Spain vs Switzerland: Summer temperature anomalies
Spain
3.07 °C
in 2026
Switzerland
3.26 °C
in 2026
Spain rank
5th
Switzerland rank
3rd
Summer temperature anomalies over time
- Spain
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 3.26 °C against 3.07 °C in Spain, a difference of 0.19 °C.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 36 times across 87 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Switzerland ahead.
Spain ranks 5th and Switzerland ranks 3rd of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 6 and Switzerland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.7576 °C | -2.1 °C | 1.34 °C | Spain |
| 1950s | -1.86 °C | -1.89 °C | 0.0274 °C | Spain |
| 1960s | -1.76 °C | -2.09 °C | 0.3236 °C | Spain |
| 1970s | -2.53 °C | -2.36 °C | 0.1676 °C | Switzerland |
| 1980s | -1.23 °C | -2.03 °C | 0.7974 °C | Spain |
| 1990s | -0.9657 °C | -1.34 °C | 0.3705 °C | Spain |
| 2000s | 0.799 °C | 0.6077 °C | 0.1913 °C | Spain |
| 2010s | 0.1953 °C | 0.6131 °C | 0.4177 °C | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 1.05 °C | 1.84 °C | 0.7964 °C | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher summer temperature anomalies, Spain or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 3.26 °C against 3.07 °C in Spain as of 2026.
- What is the difference in summer temperature anomalies between Spain and Switzerland?
- 0.19 °C, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Switzerland?
- 87 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2026.
- How do Spain and Switzerland rank globally for summer temperature anomalies?
- Spain ranks 5th and Switzerland ranks 3rd 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.