Greenland vs Norway: Winter temperature anomalies
Greenland
4.1 °C
in 2025
Norway
3.43 °C
in 2025
Greenland rank
3rd
Norway rank
5th
Winter temperature anomalies over time
- Greenland
- Norway
How they compare
Greenland currently reports 4.1 °C against 3.43 °C in Norway, a difference of 0.67 °C.
That makes Greenland's figure about 1.2 times Norway's.
The two have swapped places 38 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Greenland ahead.
Greenland ranks 3rd and Norway ranks 5th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Greenland averaged higher in 7 and Norway in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greenland | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.53 °C | -2.22 °C | 0.6877 °C | Greenland |
| 1950s | -2.12 °C | -2.53 °C | 0.4027 °C | Greenland |
| 1960s | -1.02 °C | -4.37 °C | 3.35 °C | Greenland |
| 1970s | -1.7 °C | -1.48 °C | 0.2191 °C | Norway |
| 1980s | -1.16 °C | -3.03 °C | 1.87 °C | Greenland |
| 1990s | -0.672 °C | -0.9835 °C | 0.3115 °C | Greenland |
| 2000s | 0.7483 °C | 0.2406 °C | 0.5077 °C | Greenland |
| 2010s | -0.217 °C | 0.6014 °C | 0.8184 °C | Norway |
| 2020s | 1.41 °C | 0.589 °C | 0.817 °C | Greenland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher winter temperature anomalies, Greenland or Norway?
- Greenland, at 4.1 °C against 3.43 °C in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in winter temperature anomalies between Greenland and Norway?
- 0.67 °C, with Greenland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Norway?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Greenland and Norway rank globally for winter temperature anomalies?
- Greenland ranks 3rd and Norway 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 Winter 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.