month over time
- Costa Rica
- Spain
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.1052 °C against 0.0798 °C in Spain, a difference of 0.0254 °C.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 40 times across 87 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 118th and Spain ranks 121st of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 7 and Spain in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.9422 °C | -2.23 °C | 1.29 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | -0.5851 °C | -1.4 °C | 0.8145 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | -0.3894 °C | -0.8476 °C | 0.4583 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | -0.438 °C | -0.5435 °C | 0.1055 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | -0.1487 °C | -0.6048 °C | 0.4561 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | -0.0879 °C | -0.1549 °C | 0.067 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | -0.1807 °C | -0.1248 °C | 0.0558 °C | Spain |
| 2010s | 0.2222 °C | 0.2279 °C | 0.0057 °C | Spain |
| 2020s | 0.346 °C | 0.2628 °C | 0.0832 °C | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature anomalies by month, Costa Rica or Spain?
- Costa Rica, at 0.1052 °C against 0.0798 °C in Spain as of 2026.
- What is the difference in temperature anomalies by month between Costa Rica and Spain?
- 0.0254 °C, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Spain?
- 87 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2026.
- How do Costa Rica and Spain rank globally for temperature anomalies by month?
- Costa Rica ranks 118th and Spain ranks 121st 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 Temperature anomalies by month. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.