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Mapped: The 10 Hottest and Coldest Countries in the World
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This visualization shows the world’s hottest and coldest countries (and some territories) by their average temperature in 2022. Data for both the graphic and article has been sourced from the World Bank, accessed via Trading Economics.
Ranked: Average Temperature in 2022, by Country or Territory
Burkina Faso’s average annual temperature stands just past 29 °C (84.7 °F), making it the hottest country by this metric.
RankCountryAverage Temperature
(2022, °C)Average Temperature
(2022, °F)
1 Burkina Faso29.384.7
2 Mali29.284.6
3 Qatar29.184.4
4 Senegal29.084.2
5 UAE28.984.0
6 Mauritania28.984.0
7 Bahrain28.883.8
8 Aruba28.883.8
9 Djibouti28.683.5
10 Gambia28.583.3
11 Benin28.182.6
12 Maldives28.182.6
13 Guinea-Bissau28.182.6
14 Cayman Islands28.082.4
15 Oman27.982.2
16 Marshall Islands27.982.2
17 Kiribati27.882.0
18 Ghana27.781.9
19 Singapore27.781.9
20 Niger27.681.7
21 Kuwait27.681.7
22 Sudan27.681.7
23 Guam27.581.5
24 Palau27.581.5
25 Samoa27.581.5
26 Togo27.581.5
27 Micronesia27.581.5
28 St Kitts & Nevis27.381.1
29 American Samoa27.381.1
30 Chad27.381.1
31 Cambodia27.381.1
32 Northern Mariana Islands27.381.1
33 Sri Lanka27.281.0
34 Nigeria27.281.0
35 Seychelles27.180.8
36 Somalia27.180.8
37 Antigua and Barbuda27.180.8
38 Ivory Coast26.880.2
39 Virgin Islands26.880.2
40 St Lucia26.880.2
41 Thailand26.880.2
42 Dominica26.780.1
43 Sierra Leone26.679.9
44 Philippines26.679.9
45 Suriname26.579.7
46 Eritrea26.579.7
47 Saudi Arabia26.579.7
48 Trinidad and Tobago26.579.7
49 Barbados26.579.7
50 Malaysia26.479.5
51 Grenada26.379.3
52 Guyana26.279.2
53 Cuba26.179.0
54 Bahamas26.179.0
55 Jamaica26.078.8
56 St Vincent & the Grenadines26.078.8
57 Indonesia26.078.8
58 Guinea26.078.8
59 Solomon Islands25.978.6
60 Belize25.878.4
61 Nicaragua25.878.4
62 Bangladesh25.778.3
63 Central African Republic25.678.1
64 Brazil25.577.9
65 Venezuela25.577.9
66 Yemen25.577.9
67 Liberia25.577.9
68 Gabon25.577.9
69 Panama25.377.5
70 El Salvador25.277.4
71 Kenya25.277.4
72 India25.277.4
73 Tonga25.177.2
74 Congo25.177.2
75 Haiti25.077.0
76 Fiji25.077.0
77 Cameroon24.976.8
78 Puerto Rico24.976.8
79 Equatorial Guinea24.976.8
80 Mayotte24.976.8
81 Papua New Guinea24.876.6
82 Vanuatu24.876.6
83 Vietnam24.776.5
84 Colombia24.776.5
85 Honduras24.776.5
86 Sao Tome & Principe24.776.5
87 Costa Rica24.676.3
88 Dominican Republic24.676.3
89 Mozambique24.475.9
90 DRC24.475.9
91 Algeria24.175.4
92 French Polynesia24.175.4
93 Laos24.175.4
94 Myanmar24.075.2
95 Paraguay23.975.0
96 Iraq23.874.8
97 Guatemala23.874.8
98 Comoros23.774.7
99 Hong Kong23.674.5
100 Ethiopia23.574.3
101 Macau23.474.1
102 New Caledonia23.474.1
103 Mauritius23.373.9
104 Egypt23.273.8
105 Uganda23.173.6
106 Tanzania22.973.2
107 Libya22.873.0
108 Madagascar22.772.9
109 Cape Verde22.772.9
110 Malawi22.672.7
111 Pakistan22.272.0
112 Botswana22.071.6
113 Australia22.071.6
114 Zambia21.971.4
115 Zimbabwe21.871.2
116 Mexico21.771.1
117 Angola21.670.9
118 Tunisia21.470.5
119 Ecuador21.170.0
120 Eswatini20.969.6
121 Taiwan20.869.4
122 Bolivia20.769.3
123 Burundi20.468.7
124 Malta20.368.5
125 Namibia20.268.4
126 Israel20.268.4
127 Jordan19.867.6
128 Palestine19.767.5
129 Peru19.667.3
130 Cyprus19.366.7
131 Iran19.366.7
132 Syria19.266.6
133 Rwanda19.166.4
134 Morocco19.166.4
135 South Africa18.465.1
136 Uruguay17.763.9
137 Turkmenistan17.763.9
138 Portugal16.962.4
139 Lebanon15.760.3
140 Spain15.359.5
141 Argentina15.159.2
142 Monaco15.059.0
143 Greece14.958.8
144 Uzbekistan14.958.8
145 Afghanistan14.558.1
146 Nepal14.457.9
147 Italy14.457.9
148 San Marino14.157.4
149 Azerbaijan13.856.8
150 Albania13.355.9
151 Croatia13.255.8
152 France13.255.8
153 South Korea12.855.0
154 Lesotho12.654.7
155 Hungary12.654.7
156 Serbia12.654.7
157 Japan12.454.3
158 Bulgaria12.354.1
159 Türkiye12.254.0
160 Belgium12.053.6
161 Moldova11.953.4
162 Netherlands11.753.1
163 North Macedonia11.753.1
164 New Zealand11.753.1
165 Bosnia & Herzegovina11.652.9
166 Luxembourg11.452.5
167 Romania11.252.2
168 Slovenia11.051.8
169 Montenegro11.051.8
170 Germany10.851.4
171 Bhutan10.651.1
172 Ireland10.450.7
173 UK10.150.2
174 Ukraine10.050.0
175 Georgia9.949.8
176 Isle of Man9.949.8
177 Slovakia9.849.6
178 Denmark9.849.6
179 Andorra9.749.5
180 U.S.9.749.5
181 Czech Republic9.749.5
182 Poland9.749.5
183 Chile9.448.9
184 Liechtenstein9.148.4
185 Austria8.747.7
186 Armenia8.647.5
187 China8.146.6
188 Switzerland8.146.6
189 Kazakhstan8.146.6
190 Belarus8.046.4
191 Lithuania8.046.4
192 North Korea7.545.5
193 Latvia7.445.3
194 Faroe Islands7.144.8
195 Estonia6.944.4
196 Tajikistan5.141.2
197 Kyrgyzstan3.939.0
198 Sweden3.838.8
199 Finland3.237.8
200 Norway2.937.2
201 Iceland2.135.8
202 Mongolia1.334.3
203 Russia-2.926.8
204 Canada-4.224.4
205 Greenland-18.6-1.5
Note: Figures rounded.
Burkina Faso’s location—tropical, and far from the ocean—results in a long dry season and short rainy season. As a result, temperatures soar. In fact, five countries in the top 10 hottest can be found in the same region which includes parts of the Sahara Desert.
On the other end of the scale, Greenland recorded an average temperature of -18.6 °C (-1.5 °F), making it the coldest jurisdiction in the dataset.
Interestingly, seven of the top eight coldest countries or territories contain land inside the Arctic Circle.
In Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, mountainous and far from the coast, temperatures can swing between both extremes. While this means bitterly cold winters, in summers, parts of both countries see temperatures rise as high as 40 °C (104 °F).
The world as a whole recorded an average temperature of 14.8 °C (58 °F) in 2022, the sixth-warmest year since global records began. That temperature was 0.8 °C (1.5 °F) warmer than the 20th century average.
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