World weather records

Where on Earth is the hottest? The wettest? The sunniest? Rankings from our climate dataset, plus the all-time records held by a handful of extreme places.

🔥 Hottest cities (highest summer average)

#CityCountryHottest month avg high
1🇮🇳 AgraIndia42°C
2🇦🇪 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates41°C
3🇮🇳 DelhiIndia40°C
4🇮🇳 JaipurIndia40°C
5🇲🇦 MarrakechMorocco38°C
6🇲🇲 BaganMyanmar38°C
7🇹🇭 BangkokThailand36°C
8🇹🇭 Chiang MaiThailand36°C

❄️ Coldest cities (lowest winter average low)

#CityCountryColdest month avg low
1🇨🇳 BeijingChina-9°C
2🇫🇮 HelsinkiFinland-8°C
3🇪🇪 TallinnEstonia-8°C
4🇨🇦 TorontoCanada-7°C
5🇳🇴 TromsøNorway-7°C
6🇸🇪 StockholmSweden-6°C
7🇰🇷 SeoulSouth Korea-6°C
8🇵🇱 WarsawPoland-5°C

🌧 Wettest cities (annual rainfall)

#CityCountryAnnual rainfall
1🇮🇳 GoaIndia2977 mm
2🇲🇾 Kuala LumpurMalaysia2485 mm
3🇮🇳 MumbaiIndia2413 mm
4🇱🇰 ColomboSri Lanka2405 mm
5🇲🇾 Penang (George Town)Malaysia2380 mm
6🇸🇬 SingaporeSingapore2350 mm
7🇭🇰 Hong KongHong Kong2335 mm
8🇹🇼 TaipeiTaiwan2295 mm

🏜 Driest cities (annual rainfall)

#CityCountryAnnual rainfall
1🇵🇪 LimaPeru12 mm
2🇪🇬 CairoEgypt28 mm
3🇨🇱 San Pedro de AtacamaChile63 mm
4🇦🇪 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates94 mm
5🇯🇴 Petra (Wadi Musa)Jordan182 mm
6🇲🇦 MarrakechMorocco258 mm
7🇨🇱 SantiagoChile356 mm
8🇺🇸 Los AngelesUnited States360 mm

☀️ Sunniest cities (fewest rain days per year)

#CityCountryRain days / year
1🇪🇬 CairoEgypt5
2🇦🇪 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates12
3🇨🇱 San Pedro de AtacamaChile12
4🇵🇪 LimaPeru18
5🇯🇴 Petra (Wadi Musa)Jordan27
6🇺🇸 Los AngelesUnited States32
7🇪🇸 ValenciaSpain41
8🇨🇱 SantiagoChile43

☁️ Cloudiest cities (most rain days per year)

#CityCountryRain days / year
1🇨🇴 MedellínColombia220
2🇳🇴 BergenNorway219
3🇨🇴 BogotáColombia208
4🇪🇨 QuitoEcuador189
5🇱🇰 ColomboSri Lanka176
6🇬🇧 GlasgowUnited Kingdom176
7🇲🇾 Penang (George Town)Malaysia170
8🇬🇧 InvernessUnited Kingdom169

All-time world records

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