Australia vs South Korea: Temperature

Temperature in 2025: 22.6 °C in Australia and 13.5 °C in South Korea, by ERA5 observations. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 9.1 °C, or 1.67 times that in South Korea.

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°C · ERA5

AustraliaSouth KoreaCMIP6 historical run, model medianCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

Australia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Australia ranked 127 and South Korea ranked 171 of 233 countries, counting from the highest.
The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Australia at 24.8 °C and South Korea at 15.3 °C in 2100.

Every year

°C · ERA5

Year	Australia	Australia: CMIP6 historical run, model median	South Korea	South Korea: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2025	22.6	23	13.5	13.4
2024	22.8	23.1	14.2	13.5
2023	22.4	22.9	13.6	13.6
2022	21.9	22.9	12.9	13.4
2021	22	22.9	13.3	13.1
2020	22.6	22.7	12.9	13.1
2019	23.1	22.7	13.2	13.2
2018	22.6	22.8	12.7	13.2
2017	22.5	22.8	12.8	13.2
2016	22.4	22.7	13.3	12.9
2015	22.5	22.6	13.2	13
2014	22.6	22.7	12.8	12.7
2013	22.9	22.7	12.6	13.1
2012	21.7	22.6	12	13.1
2011	21.3	22.6	12	12.9
2010	21.7	22.7	12.3	12.9
2009	22.5	22.5	12.7	12.8
2008	22	22.5	12.7	12.8
2007	22.2	22.5	13	12.6
2006	22	22.3	12.7	12.9
2005	22.7	22.4	12	12.8
2004	22.1	22.6	13	12.6
2003	22.2	22.5	12.2	12.7
2002	22.3	22.3	12.4	12.7
2001	21.4	22.4	12.5	12.7
2000	21.3	22.4	12.2	12.6
1999	21.7	22.3	12.6	12.5
1998	22.4	22.4	13.2	12.5
1997	21.9	22.2	12.4	12.4
1996	22.2	22	11.7	12.4
1995	21.7	22	11.9	12.2
1994	22	22.1	13.1	12.2
1993	22	21.9	11.6	11.9
1992	21.7	21.7	12.2	11.9
1991	22.3	22.2	11.9	12.2
1990	22.2	22.3	12.8	12.4
1989	21.7	22.1	12.6	12.3
1988	22.5	22.1	11.8	12.2
1987	21.9	22	11.9	12
1986	22	22.1	11.1	12.1
1985	21.9	21.9	11.6	12
1984	21.4	22.1	11.3	11.7
1983	22	21.9	11.9	11.5
1982	21.8	22.1	12.1	11.9
1981	22	22	11.1	12
1980	22.5	22.1	10.8	12
1979	22	22.1	12.2	11.9
1978	21.3	22	12.5	12
1977	21.6	21.9	12.1	11.9
1976	21	21.9	11.3	11.7
1975	21.2	21.7	12.2	12
1974	20.6	21.8	11	12
1973	22	22.1	12	11.8
1972	22	21.8	11.8	11.8
1971	21.5	21.9	11.5	11.7
1970	21.9	21.8	11.3	11.8
1969	21.9	21.9	11	11.9
1968	21.4	21.8	11.6	11.8
1967	21.7	21.8	11.6	12
1966	21.5	21.8	11.6	12
1965	22.2	21.7	11.4	11.9
1964	21.8	21.5	12.3	12
1963	21.8	21.5	11.1	12.2
1962	22	21.9	11.7	12
1961	22.3	22	12.5	12.1
1960	21.6	22	12.2	12.1
1959	22.4	21.9	12.4	12
1958	22.5	22	11.9	12
1957	22.3	21.9	10.9	12.2
1956	21.2	21.8	10.5	12.3
1955	21.7	21.7	11.8	12.1
1954	22	21.9	11.9	12.2
1953	21.9	21.8	11.6	12.1
1952	21.9	21.9	11.6	12.1
1951	22.1	21.9	11.7	12.1
1950	21.8	21.8	11.4	12.3

12.3Projected

CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2026–2100

Year	Australia	Australia: CMIP6 historical run, model median	South Korea	South Korea: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2026	–	2322.2–23.9	–	13.512.7–14.2
2027	–	23.122.2–23.7	–	13.612.9–14.5
2028	–	23.222.4–23.9	–	13.712.9–14.4
2029	–	23.222.5–24.1	–	13.713.1–14.6
2030	–	23.122.3–23.8	–	13.512.9–14.3
2031	–	23.222.4–24	–	13.712.9–14.6
2032	–	23.422.7–24.1	–	13.813.1–14.4
2033	–	23.222.5–23.8	–	1413.1–14.6
2034	–	23.322.6–24.1	–	13.913–14.6
2035	–	23.322.3–24.1	–	13.913–14.7
2036	–	23.222.5–24	–	13.712.8–14.7
2037	–	23.622.7–24.2	–	1413.1–14.6
2038	–	23.622.8–24.2	–	14.113.2–14.6
2039	–	23.422.6–24.2	–	1413–14.8
2040	–	23.522.6–24.3	–	1413.1–14.8
2041	–	23.522.7–24.3	–	1413–15.2
2042	–	23.522.5–24.4	–	13.912.6–15
2043	–	23.622.8–24.3	–	14.213–15.2
2044	–	23.622.8–24.4	–	14.113.4–15
2045	–	23.622.7–24.4	–	1413.2–15.2
2046	–	23.822.8–24.6	–	14.113–15.1
2047	–	23.822.8–24.5	–	14.213.5–15.1
2048	–	2422.9–24.7	–	14.513.4–15.2
2049	–	23.823.1–24.7	–	14.413.2–15.4
2050	–	23.822.8–24.7	–	14.413.4–15.3
2051	–	23.922.9–24.9	–	14.613.2–15.3
2052	–	23.823–24.9	–	14.213.3–14.9
2053	–	23.922.8–24.8	–	14.513.8–15.2
2054	–	23.922.9–24.9	–	14.413.9–15.3
2055	–	2423.2–24.9	–	14.613.5–15.5
2056	–	2423.1–24.8	–	14.813.7–15.6
2057	–	24.123.1–24.8	–	14.613.1–15.6
2058	–	2423–24.9	–	14.513.7–15.5
2059	–	24.123.2–25	–	14.713.3–15.4
2060	–	24.123.2–24.9	–	14.813.8–15.6
2061	–	24.123.3–25	–	14.613.8–15.7
2062	–	23.922.9–24.8	–	14.613.7–16
2063	–	24.323.3–25.2	–	14.813.7–15.7
2064	–	24.123.2–25.1	–	14.613.5–15.3
2065	–	24.123.2–25	–	14.813.6–15.7
2066	–	24.423.5–25.2	–	14.613.5–15.4
2067	–	24.323.1–25.5	–	14.713.7–15.7
2068	–	24.423–25.4	–	14.713.6–16.1
2069	–	24.323.3–25.3	–	1513.8–16
2070	–	24.123.1–25.4	–	14.813.8–16.1
2071	–	24.323.2–25.4	–	14.813.6–16.2
2072	–	24.423.5–25.3	–	14.813.6–16
2073	–	24.523.5–25.3	–	15.113.9–15.9
2074	–	24.323.4–25.3	–	14.913.7–16.1
2075	–	24.423.2–25.2	–	14.913.8–15.9
2076	–	24.523.4–25.3	–	15.114.1–15.8
2077	–	24.423.5–25.4	–	15.114.1–16.2
2078	–	24.423.7–25.3	–	15.113.9–16.3
2079	–	24.423.3–25.4	–	1513.9–16.3
2080	–	24.423.4–25.4	–	1514–16.3
2081	–	24.523.3–25.5	–	1514.2–16.2
2082	–	24.523.5–25.3	–	15.114–16.2
2083	–	24.423.3–25.6	–	15.214.3–16.3
2084	–	24.623.2–25.6	–	15.213.6–16.5
2085	–	24.623.5–25.6	–	15.314.2–16.4
2086	–	24.623.4–25.6	–	15.114.1–16.4
2087	–	24.523.4–25.8	–	15.113.8–16.7
2088	–	24.623.5–25.8	–	15.114.2–16.7
2089	–	24.523.6–25.5	–	15.214.2–16.3
2090	–	24.723.6–25.9	–	15.614.1–16.3
2091	–	24.623.6–25.7	–	15.414.4–16.4
2092	–	24.623.4–25.7	–	15.114.2–16.1
2093	–	24.823.5–26	–	15.414.4–16.2
2094	–	24.623.7–25.6	–	15.313.9–16.3
2095	–	24.923.7–25.9	–	15.314.3–16.2
2096	–	24.723.5–25.8	–	15.413.8–16.5
2097	–	24.723.5–25.9	–	15.414.3–16.2
2098	–	24.623.6–25.7	–	15.214.6–16.5
2099	–	24.723.7–25.7	–	15.414.2–16.5
2100	–	24.823.8–25.9	–	15.314.3–16.7

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The average air temperature near the ground, over the whole country and the whole year.
Source: ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus, ECMWF) and CMIP6, via the World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal.
The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
Ranks count the 233 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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