Winter temperature anomalies in Eswatini
Eswatini: Winter temperature anomalies was -0.6507 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Winter temperature anomalies in Eswatini, 1940–2025
Source: Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for winter temperature anomalies in Eswatini is -0.6507 °C, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 132.5% on the previous year and down 128.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, winter temperature anomalies in Eswatini peaked at 2.26 °C in 2015 and was at its lowest, -2.61 °C, in 1943.
That places Eswatini 185th out of 193 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Winter temperature anomalies in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 0.7132 °C | — |
| 1941 | -0.4032 °C | -156.5% |
| 1942 | -2.18 °C | +441.8% |
| 1943 | -2.61 °C | +19.4% |
| 1944 | -0.6759 °C | -74.1% |
| 1945 | -0.4527 °C | -33.0% |
| 1946 | -0.6118 °C | +35.2% |
| 1947 | -2.23 °C | +264.7% |
| 1948 | -0.7215 °C | -67.7% |
| 1949 | -0.7373 °C | +2.2% |
| 1950 | 1.21 °C | -264.6% |
| 1951 | 0.396 °C | -67.4% |
| 1952 | -1.47 °C | -472.1% |
| 1953 | -0.1766 °C | -88.0% |
| 1954 | -1.54 °C | +769.0% |
| 1955 | -2.16 °C | +40.8% |
| 1956 | -2.2 °C | +1.6% |
| 1957 | -0.2584 °C | -88.2% |
| 1958 | -0.424 °C | +64.1% |
| 1959 | -0.4992 °C | +17.7% |
| 1960 | -0.5254 °C | +5.2% |
| 1961 | -1.45 °C | +176.2% |
| 1962 | 0.1236 °C | -108.5% |
| 1963 | 0.8639 °C | +598.8% |
| 1964 | -1.5 °C | -274.0% |
| 1965 | -0.053 °C | -96.5% |
| 1966 | -0.0293 °C | -44.7% |
| 1967 | -0.0637 °C | +117.3% |
| 1968 | 0.7988 °C | -1354.2% |
| 1969 | -1.39 °C | -274.2% |
| 1970 | 0.9235 °C | -166.4% |
| 1971 | -0.676 °C | -173.2% |
| 1972 | 1.15 °C | -269.8% |
| 1973 | -1.99 °C | -273.1% |
| 1974 | -0.4499 °C | -77.4% |
| 1975 | -1.64 °C | +264.8% |
| 1976 | 0.6734 °C | -141.0% |
| 1977 | 1.04 °C | +54.7% |
| 1978 | -0.51 °C | -149.0% |
| 1979 | -0.6865 °C | +34.6% |
| 1980 | 0.5347 °C | -177.9% |
| 1981 | -0.8051 °C | -250.6% |
| 1982 | 0.8717 °C | -208.3% |
| 1983 | -0.1036 °C | -111.9% |
| 1984 | -0.1907 °C | +84.1% |
| 1985 | -0.5123 °C | +168.6% |
| 1986 | 0.552 °C | -207.8% |
| 1987 | 1.04 °C | +88.6% |
| 1988 | -1.62 °C | -255.6% |
| 1989 | -0.4144 °C | -74.4% |
| 1990 | -0.9117 °C | +120.0% |
| 1991 | -0.4749 °C | -47.9% |
| 1992 | 1.27 °C | -366.7% |
| 1993 | 0.5675 °C | -55.2% |
| 1994 | -0.4003 °C | -170.5% |
| 1995 | -1.81 °C | +352.2% |
| 1996 | 0.6906 °C | -138.2% |
| 1997 | -0.5513 °C | -179.8% |
| 1998 | -0.8918 °C | +61.8% |
| 1999 | 0.3707 °C | -141.6% |
| 2000 | -0.1356 °C | -136.6% |
| 2001 | -0.1389 °C | +2.5% |
| 2002 | -0.2151 °C | +54.9% |
| 2003 | 1.21 °C | -661.5% |
| 2004 | 0.7159 °C | -40.7% |
| 2005 | -1.19 °C | -265.9% |
| 2006 | 0.5353 °C | -145.1% |
| 2007 | -1.02 °C | -291.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0197 °C | -101.9% |
| 2009 | 0.6117 °C | +3009.1% |
| 2010 | -0.2205 °C | -136.1% |
| 2011 | -0.5437 °C | +146.5% |
| 2012 | 0.09 °C | -116.5% |
| 2013 | -1.39 °C | -1647.1% |
| 2014 | -0.6438 °C | -53.7% |
| 2015 | 2.26 °C | -451.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9057 °C | -60.0% |
| 2017 | -1.32 °C | -245.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9497 °C | -172.1% |
| 2019 | -0.5013 °C | -152.8% |
| 2020 | 1.25 °C | -349.6% |
| 2021 | -0.4371 °C | -134.9% |
| 2022 | -0.3925 °C | -10.2% |
| 2023 | -0.5674 °C | +44.6% |
| 2024 | 2 °C | -452.7% |
| 2025 | -0.6507 °C | -132.5% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's -0.6507 °C is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5762 °C. (47 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's -0.6507 °C is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4189 °C. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Winter temperature anomalies in Eswatini changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +3009.1% | 0.0197 °C | 0.6117 °C |
| 2013 | -1647.1% | 0.09 °C | -1.39 °C |
| 1968 | +1354.2% | -0.0637 °C | 0.7988 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.9915 °C | -2.61 °C | 0.7132 °C | 10 |
| 1950s | -0.7115 °C | -2.2 °C | 1.21 °C | 10 |
| 1960s | -0.3231 °C | -1.5 °C | 0.8639 °C | 10 |
| 1970s | -0.2164 °C | -1.99 °C | 1.15 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.0646 °C | -1.62 °C | 1.04 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.2145 °C | -1.81 °C | 1.27 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0389 °C | -1.19 °C | 1.21 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.0407 °C | -1.39 °C | 2.26 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2009 °C | -0.6507 °C | 2 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 182 Malawi -0.5269 °C compare
- 183 Guinea-Bissau -0.6203 °C compare
- 184 Mozambique -0.637 °C compare
- 186 Zimbabwe -0.7408 °C compare
- 187 Gambia -0.7792 °C compare
- 188 South Sudan -0.8369 °C compare
More climate change data for Eswatini
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 10.39 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,459 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 469.92 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 988.9 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1.77 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 35.32 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 77.58 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 66.81 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 10.77 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.2521 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is winter temperature anomalies in Eswatini?
- Winter temperature anomalies in Eswatini was -0.6507 °C in 2025, according to Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest winter temperature anomalies recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 2.26 °C in 2015.
- What is the lowest winter temperature anomalies recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.61 °C in 1943.
- How does Eswatini rank for winter temperature anomalies?
- Eswatini ranks 185th out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is winter temperature anomalies rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 128.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Winter temperature anomalies. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.