Climate Map
See how every continent, country, US climate region, US state and UK region compares, one climate measure at a time. Compare how far temperature and rainfall have moved from established baselines, how fast each place is warming, and how frost, snow, sunshine and heatwave days are changing.
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Source: Copernicus ERA5 (countries) · NOAA Climate at a Glance (continents, US states & climate regions) · Met Office (UK) · GPCC (rainfall, snow) · World Bank CCKP (frost). Anomalies are vs the 1961–1990 baseline. See methodology.
What the Map Shows
The Metrics
In Aug 2026, 97% of the 169 countries on the map were warmer than their 1961–1990 baseline - Bosnia and Herzegovina the furthest above it (+5.8°C), Vanuatu the furthest below (−0.3°C).
Actual metrics show the measured value. Anomaly metrics show how far it was from the long-term average for the same place and time of year, which is what makes a hot country and a cold one comparable. The Level menu switches between continents, countries, UK nations, UK regions, US states and US climate regions.
Temp Anomaly & Actual
How far the latest month, season or year was from normal, or the average temperature itself. Red is warmer than normal, blue cooler.
Anomaly at every level; Actual for countries, US states and the UK.
Long-term Trend
How fast each place is warming, in °C per decade since 1961, from a straight-line fit through each year’s average temperature.
Every level.
Precip Anomaly & Actual
Total precipitation (rain plus melted snow) in mm, and how far it was above or below normal - brown for drier, teal for wetter.
Every level.
Sunshine Anomaly & Actual
Hours of bright sunshine, and how far that was from normal.
UK nations and regions only (Met Office).
Frost Anomaly & Actual
Days when the temperature dropped below 0°C. On the anomaly map, fewer frost days than normal show red, since losing frosts is a warming signal.
Every level.
Snow Anomaly & Actual
Snowfall as its water-equivalent in mm (the depth of water it melts to), and its departure from normal - amber for less snow, indigo for more.
Every level.
Heatwave Days
Days in a run of six or more unusually hot days (the WMO’s Warm Spell Duration Index) in the latest full year. More on the Heatwave Days page.
Every level. Annual only, so the Window chip shows the year instead.
Heatwave-Warming Correlation
How closely a place’s heatwave days have risen in step with its own warming, 1950–2025 (r², as a percentage). A statistical link, not proof of cause.
Every level; continents and US climate regions average their members.
Anomalies default to the 1961–1990 baseline; the Baseline chip switches to 1991–2020 or 1901–2000. Window picks the latest 1 month, 3 months or 12 months. Auto-stretch (on the legend) rescales the colours to the values currently shown, which helps when every place is warmer than normal and the default scale shows them all the same shade.
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The Data
Temperature anomaly against 1961-1990 for 169 countries - the latest month (Aug 2026), the latest three months (Jun–Aug 2026) and the latest twelve months (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026).
View the Data - Country Temperature Anomalies, Aug 2026169 rows
| Country | ISO3 | Aug 2026 (°C) | Jun–Aug 2026 (°C) | Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 (°C) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 5.8 | 4.2 | 2.8 |
| Kosovo | XKX | 5.6 | 3.8 | 2.3 |
| Montenegro | MNE | 5.3 | 3.8 | 2.3 |
| Croatia | HRV | 5.3 | 4 | 2.4 |
| Serbia | SRB | 5.1 | 3.3 | 2 |
| Hungary | HUN | 5 | 3.6 | 1.9 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 5 | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 4.8 | 4.1 | 2.4 |
| Austria | AUT | 4.7 | 4.1 | 2.6 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3 |
| Albania | ALB | 4.7 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| Italy | ITA | 4.7 | 4.3 | 2.5 |
| Slovakia | SVK | 4.6 | 3.4 | 2.2 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 4.1 | 3.1 | 1.8 |
| France | FRA | 4.1 | 4.4 | 2.5 |
| Luxembourg | LUX | 4 | 4.3 | 2.6 |
| Romania | ROU | 3.9 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| Czechia | CZE | 3.8 | 3.4 | 1.8 |
| Sudan | SDN | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | 3.7 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| South Sudan | SSD | 3.6 | 3 | 1.5 |
| Eritrea | ERI | 3.5 | 2.9 | 1.5 |
| Chad | TCD | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| Belgium | BEL | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.6 |
| Kuwait | KWT | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
| Moldova | MDA | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Iraq | IRQ | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| Uganda | UGA | 3.1 | 3 | 1.7 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | 3 | 2.3 | 2 |
| Germany | DEU | 3 | 3.2 | 1.8 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 2.9 | 2 | 1.6 |
| Iran | IRN | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Algeria | DZA | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| Jordan | JOR | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| Suriname | SUR | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.3 |
| Greece | GRC | 2.7 | 2 | 1.6 |
| Spain | ESP | 2.7 | 3.8 | 2.4 |
| Yemen | YEM | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Niger | NER | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| Israel | ISR | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Namibia | NAM | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Qatar | QAT | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
| Guyana | GUY | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| Libya | LBY | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| North Korea | PRK | 2.4 | 2 | 2.2 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 2.4 | 3 | 2 |
| Mexico | MEX | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3 |
| Palestine | PSE | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Syria | SYR | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| Haiti | HTI | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| Honduras | HND | 2.3 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Mali | MLI | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 2.2 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Poland | POL | 2.1 | 2 | 1.3 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2 |
| South Korea | KOR | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| DR Congo | COD | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Brunei | BRN | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| Central African Republic | CAF | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Colombia | COL | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| Greenland | GRL | 2 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | 2 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Dominican Republic | DOM | 2 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| Egypt | EGY | 2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Kenya | KEN | 2 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 2 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Morocco | MAR | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| United States | USA | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2 |
| Georgia | GEO | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Belarus | BLR | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Bhutan | BTN | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Panama | PAN | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1 |
| Peru | PER | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| Turkey | TUR | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| Armenia | ARM | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| Canada | CAN | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| Burundi | BDI | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Brazil | BRA | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Senegal | SEN | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| Gabon | GAB | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Belize | BLZ | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1 |
| China | CHN | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Cuba | CUB | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Nepal | NPL | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Congo | COG | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Benin | BEN | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Guinea | GIN | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Afghanistan | AFG | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| Togo | TGO | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Russia | RUS | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| Bahamas | BHS | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
| Philippines | PHL | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Gambia | GMB | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| Ghana | GHA | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 1.4 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| Puerto Rico | PRI | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| Ireland | IRL | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| Australia | AUS | 1.2 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 1.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 1.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Vietnam | VNM | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| India | IND | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
| Liberia | LBR | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Oman | OMN | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Japan | JPN | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| Latvia | LVA | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Estonia | EST | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Somalia | SOM | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lesotho | LSO | 1 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| Denmark | DNK | 1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 1 | 0.8 | 1 |
| Laos | LAO | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Portugal | PRT | 1 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| Thailand | THA | 0.9 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 0.9 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Iceland | ISL | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| Finland | FIN | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| Sweden | SWE | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| Norway | NOR | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Angola | AGO | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1 |
| Malawi | MWI | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Chile | CHL | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Botswana | BWA | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
| Solomon Islands | SLB | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Eswatini | SWZ | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| New Caledonia | NCL | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1 |
| East Timor | TLS | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| Argentina | ARG | -0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Zambia | ZMB | -0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Fiji | FJI | -0.3 | -0.5 | 0.4 |
| Uruguay | URY | -0.3 | -0.1 | 0.2 |
| Vanuatu | VUT | -0.3 | -0.2 | 0.6 |
Methodology & Sources
- Temperature - Copernicus ERA5 for countries (Our World in Data as a fallback); NOAA Climate at a Glance for continents, US states and US climate regions; Met Office HadUK-Grid for the UK.
- Rainfall and snow - GPCC (Global Precipitation Climatology Centre), with NOAA for US states and the Met Office for UK rainfall.
- Frost days and heatwave days - World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal (ERA5-derived); Met Office air frost for the UK.
- Sunshine - Met Office UK regional series.
Updated monthly, a few days after each source publishes. Full details on the Methodology & Sources page.
FAQs
Climate Map - Common Questions
What does the Climate Map show?
The map colours every continent, country, UK nation and region, US state and US climate region by one climate metric at a time - temperature, rainfall, frost days, snow, sunshine (UK only) or heatwave days. Most metrics can be shown either as the actual value or as an anomaly - how far above or below normal it was. It is updated monthly from the same data as the Climate Rankings and each place's own climate page.
What is a temperature anomaly?
An anomaly is the difference between the temperature measured and the long-term average for the same place and time of year. A +2°C anomaly for July means that July was 2°C warmer than an average July in the baseline period. Anomalies let a hot country and a cold country be compared fairly: the question is how unusual each one was for itself, not which is hotter.
Which baseline does the map use?
By default anomalies are measured against 1961-1990, the standard reference period used across this site. The Baseline chip switches to 1991-2020 (the WMO's current climate normal) or 1901-2000 (NOAA's long-run reference). A more recent baseline is already warmer, so the same month shows a smaller anomaly against it - the warming is the same, only the reference point moves.
What do the 1 Month, 3 Months and 12 Months windows mean?
1 Month shows the latest complete month. 3 Months is the most recent three-month season, and 12 Months the latest full year to date. For temperature they are averages; for rainfall, sunshine, frost and snow they are totals over the window. Longer windows smooth out a single unusual month and show the more persistent picture.
What is the Long-term Trend metric?
It is the warming rate in °C per decade, from a straight-line fit through each place's annual mean temperature since 1961. About two-thirds of countries on the map have warmed by between 0.2 and 0.4°C per decade over that period, and land has warmed faster than the global average, which includes the slower-warming oceans.
Why is some of the map grey?
Grey means there is no data for that metric at that level. Sunshine comes only from the Met Office, so it covers the UK nations and regions but nothing else; menu options without data at the current level are greyed out. A handful of small countries and territories also have no series of their own.
What does the Heatwave-Warming Correlation show?
For each place it shows r², the share of the year-to-year variation in heatwave days (Warm Spell Duration Index) that lines up with that place's own warming trend, 1950-2025. A high figure means heatwave days have risen in step with local warming. It is a statistical correlation, not a formal attribution result.
Can I embed or share the map?
Yes. The Share button under the map has links for social media and email, and an Embed option that gives you a snippet showing the map with the metric, level, window and baseline you have picked. Clicking any place on the map gives a link to its full climate page.