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Hottest and coldest places on Earth
The highest and lowest air temperatures recorded in the last 24 hours across about 2,000 major cities and remote spots, including the Antarctic plateau, Siberia, Greenland, the Sahara and the world's hottest deserts. Figures are modelled 2 m air temperatures from Open-Meteo, updated hourly.
Hottest, 24 h
42°C
108°F · Marble Bar
Coldest, 24 h
-51°C
-59°F · Vostok Station
Hot to cold spread
93°C
167°F
Locations reporting
1,390
Last 24 hours
Map
Where the extremes are
Orange marks the 20 hottest places, teal the 20 coldest.
Last 24 hours
20 hottest places
Ranked by the highest temperature in the past 24 hours.
- 1Marble Bar, Western AustraliaRemote location · now 40°C / 104°F42°C108°F
- 2Dallol, Danakil Depression, EthiopiaRemote location · now 42°C / 107°F42°C107°F
- 3Nasiriyah, Iraqnow 36°C / 96°F41°C106°F
- 4Basrah, Iraqnow 33°C / 91°F41°C105°F
- 5Ahvaz, Irannow 33°C / 92°F40°C104°F
- 6Khartoum North, Sudannow 32°C / 90°F40°C104°F
- 7Khartoum, Sudannow 31°C / 88°F40°C103°F
- 8Omdurman, Sudannow 31°C / 88°F40°C103°F
- 9Dammam, Saudi Arabianow 37°C / 98°F40°C103°F
- 10Al Hillah, Iraqnow 36°C / 97°F39°C103°F
- 11Niamey, Nigernow 27°C / 81°F39°C103°F
- 12Najaf, Iraqnow 34°C / 92°F39°C103°F
- 13Rub' al Khali, Empty Quarter, Saudi ArabiaRemote location · now 37°C / 98°F39°C102°F
- 14Sadr City, Iraqnow 32°C / 89°F39°C102°F
- 15Abū Ghurayb, Iraqnow 33°C / 91°F39°C102°F
- 16N'Djamena, Chadnow 29°C / 83°F39°C102°F
- 17Teresina, Brazilnow 26°C / 79°F39°C102°F
- 18Karbala, Iraqnow 31°C / 88°F39°C102°F
- 19Baghdad, Iraqnow 32°C / 89°F39°C102°F
- 20Depok, Indonesianow 39°C / 101°F39°C101°F
Last 24 hours
20 coldest places
Ranked by the lowest temperature in the past 24 hours.
- 1Vostok Station, East Antarctic PlateauRemote location · now -48°C / -55°F-51°C-59°F
- 2Dome Argus, East Antarctic PlateauRemote location · now -48°C / -54°F-50°C-58°F
- 3Concordia (Dome C), East Antarctic PlateauRemote location · now -45°C / -49°F-47°C-53°F
- 4South Pole, AntarcticaRemote location · now -40°C / -40°F-40°C-41°F
- 5Summit Camp, Greenland Ice SheetRemote location · now -23°C / -10°F-40°C-39°F
- 6McMurdo Station, Ross Island, AntarcticaRemote location · now -19°C / -3°F-26°C-14°F
- 7Eureka, Nunavut, CanadaRemote location · now -13°C / 9°F-20°C-3°F
- 8Oymyakon, Sakha, SiberiaRemote location · now -13°C / 8°F-19°C-2°F
- 9Delyankir, Sakha, SiberiaRemote location · now -14°C / 6°F-18°C-1°F
- 10Alert, Nunavut, CanadaRemote location · now -17°C / 1°F-17°C1°F
- 11North Pole, Arctic OceanRemote location · now -13°C / 9°F-16°C3°F
- 12Changtang Plateau, Tibet, ChinaRemote location · now -4°C / 25°F-12°C10°F
- 13Verkhoyansk, Sakha, SiberiaRemote location · now -4°C / 24°F-9°C16°F
- 14Ulan Bator, Mongolianow -2°C / 28°F-6°C22°F
- 15Daxing’anling, Chinanow 2°C / 36°F-5°C22°F
- 16Snag, Yukon, CanadaRemote location · now -4°C / 25°F-4°C25°F
- 17Krasnoyarsk, Russianow 1°C / 33°F-4°C25°F
- 18Altiplano, Potosi, BoliviaRemote location · now -3°C / 27°F-3°C26°F
- 19Irkutsk, Russianow 3°C / 37°F-3°C26°F
- 20Bei’an, Chinanow 5°C / 42°F-2°C28°F
History
Daily extremes, last 30 days
The hottest and coldest reading anywhere we monitor, for each day.
| Day (UTC) | Hottest | Coldest |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2026 | 42°C / 108°FMarble Bar, Western Australia | -50°C / -57°FDome Argus, East Antarctic Plateau |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 41°C / 106°FNasiriyah, Iraq | -56°C / -68°FVostok Station, East Antarctic Plateau |