Sierra Leone vs Zambia: Temperature anomalies by month
Sierra Leone
0.2824 °C
in 2026
Zambia
0.3261 °C
in 2026
Sierra Leone rank
100th
Zambia rank
97th
Temperature anomalies by month over time
- Sierra Leone
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 0.3261 °C against 0.2824 °C in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0437 °C.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.2 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 29 times across 87 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 100th and Zambia ranks 97th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 8 and Zambia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.6951 °C | -1.25 °C | 0.5561 °C | Sierra Leone |
| 1950s | -0.4281 °C | -1.12 °C | 0.6949 °C | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | -0.2423 °C | -0.8172 °C | 0.5749 °C | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | -0.3588 °C | -0.7979 °C | 0.4391 °C | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | -0.1835 °C | -0.2298 °C | 0.0463 °C | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | -0.3428 °C | -0.1028 °C | 0.2399 °C | Zambia |
| 2000s | -0.1231 °C | -0.1372 °C | 0.0141 °C | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.3032 °C | 0.1479 °C | 0.1553 °C | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.9748 °C | 0.0637 °C | 0.9111 °C | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature anomalies by month, Sierra Leone or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 0.3261 °C against 0.2824 °C in Sierra Leone as of 2026.
- What is the difference in temperature anomalies by month between Sierra Leone and Zambia?
- 0.0437 °C, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Zambia?
- 87 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2026.
- How do Sierra Leone and Zambia rank globally for temperature anomalies by month?
- Sierra Leone ranks 100th and Zambia ranks 97th 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.