Lesotho vs Malawi: Winter temperature anomalies
Lesotho
-0.4131 °C
in 2025
Malawi
-0.5269 °C
in 2025
Lesotho rank
181st
Malawi rank
182nd
Winter temperature anomalies over time
- Lesotho
- Malawi
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports -0.4131 °C against -0.5269 °C in Malawi, a difference of 0.1138 °C.
The two have swapped places 40 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 181st and Malawi ranks 182nd of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 5 and Malawi in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.38 °C | -0.5844 °C | 0.7917 °C | Malawi |
| 1950s | -1.13 °C | -1.05 °C | 0.0706 °C | Malawi |
| 1960s | -0.4021 °C | -0.9258 °C | 0.5237 °C | Lesotho |
| 1970s | -0.7558 °C | -0.9565 °C | 0.2007 °C | Lesotho |
| 1980s | -0.3911 °C | -0.6289 °C | 0.2378 °C | Lesotho |
| 1990s | -0.6064 °C | 0.0982 °C | 0.7046 °C | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.0716 °C | -0.2873 °C | 0.3588 °C | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 0.4686 °C | 0.2263 °C | 0.2423 °C | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 0.0647 °C | 0.9161 °C | 0.8515 °C | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher winter temperature anomalies, Lesotho or Malawi?
- Lesotho, at -0.4131 °C against -0.5269 °C in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in winter temperature anomalies between Lesotho and Malawi?
- 0.1138 °C, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Malawi?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Malawi rank globally for winter temperature anomalies?
- Lesotho ranks 181st and Malawi ranks 182nd 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.