Australia vs Costa Rica: Summer temperature anomalies
Australia
0.8615 °C
in 2026
Costa Rica
0.8623 °C
in 2026
Australia rank
81st
Costa Rica rank
80th
Summer temperature anomalies over time
- Australia
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.8623 °C against 0.8615 °C in Australia, a difference of 0.0008 °C.
The two have swapped places 39 times across 87 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 81st and Costa Rica ranks 80th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Costa Rica in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.3783 °C | -1.01 °C | 0.6294 °C | Australia |
| 1950s | 0.0114 °C | -0.4767 °C | 0.4881 °C | Australia |
| 1960s | 0.0864 °C | -0.7047 °C | 0.791 °C | Australia |
| 1970s | -0.495 °C | -0.6475 °C | 0.1525 °C | Australia |
| 1980s | -0.2816 °C | -0.2275 °C | 0.0542 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.1813 °C | -0.2768 °C | 0.4581 °C | Australia |
| 2000s | -0.2532 °C | -0.0819 °C | 0.1713 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | -0.0657 °C | 0.3237 °C | 0.3894 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.1801 °C | 0.2032 °C | 0.0231 °C | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher summer temperature anomalies, Australia or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.8623 °C against 0.8615 °C in Australia as of 2026.
- What is the difference in summer temperature anomalies between Australia and Costa Rica?
- 0.0008 °C, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Costa Rica?
- 87 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2026.
- How do Australia and Costa Rica rank globally for summer temperature anomalies?
- Australia ranks 81st and Costa Rica ranks 80th 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 Summer temperature anomalies. 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.