New Caledonia vs Papua New Guinea: Temperature anomalies by month
New Caledonia
0.4653 °C
in 2026
Papua New Guinea
0.504 °C
in 2026
New Caledonia rank
76th
Papua New Guinea rank
74th
Temperature anomalies by month over time
- New Caledonia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.504 °C against 0.4653 °C in New Caledonia, a difference of 0.0387 °C.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times New Caledonia's.
The two have swapped places 45 times across 87 shared years of data; in 1940 it was New Caledonia ahead.
New Caledonia ranks 76th and Papua New Guinea ranks 74th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, New Caledonia averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Caledonia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.13 °C | -1.35 °C | 0.2233 °C | New Caledonia |
| 1950s | -0.7104 °C | -0.8765 °C | 0.1661 °C | New Caledonia |
| 1960s | -1.16 °C | -1.14 °C | 0.0198 °C | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | -0.554 °C | -0.9227 °C | 0.3687 °C | New Caledonia |
| 1980s | -0.1509 °C | -0.4668 °C | 0.3159 °C | New Caledonia |
| 1990s | -0.0488 °C | -0.2627 °C | 0.2139 °C | New Caledonia |
| 2000s | 0.1218 °C | 0.0376 °C | 0.0842 °C | New Caledonia |
| 2010s | -0.0734 °C | 0.1053 °C | 0.1787 °C | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.256 °C | 0.5613 °C | 0.3054 °C | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature anomalies by month, New Caledonia or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.504 °C against 0.4653 °C in New Caledonia as of 2026.
- What is the difference in temperature anomalies by month between New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0387 °C, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea?
- 87 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2026.
- How do New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for temperature anomalies by month?
- New Caledonia ranks 76th and Papua New Guinea ranks 74th 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.