Europe is the fastest-warming continent with a rate of warming more than double the global average.

Based on various sources, including the World Meteorological Organization , Copernicus Climate Change Service , NOAA, and Berkeley Earth.

As the planet continues to warm not all regions are heating up at the same pace as can be seen from the data above.  Over the last thirty years, the global average temperature has increased by around 0.26°C per decade, but in Europe and the Arctic, the rate of warming is more than double the global average. Europe is the fastest-warming continent and has warmed by approximately 0.53°C per decade since the mid-1990s, with the Arctic warming even faster at around 0.69°C per decade.

Compared to pre-industrial levels (averaging the estimated 1850-1900 temperatures), the global average temperature has increased by around 1.3°C, according to the C3S Climate Indicator for temperature, which is based on the latest five-year averages.

Using the latest 30 year warming trend, the 1.5°C level would be reached by April 2029. For Europe, the increase since pre-industrial levels is around 2.4°C, and in the Arctic, it’s even higher at 3.3°C.

If we take the 30 year trend for Europe of 0.53°C and apply it to the 2.4°C figure over the next 25 years we can project relative to pre-industrial levels that by 2030 we will see 2.72°C warming, followed by a figure of 3.25°C in 2040. For the Arctic, on the same basis we could see 3.58°C in 2030 and 4.27°C in 2040.