Finland vs Greenland: Temperature anomalies vs. latitude
Finland
1.55 °C
in 2025
Greenland
1.71 °C
in 2025
Finland rank
8th
Greenland rank
5th
Temperature anomalies vs. latitude over time
- Finland
- Greenland
How they compare
Greenland currently reports 1.71 °C against 1.55 °C in Finland, a difference of 0.16 °C.
That makes Greenland's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.
The two have swapped places 36 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Greenland ahead.
Finland ranks 8th and Greenland ranks 5th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 2 and Greenland in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Greenland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.12 °C | -1.31 °C | 0.1889 °C | Finland |
| 1950s | -1.09 °C | -1.03 °C | 0.0606 °C | Greenland |
| 1960s | -1.39 °C | -0.7882 °C | 0.5999 °C | Greenland |
| 1970s | -1.05 °C | -0.9209 °C | 0.1312 °C | Greenland |
| 1980s | -1.22 °C | -0.9432 °C | 0.2802 °C | Greenland |
| 1990s | -0.5224 °C | -0.7189 °C | 0.1964 °C | Finland |
| 2000s | 0.1037 °C | 0.1566 °C | 0.0529 °C | Greenland |
| 2010s | 0.2589 °C | 0.4699 °C | 0.211 °C | Greenland |
| 2020s | 0.8695 °C | 0.8835 °C | 0.0139 °C | Greenland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature anomalies vs. latitude, Finland or Greenland?
- Greenland, at 1.71 °C against 1.55 °C in Finland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature anomalies vs. latitude between Finland and Greenland?
- 0.16 °C, with Greenland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Greenland?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Finland and Greenland rank globally for temperature anomalies vs. latitude?
- Finland ranks 8th and Greenland ranks 5th 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 vs. latitude. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The difference of a specific year's average surface temperature from the 1991-2020 mean, in degrees Celsius.