The year 2025 ranked as the third warmest year ever recorded worldwide, closely approaching the record levels observed in 2024 and 2023, according to separate announcements by Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and the US-based Berkeley Earth research institute.
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service and Berkeley Earth, global average surface temperatures in 2025 continued the recent warming trend, placing the year among the hottest since systematic measurements began.
For the first time, the average global surface temperature over a three-year period exceeded by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius the pre-industrial reference level of 1850–1900. This threshold represents the most ambitious target set by the Paris Agreement, adopted a decade ago to limit global temperature rise.
Climate scientists note that surpassing this threshold on a sustained basis is now considered unavoidable, with implications including more frequent and prolonged heatwaves, as well as increasingly intense and destructive extreme weather events.
Cyprus context
Temperature trends recorded by the Cyprus Department of Meteorology are consistent with broader regional warming patterns observed in the eastern Mediterranean, a region identified by international climate monitoring bodies as particularly vulnerable to rising temperatures and extreme heat.
Sources: Copernicus Climate Change Service, Berkeley Earth, Cyprus Department of Meteorology.