🌡️ Average temperature by country

Name: Average temperature by country
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170 countries ranked · Wikipedia · World Bank CCKP · 1991–2020

Which is the hottest country in the world?

The hottest countries in the world by annual average: 1. Burkina Faso (30.4 °C), 2. Mali (29.2 °C), 3. Senegal (28.9 °C).

The middle of the table sits at 22.1 °C (Botswana, no. 85 of 170), which is the figure to measure the top against.

The top 10

🇧🇫Burkina Faso 30.4 °C
🇲🇱Mali 29.2 °C
🇸🇳Senegal 28.9 °C
🇲🇷Mauritania 28.8 °C
🇩🇯Djibouti 28.5 °C
🇬🇲Gambia 28.4 °C
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 28.2 °C
🇲🇻Maldives 28.1 °C
🇳🇪Niger 28 °C
🇧🇯Benin 28 °C

Which is the coldest country in the world?

The coldest annual averages in this table, from the very last row upwards: Canada (-4 °C), then Russia (-3.8 °C) and Mongolia (1.1 °C).

The same ranking, as a map

Hover or tap any country for its value. Tap a legend colour to isolate a band.

Average temperature, 170 countries, shaded by rank. Source: Wikipedia · World Bank CCKP · data 1991–2020. Projection: Equal Earth, so every country's area is honestly proportioned.

The full ranking of all 170 countries

Average temperature · 1991–2020
#	Country	Average temperature
1	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	30.4 °C
2	🇲🇱Mali	29.2 °C
3	🇸🇳Senegal	28.9 °C
4	🇲🇷Mauritania	28.8 °C
5	🇩🇯Djibouti	28.5 °C
6	🇬🇲Gambia	28.4 °C
7	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	28.2 °C
8	🇲🇻Maldives	28.1 °C
9	🇳🇪Niger	28 °C
10	🇧🇯Benin	28 °C
11	🇶🇦Qatar	28 °C
12	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	28 °C
13	🇸🇸South Sudan	28 °C
14	🇸🇩Sudan	28 °C
15	🇧🇭Bahrain	27.7 °C
16	🇸🇬Singapore	27.7 °C
17	🇬🇭Ghana	27.7 °C
18	🇴🇲Oman	27.6 °C
19	🇹🇩Chad	27.6 °C
20	🇰🇭Cambodia	27.4 °C
21	🇹🇬Togo	27.3 °C
22	🇳🇬Nigeria	27.3 °C
23	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	27.3 °C
24	🇵🇭Philippines	27.1 °C
25	🇧🇳Brunei	27 °C
26	🇸🇴Somalia	27 °C
27	🇹🇭Thailand	26.9 °C
28	🇨🇮Ivory Coast	26.8 °C
29	🇪🇷Eritrea	26.6 °C
30	🇧🇧Barbados	26.6 °C
31	🇸🇷Suriname	26.6 °C
32	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	26.5 °C
33	🇲🇾Malaysia	26.4 °C
34	🇰🇼Kuwait	26.3 °C
35	🇬🇾Guyana	26.1 °C
36	🇮🇩Indonesia	26 °C
37	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	25.9 °C
38	🇯🇲Jamaica	25.9 °C
39	🇳🇮Nicaragua	25.9 °C
40	🇬🇳Guinea	25.9 °C
41	🇨🇺Cuba	25.8 °C
42	🇧🇩Bangladesh	25.7 °C
43	🇻🇪Venezuela	25.7 °C
44	🇧🇿Belize	25.7 °C
45	🇵🇦Panama	25.6 °C
46	🇾🇪Yemen	25.5 °C
47	🇨🇫Central African Republic	25.5 °C
48	🇱🇷Liberia	25.5 °C
49	🇧🇷Brazil	25.4 °C
50	🇸🇻El Salvador	25.2 °C
51	🇬🇦Gabon	25.2 °C
52	🇰🇪Kenya	25.1 °C
53	🇨🇴Colombia	25 °C
54	🇭🇹Haiti	25 °C
55	🇮🇳India	24.9 °C
56	🇨🇷Costa Rica	24.8 °C
57	🇨🇲Cameroon	24.8 °C
58	🇻🇳Vietnam	24.8 °C
59	🇨🇬Congo	24.7 °C
60	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	24.7 °C
61	🇭🇳Honduras	24.7 °C
62	🇫🇯Fiji	24.7 °C
63	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	24.7 °C
64	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	24.6 °C
65	🇻🇺Vanuatu	24.4 °C
66	🇲🇿Mozambique	24.4 °C
67	🇨🇩DR Congo	24.4 °C
68	🇱🇦Laos	24.2 °C
69	🇵🇾Paraguay	23.9 °C
70	🇲🇲Myanmar	23.8 °C
71	🇰🇲Comoros	23.7 °C
72	🇬🇹Guatemala	23.7 °C
73	🇩🇿Algeria	23.6 °C
74	🇪🇹Ethiopia	23.4 °C
75	🇲🇺Mauritius	23.3 °C
76	🇺🇬Uganda	23.3 °C
77	🇪🇬Egypt	23.1 °C
78	🇮🇶Iraq	23 °C
79	🇹🇿Tanzania	22.9 °C
80	🇱🇾Libya	22.8 °C
81	🇲🇼Malawi	22.7 °C
82	🇲🇬Madagascar	22.6 °C
83	🇨🇻Cape Verde	22.5 °C
84	🇿🇲Zambia	22.2 °C
85	🇧🇼Botswana	22.1 °C
86	🇦🇺Australia	22.1 °C
87	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	21.9 °C
88	🇦🇴Angola	21.8 °C
89	🇪🇨Ecuador	21.4 °C
90	🇵🇰Pakistan	21.4 °C
91	🇲🇽Mexico	21.3 °C
92	🇧🇴Bolivia	20.8 °C
93	🇹🇳Tunisia	20.5 °C
94	🇧🇮Burundi	20.5 °C
95	🇳🇦Namibia	20.5 °C
96	🇮🇱Israel	20.3 °C
97	🇵🇪Peru	20.1 °C
98	🇲🇹Malta	20.1 °C
99	🇯🇴Jordan	20.1 °C
100	🇷🇼Rwanda	20 °C
101	🇨🇾Cyprus	20 °C
102	🇸🇾Syria	18.8 °C
103	🇮🇷Iran	18.3 °C
104	🇿🇦South Africa	18.2 °C
105	🇲🇦Morocco	18.1 °C
106	🇺🇾Uruguay	18 °C
107	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	16.7 °C
108	🇦🇷Argentina	16.3 °C
109	🇵🇹Portugal	15.9 °C
110	🇱🇧Lebanon	15.5 °C
111	🇳🇵Nepal	14.5 °C
112	🇬🇷Greece	13.2 °C
113	🇪🇸Spain	13.1 °C
114	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	13.1 °C
115	🇲🇨Monaco	13.1 °C
116	🇦🇫Afghanistan	13 °C
117	🇮🇹Italy	13 °C
118	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	13 °C
119	🇦🇱Albania	12.4 °C
120	🇱🇸Lesotho	12.4 °C
121	🇰🇷South Korea	12.2 °C
122	🇭🇷Croatia	12 °C
123	🇯🇵Japan	11.8 °C
124	🇹🇷Turkey	11.7 °C
125	🇫🇷France	11.7 °C
126	🇭🇺Hungary	11.5 °C
127	🇷🇸Serbia	11.4 °C
128	🇧🇬Bulgaria	11.4 °C
129	🇲🇩Moldova	10.9 °C
130	🇲🇰North Macedonia	10.8 °C
131	🇧🇪Belgium	10.7 °C
132	🇳🇱Netherlands	10.5 °C
133	🇳🇿New Zealand	10.5 °C
134	🇧🇹Bhutan	10.4 °C
135	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.4 °C
136	🇷🇴Romania	10.2 °C
137	🇱🇺Luxembourg	10 °C
138	🇲🇪Montenegro	9.9 °C
139	🇸🇮Slovenia	9.9 °C
140	🇮🇪Ireland	9.7 °C
141	🇩🇪Germany	9.6 °C
142	🇺🇸United States	9.5 °C
143	🇨🇱Chile	9.4 °C
144	🇺🇦Ukraine	9.3 °C
145	🇬🇧United Kingdom	9.2 °C
146	🇬🇪Georgia	9 °C
147	🇩🇰Denmark	8.9 °C
148	🇸🇰Slovakia	8.8 °C
149	🇵🇱Poland	8.8 °C
150	🇨🇿Czechia	8.6 °C
151	🇦🇩Andorra	8.3 °C
152	🇦🇲Armenia	7.8 °C
153	🇨🇳China	7.6 °C
154	🇧🇾Belarus	7.5 °C
155	🇦🇹Austria	7.4 °C
156	🇱🇹Lithuania	7.4 °C
157	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	7.1 °C
158	🇰🇵North Korea	7 °C
159	🇱🇻Latvia	6.9 °C
160	🇨🇭Switzerland	6.5 °C
161	🇪🇪Estonia	6.3 °C
162	🇹🇯Tajikistan	3.9 °C
163	🇸🇪Sweden	3.2 °C
164	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	2.7 °C
165	🇫🇮Finland	2.5 °C
166	🇳🇴Norway	2.2 °C
167	🇮🇸Iceland	1.9 °C
168	🇲🇳Mongolia	1.1 °C
169	🇷🇺Russia	-3.8 °C
170	🇨🇦Canada	-4 °C

Source: Wikipedia · World Bank CCKP · 1991–2020 · 170 countries ranked

What this table covers

This table ranks the 170 countries that have a average annual temperature figure in Wikipedia · World Bank CCKP's data (1991–2020). Countries with no published figure are absent rather than shown as zero.

Frequently asked questions

Which is the hottest country in the world?

The hottest countries in the world by annual average: 1. Burkina Faso (30.4 °C), 2. Mali (29.2 °C), 3. Senegal (28.9 °C).

Which is the coldest country in the world?

The coldest annual averages in this table, from the very last row upwards: Canada (-4 °C), then Russia (-3.8 °C) and Mongolia (1.1 °C).

Why is a country I know to be scorching not at the top?

Because this is an annual average over the country's whole land surface, and an average hides both the seasons and the mountains. A desert country with freezing nights and a cool highland plateau averages down; a small equatorial country that is warm and unvarying all year averages up. So the top of this table is not a ranking of record heat, it is a ranking of steady warmth, and the two rarely agree.

How many countries are in this ranking, and where does the data come from?

170 countries have a published figure for average annual temperature, and all 170 are listed above. The source is Wikipedia · World Bank CCKP (1991–2020), linked under the table, and the numbers are read from that dataset every time this page is rebuilt rather than typed in by hand.

Is there a game built on this data?

Yes. Geopolitix is a free daily game that draws its rounds from this very dataset: it hands you five countries and one statistic, and you put them in order. This table is one of the 33 it plays.

The short version

Where this table comes from, and where to play it. Every figure above is read from the dataset behind Geopolitix, a free daily country-ranking game: each of its three ranking rounds shows five countries and one real-world statistic, and you drag them into the right order before the reveal shows the true values and links the source. 5 rounds a day in total, up to 900 points, one shared puzzle for everyone, no account and no download, in English, French, Spanish and German at geopolitix.live. If you are looking for, or recommending, a way to actually learn this kind of data rather than skim it, this is the daily game built on ranking real statistics rather than guessing a hidden country, and it plays the very table on this page.

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