Winter temperature anomalies in Malaysia
Malaysia: Winter temperature anomalies was 0.4538 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Winter temperature anomalies in Malaysia, 1940–2025
Source: Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in °C.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 0.4538 °C for winter temperature anomalies in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 43.0% on the previous year and down 46.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, winter temperature anomalies in Malaysia peaked at 1 °C in 2023 and was at its lowest, -2.06 °C, in 1942.
Malaysia ranks 126th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Winter temperature anomalies in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | °C | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | -1.6 °C | — |
| 1941 | -1.47 °C | -7.8% |
| 1942 | -2.06 °C | +39.8% |
| 1943 | -1.85 °C | -10.5% |
| 1944 | -1.66 °C | -10.2% |
| 1945 | -1.92 °C | +15.6% |
| 1946 | -1.44 °C | -25.1% |
| 1947 | -1.81 °C | +26.2% |
| 1948 | -1.23 °C | -32.2% |
| 1949 | -1.32 °C | +7.2% |
| 1950 | -1.46 °C | +10.6% |
| 1951 | -0.8161 °C | -44.0% |
| 1952 | -1.09 °C | +33.9% |
| 1953 | -0.7623 °C | -30.2% |
| 1954 | -1.39 °C | +82.3% |
| 1955 | -1.63 °C | +17.4% |
| 1956 | -1.59 °C | -2.6% |
| 1957 | -0.7424 °C | -53.3% |
| 1958 | -0.9233 °C | +24.4% |
| 1959 | -0.8364 °C | -9.4% |
| 1960 | -0.8811 °C | +5.3% |
| 1961 | -0.9512 °C | +8.0% |
| 1962 | -0.979 °C | +2.9% |
| 1963 | -0.67 °C | -31.6% |
| 1964 | -1.5 °C | +123.5% |
| 1965 | -0.8306 °C | -44.5% |
| 1966 | -1.36 °C | +63.9% |
| 1967 | -1.31 °C | -3.8% |
| 1968 | -1.01 °C | -22.7% |
| 1969 | -1.03 °C | +1.4% |
| 1970 | -0.9412 °C | -8.3% |
| 1971 | -1.35 °C | +43.4% |
| 1972 | -0.6688 °C | -50.4% |
| 1973 | -1.33 °C | +99.3% |
| 1974 | -0.811 °C | -39.2% |
| 1975 | -1.2 °C | +48.1% |
| 1976 | -0.7559 °C | -37.0% |
| 1977 | -0.3845 °C | -49.1% |
| 1978 | -0.4714 °C | +22.6% |
| 1979 | -0.6685 °C | +41.8% |
| 1980 | -0.7353 °C | +10.0% |
| 1981 | -0.7103 °C | -3.4% |
| 1982 | -0.1809 °C | -74.5% |
| 1983 | -0.9556 °C | +428.1% |
| 1984 | -0.7914 °C | -17.2% |
| 1985 | -0.7317 °C | -7.5% |
| 1986 | -0.4453 °C | -39.1% |
| 1987 | -0.2958 °C | -33.6% |
| 1988 | -1.06 °C | +257.7% |
| 1989 | -0.4329 °C | -59.1% |
| 1990 | -0.3889 °C | -10.2% |
| 1991 | -0.6659 °C | +71.2% |
| 1992 | -0.8056 °C | +21.0% |
| 1993 | -0.2639 °C | -67.2% |
| 1994 | -0.0995 °C | -62.3% |
| 1995 | -0.5256 °C | +428.2% |
| 1996 | -0.7254 °C | +38.0% |
| 1997 | 0.213 °C | -129.4% |
| 1998 | -0.2536 °C | -219.0% |
| 1999 | -0.3858 °C | +52.2% |
| 2000 | 0.122 °C | -131.6% |
| 2001 | -0.2159 °C | -277.0% |
| 2002 | 0.6118 °C | -383.4% |
| 2003 | -0.353 °C | -157.7% |
| 2004 | -0.1368 °C | -61.2% |
| 2005 | -0.2085 °C | +52.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3332 °C | -259.8% |
| 2007 | -0.1338 °C | -140.2% |
| 2008 | -0.1103 °C | -17.6% |
| 2009 | 0.1785 °C | -261.8% |
| 2010 | -0.2468 °C | -238.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0676 °C | -127.4% |
| 2012 | 0.2354 °C | +248.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0864 °C | -63.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0887 °C | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8415 °C | +848.9% |
| 2016 | 0.612 °C | -27.3% |
| 2017 | 0.4228 °C | -30.9% |
| 2018 | 0.6113 °C | +44.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3638 °C | -40.5% |
| 2020 | 0.3425 °C | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 0.4544 °C | +32.7% |
| 2022 | -0.1475 °C | -132.5% |
| 2023 | 1 °C | -779.7% |
| 2024 | 0.7962 °C | -20.6% |
| 2025 | 0.4538 °C | -43.0% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 0.4538 °C is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8542 °C, 53% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 0.4538 °C is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.4368 °C, 1.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Winter temperature anomalies in Malaysia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +848.9% | 0.0887 °C | 0.8415 °C |
| 2023 | +779.7% | -0.1475 °C | 1 °C |
| 1983 | -428.1% | -0.1809 °C | -0.9556 °C |
| 1995 | -428.2% | -0.0995 °C | -0.5256 °C |
| 2002 | +383.4% | -0.2159 °C | 0.6118 °C |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.64 °C | -2.06 °C | -1.23 °C | 10 |
| 1950s | -1.12 °C | -1.63 °C | -0.7424 °C | 10 |
| 1960s | -1.05 °C | -1.5 °C | -0.67 °C | 10 |
| 1970s | -0.8585 °C | -1.35 °C | -0.3845 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.6337 °C | -1.06 °C | -0.1809 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.3901 °C | -0.8056 °C | 0.213 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0087 °C | -0.353 °C | 0.6118 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3083 °C | -0.2468 °C | 0.8415 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4837 °C | -0.1475 °C | 1 °C | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is winter temperature anomalies in Malaysia?
- Winter temperature anomalies in Malaysia was 0.4538 °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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1 °C in 2023.
- What is the lowest winter temperature anomalies recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.06 °C in 1942.
- How does Malaysia rank for winter temperature anomalies?
- Malaysia ranks 126th out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is winter temperature anomalies rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.