Saudi Arabia vs Syria: Temperature

Temperature in 2025: 26.6 °C in Saudi Arabia and 20.4 °C in Syria, by ERA5 observations. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 6.3 °C, or 1.31 times that in Syria.

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°C · ERA5

Saudi ArabiaSyriaCMIP6 historical run, model medianCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Saudi Arabia ranked 61 and Syria ranked 147 of 233 countries, counting from the highest.
The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Saudi Arabia at 28.3 °C and Syria at 21.7 °C in 2100.

Every year

°C · ERA5

Year	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia: CMIP6 historical run, model median	Syria	Syria: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2025	26.6	26.5	20.4	20.1
2024	27.2	26.4	20.5	20
2023	27	26.3	20.3	19.8
2022	26.9	26.3	19.9	19.9
2021	27.2	26.2	20.4	19.7
2020	26.6	26.1	20.1	19.7
2019	26.8	26.1	19.7	19.6
2018	26.9	26.1	20.4	19.7
2017	26.9	25.9	19.9	19.6
2016	26.6	25.9	20.1	19.4
2015	26.8	26	19.7	19.6
2014	26.4	25.9	19.8	19.4
2013	25.9	25.8	19.4	19.3
2012	26.3	25.8	19.4	19.2
2011	25.9	25.8	18.4	19.2
2010	27.1	25.8	20.7	19.2
2009	26.3	25.6	19	19.1
2008	25.8	25.6	19.1	19.1
2007	26.1	25.6	18.9	19
2006	26.1	25.6	18.7	19.1
2005	26	25.5	18.6	19
2004	25.9	25.4	18.7	19
2003	26.2	25.5	18.8	19.2
2002	25.9	25.5	18.8	19
2001	26.1	25.6	19.4	19
2000	25.9	25.4	18.8	19
1999	26.3	25.4	19.4	18.9
1998	26.3	25.3	19.5	18.7
1997	25.2	25.3	17.8	18.7
1996	25.8	25.1	18.8	18.6
1995	25.3	25.1	18.3	18.6
1994	25.5	25	18.9	18.5
1993	25.1	24.7	17.7	18.3
1992	24	24.6	16.7	18.1
1991	25.3	25.1	18.1	18.5
1990	25.4	25.1	18.3	18.7
1989	24.8	24.9	18.4	18.4
1988	25.4	24.9	17.8	18.4
1987	25.6	24.9	18.1	18.4
1986	24.9	24.9	18.3	18.5
1985	25	24.8	18	18.3
1984	24.7	24.8	17.6	18.3
1983	24.3	24.5	17.2	18.1
1982	24.2	24.7	17	18.1
1981	25.3	24.8	18.2	18.4
1980	25.4	24.8	17.9	18.2
1979	25.5	24.7	18.7	18.2
1978	24.9	24.7	18.4	18
1977	24.7	24.8	18	18.1
1976	24.3	24.6	17.3	18.2
1975	24.2	24.5	17.6	18.1
1974	24.3	24.6	17.9	18.1
1973	24.7	24.6	17.8	18.2
1972	24	24.6	16.9	18.2
1971	23.8	24.5	17.6	18.1
1970	24.5	24.5	18.3	18.1
1969	24.9	24.6	18.1	18.1
1968	24.3	24.5	18	18.1
1967	23.6	24.4	16.9	18
1966	24.7	24.4	19.1	18
1965	24.1	24.4	18.2	18
1964	23.5	24.4	17.4	18
1963	24.4	24.4	18.5	18.2
1962	24.8	24.7	19.4	18.2
1961	24.1	24.7	17.8	18.3
1960	24.8	24.8	18.9	18.3
1959	23.8	24.7	17.4	18.2
1958	24.7	24.7	18.6	18.2
1957	24	24.7	18.2	18.4
1956	23.8	24.5	17.8	18.1
1955	24.2	24.6	19.1	18.2
1954	24.5	24.6	18.6	18.2
1953	24	24.6	17.5	18.3
1952	24.3	24.6	18.7	18.4
1951	24.3	24.6	18.6	18.4
1950	23.4	24.6	17.7	18.2

12.3Projected

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

Year	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia: CMIP6 historical run, model median	Syria	Syria: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2026	–	26.425.7–27.3	–	19.819–20.7
2027	–	26.425.8–27.3	–	19.919.3–20.9
2028	–	26.425.7–27.1	–	19.919.3–20.7
2029	–	26.525.7–27.3	–	2019.4–20.9
2030	–	26.625.8–27.4	–	2019.3–20.9
2031	–	26.726–27.4	–	20.219.6–20.7
2032	–	26.525.8–27.3	–	20.119.1–20.9
2033	–	26.726–27.4	–	20.219.7–21.2
2034	–	26.826–27.6	–	20.419.4–21
2035	–	26.826.1–27.6	–	20.419.9–21.1
2036	–	26.826.1–27.3	–	20.219.5–21
2037	–	26.926.2–27.7	–	20.319.3–21.2
2038	–	2726.2–27.7	–	20.619.3–21.2
2039	–	2726.3–27.8	–	20.719.6–21.3
2040	–	26.926.2–27.6	–	20.419.8–21.3
2041	–	26.926.3–27.7	–	20.619.9–21.1
2042	–	2726.2–27.9	–	20.419.7–21.1
2043	–	26.926.1–27.9	–	20.419.9–21.4
2044	–	2726.1–28	–	20.519.6–21.4
2045	–	27.226.4–28	–	20.720–21.7
2046	–	27.326.6–28.1	–	20.820.1–21.5
2047	–	27.326.5–28.1	–	20.619.9–21.6
2048	–	27.226.4–28.2	–	20.619.9–21.8
2049	–	27.326.5–28	–	20.719.9–21.2
2050	–	27.426.8–28.3	–	20.919.9–21.8
2051	–	27.426.7–28.2	–	20.820.3–21.6
2052	–	27.426.7–28.2	–	20.820.1–21.8
2053	–	27.426.4–28.3	–	21.120.3–21.9
2054	–	27.426.6–28.5	–	2120–21.9
2055	–	27.726.8–28.4	–	21.120.2–22
2056	–	27.326.5–28.5	–	20.920.2–22.2
2057	–	27.526.6–28.7	–	2120–21.9
2058	–	27.526.6–28.7	–	2120.2–22.1
2059	–	27.626.6–28.6	–	21.119.9–22.1
2060	–	27.526.8–28.5	–	20.919.8–22.5
2061	–	27.726.8–28.5	–	21.120–21.9
2062	–	27.626.6–28.8	–	21.320.3–22.2
2063	–	27.726.9–28.6	–	21.220.1–22.1
2064	–	27.626.9–28.7	–	21.320–22.2
2065	–	27.627–28.7	–	21.220.4–22.1
2066	–	27.927.2–28.9	–	21.220.2–22.2
2067	–	27.826.9–28.8	–	21.420.5–22.4
2068	–	27.827–28.8	–	21.420.5–22.2
2069	–	27.827–28.8	–	21.320.4–22.3
2070	–	27.927.1–28.9	–	21.420.6–22.2
2071	–	28.127.1–29.1	–	21.520.6–22.5
2072	–	28.127–29.1	–	21.520.6–22.7
2073	–	28.226.7–29.1	–	21.420.3–22.4
2074	–	28.126.8–29.1	–	21.320.3–22.6
2075	–	2827.3–29.1	–	21.520.7–22.4
2076	–	28.127–29	–	21.520.3–22.4
2077	–	28.227–29.3	–	21.520.5–22.7
2078	–	28.127.1–29.2	–	21.520.6–22.8
2079	–	28.127.1–29.2	–	21.720.7–22.8
2080	–	28.227.1–29.2	–	21.620.8–22.6
2081	–	28.227.3–29.3	–	21.720.5–22.9
2082	–	28.227.4–29.1	–	21.720.8–22.6
2083	–	28.227.5–29.4	–	21.721–22.7
2084	–	28.327.3–29.6	–	21.920.7–22.8
2085	–	28.227.5–29.7	–	21.721–22.8
2086	–	28.427.3–29.6	–	21.821–22.9
2087	–	28.327.4–29.5	–	21.720.5–22.8
2088	–	28.327.1–29.6	–	21.820.6–22.7
2089	–	28.327.3–29.5	–	21.720.5–23.2
2090	–	28.227.3–29.7	–	21.720.7–23.2
2091	–	28.427.4–29.6	–	21.821–22.8
2092	–	28.327.4–29.5	–	21.920.6–22.9
2093	–	28.427.6–29.6	–	21.921–23
2094	–	28.527.7–29.6	–	22.220.9–23.2
2095	–	28.527.6–29.5	–	21.921–23.1
2096	–	28.427.3–29.7	–	21.920.6–23.2
2097	–	28.327.2–29.7	–	22.120.6–23.5
2098	–	28.627.4–29.8	–	21.920.8–23.4
2099	–	28.427.3–29.6	–	21.920.7–22.8
2100	–	28.327.6–29.7	–	21.720.8–23

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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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