July 2025 was the third hottest July on record globally

The European Union's (EU) satellite monitoring system, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), has published data on global average surface and sea temperatures in July.

Accordingly, July 2025 was the third warmest July on record in terms of global average temperatures, with the average surface temperature in this month measured at 16.68 degrees.

These average temperatures were 0.45 degrees above the July average for the 1991-2020 period and 1.25 degrees above the pre-industrial average.

July 2025 was 0.27 and 0.23 degrees Celsius colder than the record-breaking Julys of 2023 and 2024, respectively.

In this context, there was a "slight relief" from the record temperatures worldwide in July. However, the 12-month global average temperatures covering the period August 2024-July 2025 were measured 0.65 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 period and 1.53 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average.

Above-average temperatures in Scandinavia, record highs in Türkiye

Last month, the average land temperature in Europe reached 21.1 degrees Celsius, 1.3 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average, making it the fourth hottest July on record in Europe.

The Scandinavian region, which includes Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, saw the most significantly above-average temperatures in Europe in July, with heatwave conditions particularly affecting Sweden and Finland.

While Southeastern Europe faces heatwaves and forest fires, an all-time temperature record of 50.5 degrees Celsius was recorded in the Silopi district of Şırnak province in Turkey on July 25.

Outside Europe, temperatures were above average in the Himalayas, China and Japan.

Sea surface temperatures reached 20.77 degrees Celsius last month, the third highest on record.

C3S Director Carlo Buontempo, in his assessment of the data, stated that the July temperature records of the last two years were suspended "for now" in July this year, adding, "This does not mean that climate change has stopped.

"Over the past month, we have continued to witness the devastating effects of global warming, such as extreme temperatures and floods. If we don't quickly halt greenhouse gas emissions, we should expect and prepare not only for new temperature records but also for these effects to worsen," he said.