Costa Rica vs Sao Tome and Principe: Winter temperature anomalies
Costa Rica
0.3144 °C
in 2025
Sao Tome and Principe
0.3141 °C
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
144th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
145th
Winter temperature anomalies over time
- Costa Rica
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.3144 °C against 0.3141 °C in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.0003 °C.
The two have swapped places 41 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 144th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 145th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Sao Tome and Principe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.01 °C | -0.5376 °C | 0.4685 °C | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1950s | -0.5396 °C | -0.6778 °C | 0.1381 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | -0.6073 °C | -0.6122 °C | 0.0049 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | -0.568 °C | -0.6589 °C | 0.0909 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | -0.2731 °C | -0.3191 °C | 0.0461 °C | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | -0.2385 °C | -0.0199 °C | 0.2186 °C | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 0.0518 °C | 0.0261 °C | 0.0257 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.1893 °C | -0.0037 °C | 0.193 °C | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3598 °C | 0.3629 °C | 0.0031 °C | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher winter temperature anomalies, Costa Rica or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Costa Rica, at 0.3144 °C against 0.3141 °C in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2025.
- What is the difference in winter temperature anomalies between Costa Rica and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.0003 °C, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for winter temperature anomalies?
- Costa Rica ranks 144th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 145th 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 Winter temperature anomalies. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
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.