Bulgaria vs Greece: Temperature

Temperature in 2025: 12.5 °C in Bulgaria and 16 °C in Greece, by ERA5 observations. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 3.5 °C, or 1.28 times that in Bulgaria.

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°C · ERA5

BulgariaGreeceCMIP6 historical run, model medianCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

Greece has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Bulgaria ranked 178 and Greece ranked 162 of 233 countries, counting from the highest.
The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Bulgaria at 14.3 °C and Greece at 17.5 °C in 2100.

Every year

°C · ERA5

Year	Bulgaria	Bulgaria: CMIP6 historical run, model median	Greece	Greece: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2025	12.5	12.7	16	16
2024	13.3	12.4	16.6	15.9
2023	13	12.4	16	15.8
2022	12.2	12.6	15.4	16
2021	11.7	12.4	15.5	15.9
2020	12.3	12.3	15.6	15.6
2019	12.6	12.1	15.8	15.6
2018	12.1	12.1	15.8	15.5
2017	11.7	12.1	15.2	15.6
2016	12	11.8	15.5	15.3
2015	12.1	12.3	15.2	15.7
2014	11.9	12	15.5	15.4
2013	12.1	11.9	15.6	15.3
2012	12	11.7	15.4	15.3
2011	10.9	11.9	14.5	15.3
2010	11.7	12	15.6	15.3
2009	11.8	11.8	15.2	15.2
2008	11.9	12	15.3	15.4
2007	12.3	11.5	15.3	15
2006	11.1	11.6	14.4	15.1
2005	10.7	11.6	14.4	15
2004	11.2	11.6	14.6	15.1
2003	10.9	11.6	14.7	15.1
2002	11.5	11.4	14.8	15
2001	11.6	11.4	15.1	14.9
2000	11.8	11.6	14.8	15.1
1999	11.7	11.5	15.2	14.9
1998	11	11	14.8	14.7
1997	10.2	11.1	14.1	14.6
1996	10.3	11.2	14.1	14.7
1995	10.7	11	14.3	14.6
1994	12.1	11.1	15.3	14.6
1993	10.6	10.7	14.3	14.3
1992	10.8	10.3	14	14.1
1991	10	10.8	13.7	14.5
1990	11.3	11.3	14.8	14.7
1989	11	10.9	14.2	14.5
1988	10.6	10.8	14.5	14.4
1987	10.3	10.6	14.2	14.3
1986	10.5	10.8	14.4	14.4
1985	10.3	10.6	14.6	14.2
1984	10.5	10.6	14.2	14.3
1983	10.7	10.3	13.9	14.1
1982	10.5	10.5	14.2	14.2
1981	10.7	10.6	14.3	14.4
1980	9.9	10.4	14	14.2
1979	10.7	10.5	14.4	14.1
1978	10.1	10.5	14	14.2
1977	10.9	10.3	14.9	14
1976	9.8	10.4	13.6	14.1
1975	10.8	10.3	14.2	14.1
1974	10.5	10.4	14.2	14.1
1973	10.2	10.7	14.1	14.3
1972	10.6	10.5	14.1	14.2
1971	10.5	10.7	14.1	14.3
1970	11	10.2	14.7	14
1969	10.3	10.5	14.6	14.2
1968	11	10.5	14.6	14.2
1967	10.8	10.6	14.2	14.2
1966	11.5	10.3	14.8	14.1
1965	10.3	10.3	13.9	13.9
1964	10.3	10.7	13.9	14.3
1963	10.6	10.6	14.4	14.2
1962	11	10.7	14.7	14.4
1961	11.1	10.8	14.5	14.3
1960	11.2	10.9	14.7	14.4
1959	10	10.9	13.7	14.4
1958	11.4	10.8	14.9	14.4
1957	10.7	10.6	14.4	14.4
1956	9.6	10.4	13.8	14.2
1955	10.6	10.7	14.7	14.4
1954	9.7	10.5	14	14.3
1953	10.1	10.9	14	14.6
1952	11.5	10.7	15.5	14.4
1951	11.3	10.8	15.1	14.5
1950	11.6	10.8	15.1	14.4

12.3Projected

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

Year	Bulgaria	Bulgaria: CMIP6 historical run, model median	Greece	Greece: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2026	–	12.511.7–13.6	–	15.915.3–17
2027	–	12.511.6–14	–	15.915.2–17
2028	–	12.611.6–13.2	–	16.115.2–16.7
2029	–	12.711.9–13.6	–	16.115.4–17
2030	–	12.611.5–13.5	–	1615.3–16.8
2031	–	12.611.6–13.5	–	1615.2–16.7
2032	–	12.812–13.4	–	16.215.6–16.7
2033	–	12.712–13.9	–	16.115.5–17.1
2034	–	12.812–13.7	–	16.215.5–17
2035	–	1312.1–14	–	16.415.6–17.1
2036	–	12.911.9–14	–	16.215.6–17.1
2037	–	12.911.7–13.9	–	16.315.5–17.2
2038	–	13.311.7–14.2	–	16.615.4–17.4
2039	–	13.212.1–14	–	16.515.6–17.3
2040	–	1312.1–14	–	16.515.7–17.2
2041	–	12.912.1–13.6	–	16.315.7–17
2042	–	1311.9–14	–	16.415.7–17.2
2043	–	1312.2–14.3	–	16.415.7–17.3
2044	–	13.111.6–14.1	–	16.415.4–17.3
2045	–	13.112.2–14.6	–	16.615.7–17.6
2046	–	1312.3–14.4	–	16.515.8–17.5
2047	–	13.111.9–14.5	–	16.615.4–17.6
2048	–	13.412.3–14.3	–	16.715.6–17.6
2049	–	13.312.3–14.4	–	16.515.7–17.6
2050	–	13.412.2–14.7	–	16.715.7–17.9
2051	–	13.412.4–14.3	–	16.715.9–17.6
2052	–	13.412.4–14.4	–	16.816.1–17.5
2053	–	13.612.4–14.9	–	1716–17.9
2054	–	13.312.4–14.6	–	16.816–18
2055	–	13.612.2–14.9	–	16.915.7–18.1
2056	–	13.312–14.7	–	16.815.7–17.8
2057	–	13.412.4–14.8	–	16.916–17.7
2058	–	13.612.5–15.4	–	16.916.2–18.3
2059	–	13.712.1–14.6	–	17.115.9–17.9
2060	–	13.512.4–14.7	–	1715.8–18
2061	–	13.712.5–14.7	–	1716–17.9
2062	–	13.912.6–15.1	–	17.216.1–18.1
2063	–	13.712.3–15.2	–	17.216.1–18.1
2064	–	13.612.5–15	–	1716.1–18.1
2065	–	1412.4–15	–	17.316–18.1
2066	–	13.612.6–15.2	–	17.316.2–18.2
2067	–	1412.7–15	–	17.316.4–18.2
2068	–	13.812.9–15.4	–	17.316.5–18.5
2069	–	1412.9–15.1	–	17.216.4–18.3
2070	–	13.812.6–14.8	–	17.116.3–18
2071	–	13.812.2–15	–	17.416.1–18.3
2072	–	14.113–15.4	–	17.516.6–18.4
2073	–	13.812.4–15.1	–	17.216.1–18.3
2074	–	13.812.7–15	–	17.216.1–18.4
2075	–	13.812.8–15.1	–	17.216.4–18.4
2076	–	13.912.5–15.4	–	17.216.1–18.5
2077	–	14.112.7–15	–	17.416.3–18.3
2078	–	14.212.8–15.4	–	17.516.3–18.4
2079	–	14.112.8–15.7	–	17.516.4–18.7
2080	–	14.113.2–15.2	–	17.516.6–18.4
2081	–	1413.1–15.1	–	17.516.4–18.3
2082	–	14.113.1–15.3	–	17.516.5–18.5
2083	–	1413–15.5	–	17.516.5–18.7
2084	–	14.412.9–15.4	–	17.716.5–18.5
2085	–	14.213.2–15.4	–	17.516.7–18.6
2086	–	14.413.1–15.7	–	17.816.6–18.7
2087	–	14.412.6–15.5	–	17.616.2–18.7
2088	–	14.213–15.3	–	17.816.5–18.5
2089	–	14.212.7–15.5	–	17.616.3–18.9
2090	–	14.613.3–15.9	–	17.816.8–18.8
2091	–	14.413.1–15.5	–	17.616.6–18.7
2092	–	14.412.9–15.9	–	17.616.6–19
2093	–	14.213–16.2	–	17.616.5–19.2
2094	–	14.712.2–16.4	–	17.916.2–19.3
2095	–	14.412.9–15.6	–	17.716.3–18.9
2096	–	14.212.6–16.1	–	17.616.4–19.1
2097	–	14.513.1–16.3	–	17.816.7–19.1
2098	–	14.312.8–15.9	–	17.716.6–19
2099	–	14.413–15.5	–	17.816.4–18.8
2100	–	14.312.6–15.9	–	17.516.4–18.9

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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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