Australia vs Jamaica: Summer temperature anomalies
Australia
0.8615 °C
in 2026
Jamaica
0.833 °C
in 2026
Australia rank
81st
Jamaica rank
83rd
Summer temperature anomalies over time
- Australia
- Jamaica
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.8615 °C against 0.833 °C in Jamaica, a difference of 0.0285 °C.
The two have swapped places 36 times across 87 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 81st and Jamaica ranks 83rd of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Jamaica in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.3783 °C | -1.16 °C | 0.7803 °C | Australia |
| 1950s | 0.0114 °C | -1.18 °C | 1.19 °C | Australia |
| 1960s | 0.0864 °C | -1.11 °C | 1.19 °C | Australia |
| 1970s | -0.495 °C | -0.805 °C | 0.31 °C | Australia |
| 1980s | -0.2816 °C | -0.3745 °C | 0.0929 °C | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.1813 °C | -0.112 °C | 0.2933 °C | Australia |
| 2000s | -0.2532 °C | -0.2411 °C | 0.0121 °C | Jamaica |
| 2010s | -0.0657 °C | 0.259 °C | 0.3246 °C | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 0.1801 °C | 0.7138 °C | 0.5337 °C | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher summer temperature anomalies, Australia or Jamaica?
- Australia, at 0.8615 °C against 0.833 °C in Jamaica as of 2026.
- What is the difference in summer temperature anomalies between Australia and Jamaica?
- 0.0285 °C, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Jamaica?
- 87 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2026.
- How do Australia and Jamaica rank globally for summer temperature anomalies?
- Australia ranks 81st and Jamaica ranks 83rd 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.