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Find out which cities have the highest annual average temperatures and how they cope with the extreme heat. See the list of the hottest cities in the world, from Assab, Eritrea to George Town, Cayman Islands.
Jun 16, 2022 · 1. Doha, Qatar - Temperatures reached 45°C on Thursday. AFP. 2. Kuwait City, Kuwait - The mercury rose to 42°C on Thursday but last week it broke the 50°C level. Reuters. 3. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Well used to warm weather, it was hot in the kingdom's capital on Thursday, with temperatures at 42°C. Photo: Reuters. 4.
- Djibouti City, Djibouti. Average temperature: 86.9°F/30.5°C. Hottest month: July. Highest recorded temperature: 115°F. Djibouti may be limited in size, but its strategic location on the Gulf of Aden makes it a significant player in global economics.
- Khartoum, Sudan. Average temperature: 86.7°F/30.4°C. Hottest month: May. Highest recorded temperature: 118°F. Over five million people live in the metro area of Khartoum, Sudan’s capital.
- Jizan, Saudi Arabia. Average temperature: 86.7°F/30.4°C. Hottest month: July. Highest recorded temperature: 117°F. Sitting next to the Red Sea, Jizan (or Jazan) is a city on the southern tip of the Tihamah plain that extends up the Saudi Arabian coast.
- Kassala, Sudan. Average temperature: 86.5°F/30.3°C. Hottest month: May. Highest recorded temperature: 118°F. Kassala is a market town on the eastern edge of Sudan, lying close to the country’s border with Eritrea.
At least two cities contend closely for the title of 'Hottest City in the World'. What city ranks the hottest depends on how you look at the temperatures. Here we compare the world's most sweltering cities in terms of highest temperatures, hottest nights, and most days of extreme heat.
- In the world's hottest cities, temperatures get above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) nearly every day for months at a time. Dozens of...
- Ahwaz and Kuwait are nearly equal in their average maximum temperatures during the year's two hottest months. For both cities in July, highs averag...
- In most hot cities when daytime temperatures top 40 °C, it usually cools down at night to the mid-20s. Just a few cities have a month of nighttime...
Jul 1, 2021 · Kuwait – the hottest place on Earth in 2021. On June 22, the Kuwaiti city of Nuwaiseeb recorded the highest temperature in the world so far this year at 53.2C (127.7F). In neighbouring Iraq,...
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