Papua New Guinea vs South Korea: Temperature

Temperature in 2025: 24.1 °C in Papua New Guinea and 13.5 °C in South Korea, by ERA5 observations. In 2025 the value was higher in Papua New Guinea, by 10.5 °C, or 1.78 times that in South Korea.

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°C · ERA5

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

What the numbers say

Papua New Guinea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Papua New Guinea ranked 109 and South Korea ranked 171 of 233 countries, counting from the highest.
The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Papua New Guinea at 25.6 °C and South Korea at 15.3 °C in 2100.

Every year

°C · ERA5

Year	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea: CMIP6 historical run, model median	South Korea	South Korea: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2025	24.1	24.3	13.5	13.4
2024	24.3	24.4	14.2	13.5
2023	23.9	24.3	13.6	13.6
2022	24.2	24.3	12.9	13.4
2021	24	24.2	13.3	13.1
2020	24	24.3	12.9	13.1
2019	23.6	24.2	13.2	13.2
2018	23.7	24.2	12.7	13.2
2017	23.7	24.2	12.8	13.2
2016	24	24.1	13.3	12.9
2015	23.6	24.2	13.2	13
2014	23.6	24.1	12.8	12.7
2013	23.6	24.1	12.6	13.1
2012	23.5	24.1	12	13.1
2011	23.4	24	12	12.9
2010	23.9	24	12.3	12.9
2009	23.4	24	12.7	12.8
2008	23.4	24	12.7	12.8
2007	23.5	23.9	13	12.6
2006	23.5	24	12.7	12.9
2005	23.5	23.9	12	12.8
2004	23.3	24	13	12.6
2003	23.4	23.9	12.2	12.7
2002	23.5	23.9	12.4	12.7
2001	23.5	23.9	12.5	12.7
2000	23.4	23.9	12.2	12.6
1999	23.4	23.8	12.6	12.5
1998	23.9	23.8	13.2	12.5
1997	23.2	23.7	12.4	12.4
1996	23.5	23.7	11.7	12.4
1995	23.4	23.7	11.9	12.2
1994	23.1	23.6	13.1	12.2
1993	23.1	23.5	11.6	11.9
1992	23.1	23.4	12.2	11.9
1991	23.2	23.7	11.9	12.2
1990	23.2	23.7	12.8	12.4
1989	23.2	23.6	12.6	12.3
1988	23.4	23.6	11.8	12.2
1987	23.2	23.6	11.9	12
1986	23.1	23.6	11.1	12.1
1985	22.9	23.5	11.6	12
1984	23	23.5	11.3	11.7
1983	23.3	23.5	11.9	11.5
1982	22.9	23.6	12.1	11.9
1981	23.1	23.6	11.1	12
1980	23.1	23.6	10.8	12
1979	23.1	23.6	12.2	11.9
1978	23.1	23.6	12.5	12
1977	22.8	23.5	12.1	11.9
1976	22.6	23.4	11.3	11.7
1975	22.6	23.5	12.2	12
1974	22.6	23.5	11	12
1973	23	23.5	12	11.8
1972	22.6	23.5	11.8	11.8
1971	22.6	23.5	11.5	11.7
1970	22.8	23.4	11.3	11.8
1969	22.7	23.4	11	11.9
1968	22.6	23.4	11.6	11.8
1967	22.3	23.4	11.6	12
1966	22.5	23.4	11.6	12
1965	22.3	23.3	11.4	11.9
1964	22.7	23.3	12.3	12
1963	22.6	23.3	11.1	12.2
1962	22.7	23.5	11.7	12
1961	22.5	23.5	12.5	12.1
1960	22.7	23.5	12.2	12.1
1959	22.6	23.5	12.4	12
1958	22.9	23.6	11.9	12
1957	22.8	23.5	10.9	12.2
1956	22.9	23.5	10.5	12.3
1955	22.9	23.5	11.8	12.1
1954	22.9	23.4	11.9	12.2
1953	22.9	23.4	11.6	12.1
1952	23	23.5	11.6	12.1
1951	22.6	23.5	11.7	12.1
1950	22.5	23.5	11.4	12.3

12.3Projected

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

Year	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea: CMIP6 historical run, model median	South Korea	South Korea: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2026	–	24.424–24.8	–	13.512.7–14.2
2027	–	24.424.1–24.7	–	13.612.9–14.5
2028	–	24.424.1–24.8	–	13.712.9–14.4
2029	–	24.524.2–24.9	–	13.713.1–14.6
2030	–	24.524.2–24.9	–	13.512.9–14.3
2031	–	24.424.1–24.8	–	13.712.9–14.6
2032	–	24.624.2–25	–	13.813.1–14.4
2033	–	24.624.3–24.9	–	1413.1–14.6
2034	–	24.624.3–24.9	–	13.913–14.6
2035	–	24.624.3–25.1	–	13.913–14.7
2036	–	24.724.3–25.1	–	13.712.8–14.7
2037	–	24.724.3–25.1	–	1413.1–14.6
2038	–	24.724.4–25.1	–	14.113.2–14.6
2039	–	24.724.4–25.1	–	1413–14.8
2040	–	24.724.4–25.2	–	1413.1–14.8
2041	–	24.824.4–25.3	–	1413–15.2
2042	–	24.724.4–25.2	–	13.912.6–15
2043	–	24.724.4–25.2	–	14.213–15.2
2044	–	24.824.5–25.3	–	14.113.4–15
2045	–	24.824.4–25.3	–	1413.2–15.2
2046	–	24.924.4–25.3	–	14.113–15.1
2047	–	2524.5–25.5	–	14.213.5–15.1
2048	–	24.924.5–25.4	–	14.513.4–15.2
2049	–	24.924.5–25.5	–	14.413.2–15.4
2050	–	24.924.5–25.5	–	14.413.4–15.3
2051	–	2524.5–25.6	–	14.613.2–15.3
2052	–	2524.6–25.5	–	14.213.3–14.9
2053	–	2524.5–25.6	–	14.513.8–15.2
2054	–	2524.6–25.6	–	14.413.9–15.3
2055	–	2524.6–25.7	–	14.613.5–15.5
2056	–	25.124.7–25.7	–	14.813.7–15.6
2057	–	25.124.6–25.6	–	14.613.1–15.6
2058	–	25.224.6–25.8	–	14.513.7–15.5
2059	–	25.124.7–25.8	–	14.713.3–15.4
2060	–	25.324.7–25.7	–	14.813.8–15.6
2061	–	25.224.6–25.7	–	14.613.8–15.7
2062	–	25.124.6–25.9	–	14.613.7–16
2063	–	25.124.6–25.9	–	14.813.7–15.7
2064	–	25.224.7–25.8	–	14.613.5–15.3
2065	–	25.224.7–25.8	–	14.813.6–15.7
2066	–	25.324.8–25.9	–	14.613.5–15.4
2067	–	25.324.7–25.9	–	14.713.7–15.7
2068	–	25.324.6–25.9	–	14.713.6–16.1
2069	–	25.324.7–26.1	–	1513.8–16
2070	–	25.324.8–25.9	–	14.813.8–16.1
2071	–	25.424.8–26	–	14.813.6–16.2
2072	–	25.424.8–26	–	14.813.6–16
2073	–	25.424.8–26	–	15.113.9–15.9
2074	–	25.424.8–26.2	–	14.913.7–16.1
2075	–	25.424.8–26	–	14.913.8–15.9
2076	–	25.424.8–26	–	15.114.1–15.8
2077	–	25.424.8–26.2	–	15.114.1–16.2
2078	–	25.424.9–26.1	–	15.113.9–16.3
2079	–	25.424.8–26.1	–	1513.9–16.3
2080	–	25.524.8–26.1	–	1514–16.3
2081	–	25.524.9–26.2	–	1514.2–16.2
2082	–	25.524.9–26.1	–	15.114–16.2
2083	–	25.624.9–26.2	–	15.214.3–16.3
2084	–	25.525–26.2	–	15.213.6–16.5
2085	–	25.624.9–26.3	–	15.314.2–16.4
2086	–	25.624.9–26.4	–	15.114.1–16.4
2087	–	25.425–26.3	–	15.113.8–16.7
2088	–	25.625–26.3	–	15.114.2–16.7
2089	–	25.624.9–26.3	–	15.214.2–16.3
2090	–	25.625–26.3	–	15.614.1–16.3
2091	–	25.624.9–26.4	–	15.414.4–16.4
2092	–	25.725–26.4	–	15.114.2–16.1
2093	–	25.625–26.4	–	15.414.4–16.2
2094	–	25.825–26.3	–	15.313.9–16.3
2095	–	25.724.9–26.3	–	15.314.3–16.2
2096	–	25.625–26.5	–	15.413.8–16.5
2097	–	25.624.9–26.4	–	15.414.3–16.2
2098	–	25.724.9–26.4	–	15.214.6–16.5
2099	–	25.625–26.4	–	15.414.2–16.5
2100	–	25.625–26.3	–	15.314.3–16.7

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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