Iceland vs Norway: Winter temperature anomalies
Iceland
3.5 °C
in 2025
Norway
3.43 °C
in 2025
Iceland rank
4th
Norway rank
5th
Winter temperature anomalies over time
- Iceland
- Norway
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 3.5 °C against 3.43 °C in Norway, a difference of 0.07 °C.
The two have swapped places 40 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Iceland ahead.
Iceland ranks 4th and Norway ranks 5th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 6 and Norway in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.81 °C | -2.22 °C | 0.4114 °C | Iceland |
| 1950s | -1.82 °C | -2.53 °C | 0.7027 °C | Iceland |
| 1960s | -3.72 °C | -4.37 °C | 0.6443 °C | Iceland |
| 1970s | -2.12 °C | -1.48 °C | 0.6448 °C | Norway |
| 1980s | -1.23 °C | -3.03 °C | 1.8 °C | Iceland |
| 1990s | -0.7429 °C | -0.9835 °C | 0.2406 °C | Iceland |
| 2000s | 0.8008 °C | 0.2406 °C | 0.5602 °C | Iceland |
| 2010s | -0.1973 °C | 0.6014 °C | 0.7987 °C | Norway |
| 2020s | -0.6123 °C | 0.589 °C | 1.2 °C | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher winter temperature anomalies, Iceland or Norway?
- Iceland, at 3.5 °C against 3.43 °C in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in winter temperature anomalies between Iceland and Norway?
- 0.07 °C, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Norway?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Norway rank globally for winter temperature anomalies?
- Iceland ranks 4th 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.