Countries · New Zealand
Climate change in New Zealand
New Zealand has warmed 1.3 °C on average, about as fast as the world as a whole (+1.1 °C over the same period).
New Zealand: national average temperature, 1950–2025 (°C)
1950 → 2025. New Zealand's warming stripes.
New Zealand's CO₂ emissions
New Zealand: annual CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and industry (million tonnes)
Cities in New Zealand
Frequently asked questions
How much has New Zealand warmed?
Averaged over the whole country, the last ten years (2016–2025) were 1.3 °C warmer than 1951–1980 according to Copernicus ERA5 — about as fast as the global average of 1.1 °C over the same period. Land areas warm faster than the oceans, so most countries warm faster than the global figure.
How much warmer will New Zealand be in 2050?
Climate models project New Zealand to be about 0.9 °C warmer in 2040–2059 than in 1995–2014 under an intermediate scenario (SSP2-4.5; model range 0.6–1.4 °C), and 1.3 °C under very high emissions (SSP5-8.5).
How much CO₂ does New Zealand emit?
New Zealand emitted 32 million tonnes of CO₂ from fossil fuels and industry in 2024, 0.1% of the global total, or 6.2 tonnes per person — 1.3 times the world average. Historically it has emitted 0.1% of all CO₂ since 1750.
Sources: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal; Our World in Data – CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Global Carbon Project)
Licence: Temperature: ERA5 (CC BY 4.0) and CMIP6 (CC BY-SA 4.0) via World Bank CCKP. Emissions: Our World in Data, CC BY 4.0 (Global Carbon Budget). · Generated 17 October 2026 · Methodology