El Niño tends to raise global temperatures whereas La Niña suppresses them

Monthly global surface air temperature anomaly from monthly average, 1981-2010

El Niño phase

La Niña phase

Neutral phase

1.0C

July 2023

El Niño conditions present

0.75

0.5

0.25

0

-0.25

El Niño declared

by WMO on 4 July

-0.5

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

El Niño phase

La Niña phase

Neutral phase

1.0C

July 2023

El Niño conditions present

0.75

0.5

0.25

0

El Niño declared

by WMO on 4 July

-0.25

-0.5

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020