Australia vs China: Decadal temperature anomalies

Australia
0.1771 °C
in 2010
China
0.1762 °C
in 2010
Australia rank
141st
China rank
142nd

Decadal temperature anomalies over time

  • Australia
  • China
-1-0.75-0.5-0.2500.25194019752010

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.1771 °C against 0.1762 °C in China, a difference of 0.0009 °C.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 141st and China ranks 142nd of 193 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Decadal temperature anomalies
Unit
°C
Source
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
193 places, 1,544 data points, 1940–2010
Last refreshed

The difference of a specific decade's average surface temperature from the 1991-2020 mean, in degrees Celsius.