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.

Rank	Country	Average Temperature (2022, °C)	Average Temperature (2022, °F)
1	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	29.3	84.7
2	🇲🇱 Mali	29.2	84.6
3	🇶🇦 Qatar	29.1	84.4
4	🇸🇳 Senegal	29.0	84.2
5	🇦🇪 UAE	28.9	84.0
6	🇲🇷 Mauritania	28.9	84.0
7	🇧🇭 Bahrain	28.8	83.8
8	🇦🇼 Aruba	28.8	83.8
9	🇩🇯 Djibouti	28.6	83.5
10	🇬🇲 Gambia	28.5	83.3
11	🇧🇯 Benin	28.1	82.6
12	🇲🇻 Maldives	28.1	82.6
13	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	28.1	82.6
14	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	28.0	82.4
15	🇴🇲 Oman	27.9	82.2
16	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	27.9	82.2
17	🇰🇮 Kiribati	27.8	82.0
18	🇬🇭 Ghana	27.7	81.9
19	🇸🇬 Singapore	27.7	81.9
20	🇳🇪 Niger	27.6	81.7
21	🇰🇼 Kuwait	27.6	81.7
22	🇸🇩 Sudan	27.6	81.7
23	🇬🇺 Guam	27.5	81.5
24	🇵🇼 Palau	27.5	81.5
25	🇼🇸 Samoa	27.5	81.5
26	🇹🇬 Togo	27.5	81.5
27	🇫🇲 Micronesia	27.5	81.5
28	🇰🇳 St Kitts & Nevis	27.3	81.1
29	🇦🇸 American Samoa	27.3	81.1
30	🇹🇩 Chad	27.3	81.1
31	🇰🇭 Cambodia	27.3	81.1
32	🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands	27.3	81.1
33	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	27.2	81.0
34	🇳🇬 Nigeria	27.2	81.0
35	🇸🇨 Seychelles	27.1	80.8
36	🇸🇴 Somalia	27.1	80.8
37	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	27.1	80.8
38	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	26.8	80.2
39	🇻🇮 Virgin Islands	26.8	80.2
40	🇱🇨 St Lucia	26.8	80.2
41	🇹🇭 Thailand	26.8	80.2
42	🇩🇲 Dominica	26.7	80.1
43	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	26.6	79.9
44	🇵🇭 Philippines	26.6	79.9
45	🇸🇷 Suriname	26.5	79.7
46	🇪🇷 Eritrea	26.5	79.7
47	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	26.5	79.7
48	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	26.5	79.7
49	🇧🇧 Barbados	26.5	79.7
50	🇲🇾 Malaysia	26.4	79.5
51	🇬🇩 Grenada	26.3	79.3
52	🇬🇾 Guyana	26.2	79.2
53	🇨🇺 Cuba	26.1	79.0
54	🇧🇸 Bahamas	26.1	79.0
55	🇯🇲 Jamaica	26.0	78.8
56	🇻🇨 St Vincent & the Grenadines	26.0	78.8
57	🇮🇩 Indonesia	26.0	78.8
58	🇬🇳 Guinea	26.0	78.8
59	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	25.9	78.6
60	🇧🇿 Belize	25.8	78.4
61	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	25.8	78.4
62	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	25.7	78.3
63	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	25.6	78.1
64	🇧🇷 Brazil	25.5	77.9
65	🇻🇪 Venezuela	25.5	77.9
66	🇾🇪 Yemen	25.5	77.9
67	🇱🇷 Liberia	25.5	77.9
68	🇬🇦 Gabon	25.5	77.9
69	🇵🇦 Panama	25.3	77.5
70	🇸🇻 El Salvador	25.2	77.4
71	🇰🇪 Kenya	25.2	77.4
72	🇮🇳 India	25.2	77.4
73	🇹🇴 Tonga	25.1	77.2
74	🇨🇬 Congo	25.1	77.2
75	🇭🇹 Haiti	25.0	77.0
76	🇫🇯 Fiji	25.0	77.0
77	🇨🇲 Cameroon	24.9	76.8
78	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	24.9	76.8
79	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	24.9	76.8
80	🇾🇹 Mayotte	24.9	76.8
81	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	24.8	76.6
82	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	24.8	76.6
83	🇻🇳 Vietnam	24.7	76.5
84	🇨🇴 Colombia	24.7	76.5
85	🇭🇳 Honduras	24.7	76.5
86	🇸🇹 Sao Tome & Principe	24.7	76.5
87	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	24.6	76.3
88	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	24.6	76.3
89	🇲🇿 Mozambique	24.4	75.9
90	🇨🇩 DRC	24.4	75.9
91	🇩🇿 Algeria	24.1	75.4
92	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	24.1	75.4
93	🇱🇦 Laos	24.1	75.4
94	🇲🇲 Myanmar	24.0	75.2
95	🇵🇾 Paraguay	23.9	75.0
96	🇮🇶 Iraq	23.8	74.8
97	🇬🇹 Guatemala	23.8	74.8
98	🇰🇲 Comoros	23.7	74.7
99	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	23.6	74.5
100	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	23.5	74.3
101	🇲🇴 Macau	23.4	74.1
102	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	23.4	74.1
103	🇲🇺 Mauritius	23.3	73.9
104	🇪🇬 Egypt	23.2	73.8
105	🇺🇬 Uganda	23.1	73.6
106	🇹🇿 Tanzania	22.9	73.2
107	🇱🇾 Libya	22.8	73.0
108	🇲🇬 Madagascar	22.7	72.9
109	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	22.7	72.9
110	🇲🇼 Malawi	22.6	72.7
111	🇵🇰 Pakistan	22.2	72.0
112	🇧🇼 Botswana	22.0	71.6
113	🇦🇺 Australia	22.0	71.6
114	🇿🇲 Zambia	21.9	71.4
115	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	21.8	71.2
116	🇲🇽 Mexico	21.7	71.1
117	🇦🇴 Angola	21.6	70.9
118	🇹🇳 Tunisia	21.4	70.5
119	🇪🇨 Ecuador	21.1	70.0
120	🇸🇿 Eswatini	20.9	69.6
121	🇹🇼 Taiwan	20.8	69.4
122	🇧🇴 Bolivia	20.7	69.3
123	🇧🇮 Burundi	20.4	68.7
124	🇲🇹 Malta	20.3	68.5
125	🇳🇦 Namibia	20.2	68.4
126	🇮🇱 Israel	20.2	68.4
127	🇯🇴 Jordan	19.8	67.6
128	🇵🇸 Palestine	19.7	67.5
129	🇵🇪 Peru	19.6	67.3
130	🇨🇾 Cyprus	19.3	66.7
131	🇮🇷 Iran	19.3	66.7
132	🇸🇾 Syria	19.2	66.6
133	🇷🇼 Rwanda	19.1	66.4
134	🇲🇦 Morocco	19.1	66.4
135	🇿🇦 South Africa	18.4	65.1
136	🇺🇾 Uruguay	17.7	63.9
137	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	17.7	63.9
138	🇵🇹 Portugal	16.9	62.4
139	🇱🇧 Lebanon	15.7	60.3
140	🇪🇸 Spain	15.3	59.5
141	🇦🇷 Argentina	15.1	59.2
142	🇲🇨 Monaco	15.0	59.0
143	🇬🇷 Greece	14.9	58.8
144	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	14.9	58.8
145	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	14.5	58.1
146	🇳🇵 Nepal	14.4	57.9
147	🇮🇹 Italy	14.4	57.9
148	🇸🇲 San Marino	14.1	57.4
149	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	13.8	56.8
150	🇦🇱 Albania	13.3	55.9
151	🇭🇷 Croatia	13.2	55.8
152	🇫🇷 France	13.2	55.8
153	🇰🇷 South Korea	12.8	55.0
154	🇱🇸 Lesotho	12.6	54.7
155	🇭🇺 Hungary	12.6	54.7
156	🇷🇸 Serbia	12.6	54.7
157	🇯🇵 Japan	12.4	54.3
158	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	12.3	54.1
159	🇹🇷 Türkiye	12.2	54.0
160	🇧🇪 Belgium	12.0	53.6
161	🇲🇩 Moldova	11.9	53.4
162	🇳🇱 Netherlands	11.7	53.1
163	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	11.7	53.1
164	🇳🇿 New Zealand	11.7	53.1
165	🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina	11.6	52.9
166	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	11.4	52.5
167	🇷🇴 Romania	11.2	52.2
168	🇸🇮 Slovenia	11.0	51.8
169	🇲🇪 Montenegro	11.0	51.8
170	🇩🇪 Germany	10.8	51.4
171	🇧🇹 Bhutan	10.6	51.1
172	🇮🇪 Ireland	10.4	50.7
173	🇬🇧 UK	10.1	50.2
174	🇺🇦 Ukraine	10.0	50.0
175	🇬🇪 Georgia	9.9	49.8
176	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	9.9	49.8
177	🇸🇰 Slovakia	9.8	49.6
178	🇩🇰 Denmark	9.8	49.6
179	🇦🇩 Andorra	9.7	49.5
180	🇺🇸 U.S.	9.7	49.5
181	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	9.7	49.5
182	🇵🇱 Poland	9.7	49.5
183	🇨🇱 Chile	9.4	48.9
184	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	9.1	48.4
185	🇦🇹 Austria	8.7	47.7
186	🇦🇲 Armenia	8.6	47.5
187	🇨🇳 China	8.1	46.6
188	🇨🇭 Switzerland	8.1	46.6
189	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	8.1	46.6
190	🇧🇾 Belarus	8.0	46.4
191	🇱🇹 Lithuania	8.0	46.4
192	🇰🇵 North Korea	7.5	45.5
193	🇱🇻 Latvia	7.4	45.3
194	🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	7.1	44.8
195	🇪🇪 Estonia	6.9	44.4
196	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	5.1	41.2
197	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	3.9	39.0
198	🇸🇪 Sweden	3.8	38.8
199	🇫🇮 Finland	3.2	37.8
200	🇳🇴 Norway	2.9	37.2
201	🇮🇸 Iceland	2.1	35.8
202	🇲🇳 Mongolia	1.3	34.3
203	🇷🇺 Russia	-2.9	26.8
204	🇨🇦 Canada	-4.2	24.4
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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If you liked this graphic, check out Mapped: Global Temperature Rise by Country (2022-2100P) for a glimpse into the unequal warming across the globe, along with projections up to the year 2100.

Mapped: The 10 Hottest and Coldest Countries in the World