Iceland vs Sweden: Winter temperature anomalies
Iceland
3.5 °C
in 2025
Sweden
3.13 °C
in 2025
Iceland rank
4th
Sweden rank
7th
Winter temperature anomalies over time
- Iceland
- Sweden
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 3.5 °C against 3.13 °C in Sweden, a difference of 0.37 °C.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 40 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Iceland ahead.
Iceland ranks 4th and Sweden ranks 7th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.81 °C | -0.7231 °C | 1.09 °C | Sweden |
| 1950s | -1.82 °C | -0.941 °C | 0.8829 °C | Sweden |
| 1960s | -3.72 °C | -2.92 °C | 0.8012 °C | Sweden |
| 1970s | -2.12 °C | -0.9818 °C | 1.14 °C | Sweden |
| 1980s | -1.23 °C | -2.67 °C | 1.44 °C | Iceland |
| 1990s | -0.7429 °C | -0.5599 °C | 0.183 °C | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.8008 °C | 0.1213 °C | 0.6795 °C | Iceland |
| 2010s | -0.1973 °C | 0.2417 °C | 0.439 °C | Sweden |
| 2020s | -0.6123 °C | 0.0666 °C | 0.6789 °C | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher winter temperature anomalies, Iceland or Sweden?
- Iceland, at 3.5 °C against 3.13 °C in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in winter temperature anomalies between Iceland and Sweden?
- 0.37 °C, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Sweden?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Sweden rank globally for winter temperature anomalies?
- Iceland ranks 4th and Sweden ranks 7th 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.