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🌡️ Average temperature by country
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 bottom 10
- 170th 🇨🇦Canada -4 °C
- 169th 🇷🇺Russia -3.8 °C
- 168th 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.1 °C
- 167th 🇮🇸Iceland 1.9 °C
- 166th 🇳🇴Norway 2.2 °C
- 165th 🇫🇮Finland 2.5 °C
- 164th 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 2.7 °C
- 163rd 🇸🇪Sweden 3.2 °C
- 162nd 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.9 °C
- 161st 🇪🇪Estonia 6.3 °C
The same ranking, as a map
Highest and lowest by region
The same table split by continent. Each row gives how many countries on that continent are ranked, and the extremes at both ends of it, which is the comparison a world table ordered by rank hides: a continent's floor is often above another's ceiling. Continents with fewer than three ranked countries are left out, so the counts need not add up to the whole table.
| Region | Ranked | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 42 | 🇲🇹Malta 20.1 °C | 🇮🇸Iceland 1.9 °C |
| Asia | 45 | 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 28.2 °C | 🇷🇺Russia -3.8 °C |
| Africa | 51 | 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 30.4 °C | 🇱🇸Lesotho 12.4 °C |
| North America | 15 | 🇧🇧Barbados 26.6 °C | 🇨🇦Canada -4 °C |
| South America | 12 | 🇸🇷Suriname 26.6 °C | 🇨🇱Chile 9.4 °C |
| Oceania | 5 | 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 24.7 °C | 🇳🇿New Zealand 10.5 °C |
The full ranking of all 170 countries
| # | 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 |
Average temperature by country for every country, A to Z
All 170 countries in alphabetical order, each with its figure and its position in the world ranking. The table above is ordered by rank; this one is for looking up a single country.
- 🇦🇫Afghanistan 13 °C 116th of 170
- 🇦🇱Albania 12.4 °C 119th of 170
- 🇩🇿Algeria 23.6 °C 73rd of 170
- 🇦🇩Andorra 8.3 °C 151st of 170
- 🇦🇴Angola 21.8 °C 88th of 170
- 🇦🇷Argentina 16.3 °C 108th of 170
- 🇦🇲Armenia 7.8 °C 152nd of 170
- 🇦🇺Australia 22.1 °C 86th of 170
- 🇦🇹Austria 7.4 °C 155th of 170
- 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 13 °C 118th of 170
- 🇧🇭Bahrain 27.7 °C 15th of 170
- 🇧🇩Bangladesh 25.7 °C 42nd of 170
- 🇧🇧Barbados 26.6 °C 30th of 170
- 🇧🇾Belarus 7.5 °C 154th of 170
- 🇧🇪Belgium 10.7 °C 131st of 170
- 🇧🇿Belize 25.7 °C 44th of 170
- 🇧🇯Benin 28 °C 10th of 170
- 🇧🇹Bhutan 10.4 °C 134th of 170
- 🇧🇴Bolivia 20.8 °C 92nd of 170
- 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.4 °C 135th of 170
- 🇧🇼Botswana 22.1 °C 85th of 170
- 🇧🇷Brazil 25.4 °C 49th of 170
- 🇧🇳Brunei 27 °C 25th of 170
- 🇧🇬Bulgaria 11.4 °C 128th of 170
- 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 30.4 °C 1st of 170
- 🇧🇮Burundi 20.5 °C 94th of 170
- 🇰🇭Cambodia 27.4 °C 20th of 170
- 🇨🇲Cameroon 24.8 °C 57th of 170
- 🇨🇦Canada -4 °C 170th of 170
- 🇨🇻Cape Verde 22.5 °C 83rd of 170
- 🇨🇫Central African Republic 25.5 °C 47th of 170
- 🇹🇩Chad 27.6 °C 19th of 170
- 🇨🇱Chile 9.4 °C 143rd of 170
- 🇨🇳China 7.6 °C 153rd of 170
- 🇨🇴Colombia 25 °C 53rd of 170
- 🇰🇲Comoros 23.7 °C 71st of 170
- 🇨🇬Congo 24.7 °C 59th of 170
- 🇨🇷Costa Rica 24.8 °C 56th of 170
- 🇭🇷Croatia 12 °C 122nd of 170
- 🇨🇺Cuba 25.8 °C 41st of 170
- 🇨🇾Cyprus 20 °C 101st of 170
- 🇨🇿Czechia 8.6 °C 150th of 170
- 🇩🇰Denmark 8.9 °C 147th of 170
- 🇩🇯Djibouti 28.5 °C 5th of 170
- 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 24.6 °C 64th of 170
- 🇨🇩DR Congo 24.4 °C 67th of 170
- 🇪🇨Ecuador 21.4 °C 89th of 170
- 🇪🇬Egypt 23.1 °C 77th of 170
- 🇸🇻El Salvador 25.2 °C 50th of 170
- 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 24.7 °C 63rd of 170
- 🇪🇷Eritrea 26.6 °C 29th of 170
- 🇪🇪Estonia 6.3 °C 161st of 170
- 🇪🇹Ethiopia 23.4 °C 74th of 170
- 🇫🇯Fiji 24.7 °C 62nd of 170
- 🇫🇮Finland 2.5 °C 165th of 170
- 🇫🇷France 11.7 °C 125th of 170
- 🇬🇦Gabon 25.2 °C 51st of 170
- 🇬🇲Gambia 28.4 °C 6th of 170
- 🇬🇪Georgia 9 °C 146th of 170
- 🇩🇪Germany 9.6 °C 141st of 170
- 🇬🇭Ghana 27.7 °C 17th of 170
- 🇬🇷Greece 13.2 °C 112th of 170
- 🇬🇹Guatemala 23.7 °C 72nd of 170
- 🇬🇳Guinea 25.9 °C 40th of 170
- 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 28 °C 12th of 170
- 🇬🇾Guyana 26.1 °C 35th of 170
- 🇭🇹Haiti 25 °C 54th of 170
- 🇭🇳Honduras 24.7 °C 61st of 170
- 🇭🇺Hungary 11.5 °C 126th of 170
- 🇮🇸Iceland 1.9 °C 167th of 170
- 🇮🇳India 24.9 °C 55th of 170
- 🇮🇩Indonesia 26 °C 36th of 170
- 🇮🇷Iran 18.3 °C 103rd of 170
- 🇮🇶Iraq 23 °C 78th of 170
- 🇮🇪Ireland 9.7 °C 140th of 170
- 🇮🇱Israel 20.3 °C 96th of 170
- 🇮🇹Italy 13 °C 117th of 170
- 🇨🇮Ivory Coast 26.8 °C 28th of 170
- 🇯🇲Jamaica 25.9 °C 38th of 170
- 🇯🇵Japan 11.8 °C 123rd of 170
- 🇯🇴Jordan 20.1 °C 99th of 170
- 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 7.1 °C 157th of 170
- 🇰🇪Kenya 25.1 °C 52nd of 170
- 🇰🇼Kuwait 26.3 °C 34th of 170
- 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 2.7 °C 164th of 170
- 🇱🇦Laos 24.2 °C 68th of 170
- 🇱🇻Latvia 6.9 °C 159th of 170
- 🇱🇧Lebanon 15.5 °C 110th of 170
- 🇱🇸Lesotho 12.4 °C 120th of 170
- 🇱🇷Liberia 25.5 °C 48th of 170
- 🇱🇾Libya 22.8 °C 80th of 170
- 🇱🇹Lithuania 7.4 °C 156th of 170
- 🇱🇺Luxembourg 10 °C 137th of 170
- 🇲🇬Madagascar 22.6 °C 82nd of 170
- 🇲🇼Malawi 22.7 °C 81st of 170
- 🇲🇾Malaysia 26.4 °C 33rd of 170
- 🇲🇻Maldives 28.1 °C 8th of 170
- 🇲🇱Mali 29.2 °C 2nd of 170
- 🇲🇹Malta 20.1 °C 98th of 170
- 🇲🇷Mauritania 28.8 °C 4th of 170
- 🇲🇺Mauritius 23.3 °C 75th of 170
- 🇲🇽Mexico 21.3 °C 91st of 170
- 🇲🇩Moldova 10.9 °C 129th of 170
- 🇲🇨Monaco 13.1 °C 115th of 170
- 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.1 °C 168th of 170
- 🇲🇪Montenegro 9.9 °C 138th of 170
- 🇲🇦Morocco 18.1 °C 105th of 170
- 🇲🇿Mozambique 24.4 °C 66th of 170
- 🇲🇲Myanmar 23.8 °C 70th of 170
- 🇳🇦Namibia 20.5 °C 95th of 170
- 🇳🇵Nepal 14.5 °C 111th of 170
- 🇳🇱Netherlands 10.5 °C 132nd of 170
- 🇳🇿New Zealand 10.5 °C 133rd of 170
- 🇳🇮Nicaragua 25.9 °C 39th of 170
- 🇳🇪Niger 28 °C 9th of 170
- 🇳🇬Nigeria 27.3 °C 22nd of 170
- 🇰🇵North Korea 7 °C 158th of 170
- 🇲🇰North Macedonia 10.8 °C 130th of 170
- 🇳🇴Norway 2.2 °C 166th of 170
- 🇴🇲Oman 27.6 °C 18th of 170
- 🇵🇰Pakistan 21.4 °C 90th of 170
- 🇵🇦Panama 25.6 °C 45th of 170
- 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 24.7 °C 60th of 170
- 🇵🇾Paraguay 23.9 °C 69th of 170
- 🇵🇪Peru 20.1 °C 97th of 170
- 🇵🇭Philippines 27.1 °C 24th of 170
- 🇵🇱Poland 8.8 °C 149th of 170
- 🇵🇹Portugal 15.9 °C 109th of 170
- 🇶🇦Qatar 28 °C 11th of 170
- 🇷🇴Romania 10.2 °C 136th of 170
- 🇷🇺Russia -3.8 °C 169th of 170
- 🇷🇼Rwanda 20 °C 100th of 170
- 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 25.9 °C 37th of 170
- 🇸🇳Senegal 28.9 °C 3rd of 170
- 🇷🇸Serbia 11.4 °C 127th of 170
- 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 26.5 °C 32nd of 170
- 🇸🇬Singapore 27.7 °C 16th of 170
- 🇸🇰Slovakia 8.8 °C 148th of 170
- 🇸🇮Slovenia 9.9 °C 139th of 170
- 🇸🇴Somalia 27 °C 26th of 170
- 🇿🇦South Africa 18.2 °C 104th of 170
- 🇰🇷South Korea 12.2 °C 121st of 170
- 🇸🇸South Sudan 28 °C 13th of 170
- 🇪🇸Spain 13.1 °C 113th of 170
- 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 27.3 °C 23rd of 170
- 🇸🇩Sudan 28 °C 14th of 170
- 🇸🇷Suriname 26.6 °C 31st of 170
- 🇸🇪Sweden 3.2 °C 163rd of 170
- 🇨🇭Switzerland 6.5 °C 160th of 170
- 🇸🇾Syria 18.8 °C 102nd of 170
- 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.9 °C 162nd of 170
- 🇹🇿Tanzania 22.9 °C 79th of 170
- 🇹🇭Thailand 26.9 °C 27th of 170
- 🇹🇬Togo 27.3 °C 21st of 170
- 🇹🇳Tunisia 20.5 °C 93rd of 170
- 🇹🇷Turkey 11.7 °C 124th of 170
- 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 16.7 °C 107th of 170
- 🇺🇬Uganda 23.3 °C 76th of 170
- 🇺🇦Ukraine 9.3 °C 144th of 170
- 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 28.2 °C 7th of 170
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom 9.2 °C 145th of 170
- 🇺🇸United States 9.5 °C 142nd of 170
- 🇺🇾Uruguay 18 °C 106th of 170
- 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 13.1 °C 114th of 170
- 🇻🇺Vanuatu 24.4 °C 65th of 170
- 🇻🇪Venezuela 25.7 °C 43rd of 170
- 🇻🇳Vietnam 24.8 °C 58th of 170
- 🇾🇪Yemen 25.5 °C 46th of 170
- 🇿🇲Zambia 22.2 °C 84th of 170
- 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 21.9 °C 87th of 170
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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- Land area by country
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This ranking in other languages: Température moyenne par pays · Temperatura media por país · Durchschnittstemperatur nach Land