Norway vs Sweden: Winter temperature anomalies
Norway
3.43 °C
in 2025
Sweden
3.13 °C
in 2025
Norway rank
5th
Sweden rank
7th
Winter temperature anomalies over time
- Norway
- Sweden
How they compare
Norway currently reports 3.43 °C against 3.13 °C in Sweden, a difference of 0.3 °C.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 31 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Sweden ahead.
Norway ranks 5th and Sweden ranks 7th of 193 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -2.22 °C | -0.7231 °C | 1.5 °C | Sweden |
| 1950s | -2.53 °C | -0.941 °C | 1.59 °C | Sweden |
| 1960s | -4.37 °C | -2.92 °C | 1.45 °C | Sweden |
| 1970s | -1.48 °C | -0.9818 °C | 0.4964 °C | Sweden |
| 1980s | -3.03 °C | -2.67 °C | 0.3598 °C | Sweden |
| 1990s | -0.9835 °C | -0.5599 °C | 0.4236 °C | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.2406 °C | 0.1213 °C | 0.1193 °C | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.6014 °C | 0.2417 °C | 0.3597 °C | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.589 °C | 0.0666 °C | 0.5224 °C | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher winter temperature anomalies, Norway or Sweden?
- Norway, at 3.43 °C against 3.13 °C in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in winter temperature anomalies between Norway and Sweden?
- 0.3 °C, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sweden?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2025.
- How do Norway and Sweden rank globally for winter temperature anomalies?
- Norway ranks 5th 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.