Mauritania vs Senegal: Winter temperature anomalies
Mauritania
-1.5 °C
in 2025
Senegal
-1.05 °C
in 2025
Mauritania rank
191st
Senegal rank
189th
Winter temperature anomalies over time
- Mauritania
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports -1.05 °C against -1.5 °C in Mauritania, a difference of 0.45 °C.
The two have swapped places 40 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Senegal ahead.
Mauritania ranks 191st and Senegal ranks 189th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 5 and Senegal in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -2.27 °C | -0.7132 °C | 1.56 °C | Senegal |
| 1950s | -2.27 °C | -1.19 °C | 1.08 °C | Senegal |
| 1960s | -1.82 °C | -1.89 °C | 0.0654 °C | Mauritania |
| 1970s | -1.06 °C | -0.7311 °C | 0.3259 °C | Senegal |
| 1980s | -0.9984 °C | -1.05 °C | 0.0491 °C | Mauritania |
| 1990s | -0.4985 °C | -0.1808 °C | 0.3176 °C | Senegal |
| 2000s | 0.3903 °C | 0.2296 °C | 0.1607 °C | Mauritania |
| 2010s | -0.0484 °C | -0.1409 °C | 0.0925 °C | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 0.8921 °C | 0.2435 °C | 0.6486 °C | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher winter temperature anomalies, Mauritania or Senegal?
- Senegal, at -1.05 °C against -1.5 °C in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in winter temperature anomalies between Mauritania and Senegal?
- 0.45 °C, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Senegal?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Senegal rank globally for winter temperature anomalies?
- Mauritania ranks 191st and Senegal ranks 189th 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.