Country rankings
Hottest Countries in the World
Mali has the highest Average Temperature (°C) in 2023 (29.6°C), followed by Senegal (29.5°C) and Burkina Faso (29.4°C). Greenland has the lowest (-17.5°C).
Environment231 countries · 7 metricsUpdated Sep 22, 2025Original page
6 sources
- Hottest Countries in the World 2023: Chasing Sunsets - Southwest Journal
- WorldBank CMIP6 Climatology Model
- Average yearly temperature (1961-1990, Celsius) - by country - Wayback Machine
- The 30 hottest countries on Earth - Business Insider
- Month by month variation in climate Jan 1901-Dec 2020 - CEDA Archive
- Global Climate Report - Annual 2020
221 of 235 countries
Average Temperature (°C), 2023
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 221 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
24.1°C
Middle half 13.6°C – 26.7°C
Average
20.4°C
221 countries
Highest
29.6°C
Mali
Lowest
-17.5°C
Greenland
Over time · 1950–2023
The top 5 in 2023, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Mali
- Senegal
- Burkina Faso
- Djibouti
- South Sudan
Data
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231 countries · # = rank by Average Temperature (°C)
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mali | 29.6°C | 85.2°F | 30.3°C | 86.5°F |
| 2 |  Senegal | 29.5°C | 85.0°F | 30.5°C | 86.9°F |
| 3 |  Burkina Faso | 29.4°C | 84.8°F | 30.1°C | 86.2°F |
| 3 |  Djibouti | 29.4°C | 84.8°F | 30.0°C | 86.0°F |
| 5 |  South Sudan | 29.2°C | 84.6°F | — | — |
| 6 |  United Arab Emirates | 29.0°C | 84.2°F | 29.5°C | 85.0°F |
| 7 |  Oman | 28.6°C | 83.5°F | 29.3°C | 84.8°F |
| 7 |  Mauritania | 28.6°C | 83.4°F | 29.3°C | 84.7°F |
| 9 |  Gambia | 28.5°C | 83.2°F | 29.6°C | 85.3°F |
| 10 |  Sudan | 28.4°C | 83.1°F | 28.8°C | 83.8°F |
| 10 |  Niger | 28.4°C | 83.1°F | 28.9°C | 84.1°F |
| 10 |  Qatar | 28.4°C | 83.2°F | 29.0°C | 84.2°F |
| 13 |  Chad | 28.3°C | 82.9°F | 28.7°C | 83.6°F |
| 13 |  Benin | 28.3°C | 82.9°F | 29.1°C | 84.4°F |
| 15 |  Ghana | 28.0°C | 82.3°F | 28.9°C | 84.0°F |
| 15 |  Eritrea | 28.0°C | 82.4°F | 28.5°C | 83.4°F |
| 15 |  Guinea-Bissau | 28.0°C | 82.4°F | 29.3°C | 84.7°F |
| 18 |  Tuvalu | 27.9°C | 82.2°F | 28.3°C | 83.0°F |
| 19 |  Cambodia | 27.7°C | 81.9°F | 29.0°C | 84.2°F |
| 19 |  Tokelau | 27.7°C | 81.8°F | — | — |
| 21 |  Nigeria | 27.6°C | 81.8°F | 28.7°C | 83.7°F |
| 21 |  Togo | 27.6°C | 81.6°F | 28.5°C | 83.4°F |
| 21 |  Maldives | 27.6°C | 81.6°F | 28.1°C | 82.5°F |
| 21 |  Cayman Islands | 27.6°C | 81.8°F | 27.8°C | 82.1°F |
| 21 |  Nauru | 27.6°C | 81.6°F | — | — |
| 26 |  Micronesia | 27.5°C | 81.4°F | — | — |
| 26 |  Palau | 27.5°C | 81.5°F | 28.1°C | 82.5°F |
| 28 |  Singapore | 27.4°C | 81.4°F | 28.1°C | 82.6°F |
| 28 |  Guam | 27.4°C | 81.4°F | — | — |
| 28 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 27.4°C | 81.2°F | — | — |
| 28 |  Marshall Islands | 27.4°C | 81.3°F | 28.0°C | 82.3°F |
| 32 |  Kiribati | 27.3°C | 81.2°F | 27.8°C | 82.0°F |
| 32 |  Aruba | 27.3°C | 81.1°F | 27.8°C | 82.0°F |
| 32 |  Wallis and Futuna | 27.3°C | 81.1°F | — | — |
| 35 |  Curacao | 27.2°C | 81.0°F | — | — |
| 36 |  Thailand | 27.1°C | 80.7°F | 28.0°C | 82.3°F |
| 36 |  Bahrain | 27.1°C | 80.7°F | 27.9°C | 82.3°F |
| 36 |  Saint Lucia | 27.1°C | 80.7°F | — | — |
| 36 |  Grenada | 27.1°C | 80.7°F | 27.5°C | 81.4°F |
| 40 |  Saudi Arabia | 27.0°C | 80.6°F | 27.3°C | 81.1°F |
| 40 |  Ivory Coast | 27.0°C | 80.7°F | 28.1°C | 82.5°F |
| 40 |  Somalia | 27.0°C | 80.6°F | 28.3°C | 82.9°F |
| 40 |  El Salvador | 27.0°C | 80.7°F | 27.7°C | 81.8°F |
| 40 |  Kuwait | 27.0°C | 80.7°F | 27.9°C | 82.3°F |
| 40 |  Brunei | 27.0°C | 80.5°F | 27.8°C | 82.0°F |
| 40 |  American Samoa | 27.0°C | 80.7°F | 27.6°C | 81.7°F |
| 47 |  Sri Lanka | 26.9°C | 80.4°F | 27.9°C | 82.3°F |
| 47 |  Barbados | 26.9°C | 80.5°F | 27.4°C | 81.3°F |
| 47 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.9°C | 80.5°F | 27.4°C | 81.3°F |
| 47 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 26.9°C | 80.3°F | — | — |
| 51 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 26.8°C | 80.3°F | 27.6°C | 81.6°F |
| 51 |  Sint Maarten | 26.8°C | 80.2°F | — | — |
| 51 |  Saint Martin | 26.8°C | 80.2°F | — | — |
| 51 |  Anguilla | 26.8°C | 80.2°F | 27.1°C | 80.9°F |
| 51 |  Saint Barthelemy | 26.8°C | 80.2°F | — | — |
| 56 |  Central African Republic | 26.7°C | 80.1°F | 27.6°C | 81.6°F |
| 56 |  Jamaica | 26.7°C | 80.1°F | 27.0°C | 80.6°F |
| 56 |  Suriname | 26.7°C | 80.0°F | 28.0°C | 82.3°F |
| 56 |  Seychelles | 26.7°C | 80.0°F | 27.2°C | 81.0°F |
| 56 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 26.7°C | 80.1°F | 27.2°C | 80.9°F |
| 56 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 26.7°C | 80.1°F | 27.1°C | 80.8°F |
| 56 |  Montserrat | 26.7°C | 80.1°F | — | — |
| 63 |  Yemen | 26.6°C | 79.9°F | 26.9°C | 80.3°F |
| 63 |  Guinea | 26.6°C | 79.9°F | 27.8°C | 82.1°F |
| 63 |  Solomon Islands | 26.6°C | 79.9°F | 27.3°C | 81.2°F |
| 63 |  Belize | 26.6°C | 79.8°F | 27.0°C | 80.6°F |
| 67 |  Philippines | 26.4°C | 79.6°F | 27.1°C | 80.8°F |
| 67 |  Sierra Leone | 26.4°C | 79.5°F | 27.7°C | 81.9°F |
| 67 |  Guadeloupe | 26.4°C | 79.6°F | — | — |
| 70 |  Cuba | 26.3°C | 79.4°F | 27.1°C | 80.8°F |
| 70 |  Bahamas | 26.3°C | 79.3°F | 26.5°C | 79.7°F |
| 72 |  Venezuela | 26.2°C | 79.1°F | 27.4°C | 81.4°F |
| 72 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 26.2°C | 79.1°F | 26.7°C | 80.0°F |
| 72 |  Dominica | 26.2°C | 79.2°F | 26.7°C | 80.0°F |
| 75 |  Bangladesh | 26.1°C | 79.0°F | 26.7°C | 80.0°F |
| 75 |  Malaysia | 26.1°C | 79.0°F | 27.1°C | 80.9°F |
| 75 |  Nicaragua | 26.1°C | 79.0°F | 27.1°C | 80.8°F |
| 78 |  Haiti | 26.0°C | 78.8°F | 26.6°C | 79.9°F |
| 78 |  Puerto Rico | 26.0°C | 78.9°F | — | — |
| 78 |  Guyana | 26.0°C | 78.9°F | 27.3°C | 81.1°F |
| 81 |  Liberia | 25.9°C | 78.6°F | 27.0°C | 80.5°F |
| 81 |  Comoros | 25.9°C | 78.5°F | 26.3°C | 79.3°F |
| 81 |  French Polynesia | 25.9°C | 78.7°F | — | — |
| 84 |  Indonesia | 25.8°C | 78.4°F | 26.6°C | 79.9°F |
| 84 |  Samoa | 25.8°C | 78.4°F | 26.6°C | 79.8°F |
| 86 |  Kenya | 25.7°C | 78.2°F | 26.7°C | 80.0°F |
| 86 |  Panama | 25.7°C | 78.2°F | 26.6°C | 79.8°F |
| 88 |  Brazil | 25.6°C | 78.0°F | 26.9°C | 80.5°F |
| 89 |  Niue | 25.4°C | 77.6°F | — | — |
| 90 |  Paraguay | 25.3°C | 77.6°F | 25.9°C | 78.6°F |
| 90 |  Republic of the Congo | 25.3°C | 77.5°F | 26.5°C | 79.7°F |
| 90 |  Vanuatu | 25.3°C | 77.5°F | 26.1°C | 79.1°F |
| 93 |  Cameroon | 25.2°C | 77.3°F | 26.3°C | 79.3°F |
| 93 |  Gabon | 25.2°C | 77.3°F | 26.3°C | 79.3°F |
| 95 |  Dominican Republic | 25.1°C | 77.1°F | 25.7°C | 78.3°F |
| 96 |  Tonga | 25.0°C | 76.9°F | 28.5°C | 83.4°F |
| 97 |  DR Congo | 24.9°C | 76.8°F | 25.9°C | 78.6°F |
| 97 |  Algeria | 24.9°C | 76.9°F | 25.1°C | 77.3°F |
| 97 |  Cook Islands | 24.9°C | 76.8°F | 25.6°C | 78.2°F |
| 100 |  Timor-Leste | 24.8°C | 76.7°F | 25.9°C | 78.7°F |
| 100 |  Fiji | 24.8°C | 76.6°F | 25.6°C | 78.1°F |
| 102 |  Colombia | 24.7°C | 76.4°F | 25.8°C | 78.4°F |
| 102 |  Honduras | 24.7°C | 76.4°F | 25.4°C | 77.7°F |
| 104 |  Vietnam | 24.6°C | 76.2°F | 25.5°C | 77.8°F |
| 104 |  Equatorial Guinea | 24.6°C | 76.2°F | 25.6°C | 78.1°F |
| 106 |  India | 24.5°C | 76.1°F | 25.6°C | 78.1°F |
| 106 |  Mozambique | 24.5°C | 76.1°F | 25.7°C | 78.2°F |
| 108 |  Myanmar | 24.3°C | 75.7°F | 25.1°C | 77.1°F |
| 108 |  Mauritius | 24.3°C | 75.7°F | 24.7°C | 76.4°F |
| 110 |  Ethiopia | 24.1°C | 75.3°F | 24.8°C | 76.7°F |
| 110 |  Iraq | 24.1°C | 75.3°F | 24.6°C | 76.3°F |
| 110 |  Guatemala | 24.1°C | 75.4°F | 24.6°C | 76.3°F |
| 110 |  Cape Verde | 24.1°C | 75.4°F | 24.3°C | 75.7°F |
| 114 |  Uganda | 24.0°C | 75.1°F | 24.4°C | 76.0°F |
| 115 |  Egypt | 23.9°C | 74.9°F | 24.6°C | 76.2°F |
| 115 |  Papua New Guinea | 23.9°C | 75.1°F | 24.9°C | 76.9°F |
| 115 |  Laos | 23.9°C | 75.0°F | 24.8°C | 76.6°F |
| 118 |  Costa Rica | 23.8°C | 74.8°F | 24.8°C | 76.6°F |
| 119 |  Tanzania | 23.3°C | 74.0°F | 24.3°C | 75.8°F |
| 120 |  Madagascar | 23.2°C | 73.8°F | 24.1°C | 75.4°F |
| 121 |  Libya | 23.1°C | 73.5°F | 23.8°C | 74.8°F |
| 122 |  Angola | 22.8°C | 73.0°F | 24.1°C | 75.4°F |
| 122 |  Botswana | 22.8°C | 73.0°F | 24.1°C | 75.4°F |
| 124 |  Malawi | 22.7°C | 72.9°F | 23.8°C | 74.8°F |
| 124 |  Zambia | 22.7°C | 72.9°F | 23.9°C | 75.0°F |
| 126 |  Australia | 22.4°C | 72.3°F | 23.8°C | 74.8°F |
| 126 |  New Caledonia | 22.4°C | 72.3°F | — | — |
| 128 |  Zimbabwe | 22.3°C | 72.2°F | 23.3°C | 73.9°F |
| 129 |  Namibia | 22.2°C | 71.9°F | 23.3°C | 74.0°F |
| 129 |  Bermuda | 22.2°C | 72.0°F | 22.9°C | 73.3°F |
| 131 |  Mexico | 21.7°C | 71.0°F | 22.7°C | 72.9°F |
| 131 |  Ecuador | 21.7°C | 71.1°F | 22.4°C | 72.4°F |
| 133 |  Bolivia | 21.5°C | 70.7°F | 22.4°C | 72.3°F |
| 133 |  Israel | 21.5°C | 70.6°F | 22.1°C | 71.7°F |
| 135 |  Palestine | 21.4°C | 70.5°F | — | — |
| 136 |  Burundi | 21.2°C | 70.2°F | 22.0°C | 71.6°F |
| 136 |  Tunisia | 21.2°C | 70.2°F | 21.8°C | 71.3°F |
| 138 |  Pakistan | 21.0°C | 69.8°F | 22.2°C | 72.0°F |
| 139 |  Jordan | 20.7°C | 69.2°F | 21.0°C | 69.8°F |
| 140 |  Rwanda | 20.4°C | 68.7°F | 20.9°C | 69.6°F |
| 140 |  Cyprus | 20.4°C | 68.6°F | 21.0°C | 69.7°F |
| 142 |  Syria | 20.3°C | 68.5°F | 20.8°C | 69.4°F |
| 143 |  Malta | 20.2°C | 68.4°F | 20.7°C | 69.2°F |
| 144 |  Eswatini | 20.1°C | 68.2°F | 21.8°C | 71.2°F |
| 145 |  Morocco | 20.0°C | 67.9°F | 20.1°C | 68.2°F |
| 146 |  Iran | 19.8°C | 67.6°F | 19.7°C | 67.5°F |
| 147 |  Peru | 19.6°C | 67.4°F | 20.8°C | 69.5°F |
| 148 |  Gibraltar | 18.6°C | 65.6°F | — | — |
| 149 |  Turkmenistan | 18.5°C | 65.2°F | 18.2°C | 64.8°F |
| 150 |  South Africa | 18.2°C | 64.8°F | 19.8°C | 67.7°F |
| 151 |  Uruguay | 18.1°C | 64.6°F | 18.8°C | 65.8°F |
| 152 |  Vatican City | 17.1°C | 62.7°F | — | — |
| 153 |  Lebanon | 16.8°C | 62.2°F | 17.0°C | 62.7°F |
| 154 |  Portugal | 16.3°C | 61.3°F | 16.7°C | 62.1°F |
| 155 |  Monaco | 16.1°C | 61.0°F | 16.2°C | 61.2°F |
| 156 |  Greece | 16.0°C | 60.7°F | 16.6°C | 61.9°F |
| 156 |  San Marino | 16.0°C | 60.7°F | 16.5°C | 61.7°F |
| 158 |  Argentina | 15.7°C | 60.2°F | 16.2°C | 61.2°F |
| 159 |  Spain | 15.3°C | 59.5°F | 15.5°C | 59.9°F |
| 159 |  Uzbekistan | 15.3°C | 59.5°F | 15.1°C | 59.1°F |
| 161 |  Italy | 14.4°C | 57.8°F | 14.6°C | 58.3°F |
| 162 |  Afghanistan | 13.8°C | 56.9°F | 14.2°C | 57.5°F |
| 162 |  Azerbaijan | 13.8°C | 56.8°F | 14.1°C | 57.3°F |
| 162 |  Croatia | 13.8°C | 56.8°F | 13.9°C | 56.9°F |
| 165 |  Albania | 13.7°C | 56.7°F | 14.2°C | 57.5°F |
| 166 |  South Korea | 13.6°C | 56.5°F | 14.3°C | 57.7°F |
| 167 |  Japan | 13.5°C | 56.3°F | 13.8°C | 56.8°F |
| 168 |  Nepal | 13.2°C | 55.7°F | 13.9°C | 57.1°F |
| 169 |  Turkey | 13.0°C | 55.3°F | 13.4°C | 56.1°F |
| 169 |  Bulgaria | 13.0°C | 55.3°F | 13.2°C | 55.7°F |
| 171 |  France | 12.8°C | 55.0°F | 12.7°C | 54.8°F |
| 171 |  Hungary | 12.8°C | 55.1°F | 13.1°C | 55.6°F |
| 173 |  Serbia | 12.6°C | 54.6°F | 13.0°C | 55.4°F |
| 174 |  Moldova | 12.4°C | 54.4°F | 12.1°C | 53.7°F |
| 174 |  North Macedonia | 12.4°C | 54.3°F | — | — |
| 176 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.9°C | 53.4°F | 11.8°C | 53.2°F |
| 177 |  Romania | 11.7°C | 53.0°F | 11.8°C | 53.2°F |
| 177 |  Netherlands | 11.7°C | 53.0°F | 11.4°C | 52.5°F |
| 177 |  Lesotho | 11.7°C | 53.0°F | 13.3°C | 55.9°F |
| 180 |  Belgium | 11.5°C | 52.7°F | 11.3°C | 52.4°F |
| 181 |  Slovenia | 11.4°C | 52.5°F | 11.6°C | 53.0°F |
| 182 |  Isle of Man | 11.3°C | 52.3°F | — | — |
| 183 |  New Zealand | 11.1°C | 52.0°F | 11.6°C | 52.8°F |
| 184 |  Ukraine | 10.9°C | 51.6°F | 10.7°C | 51.3°F |
| 184 |  Ireland | 10.9°C | 51.6°F | 10.7°C | 51.2°F |
| 184 |  Montenegro | 10.9°C | 51.6°F | 11.3°C | 52.3°F |
| 187 |  Germany | 10.8°C | 51.4°F | 10.7°C | 51.2°F |
| 188 |  Luxembourg | 10.7°C | 51.3°F | 10.6°C | 51.1°F |
| 189 |  United States | 10.5°C | 50.8°F | 12.0°C | 53.7°F |
| 190 |  United Kingdom | 10.3°C | 50.5°F | 10.2°C | 50.3°F |
| 190 |  Bhutan | 10.3°C | 50.5°F | 11.0°C | 51.8°F |
| 192 |  Poland | 10.2°C | 50.3°F | 10.1°C | 50.2°F |
| 192 |  Slovakia | 10.2°C | 50.3°F | 10.3°C | 50.5°F |
| 194 |  Czechia | 10.1°C | 50.1°F | 10.0°C | 50.0°F |
| 195 |  Denmark | 9.6°C | 49.2°F | 10.0°C | 49.9°F |
| 196 |  Chile | 9.5°C | 49.1°F | 10.3°C | 50.6°F |
| 197 |  Georgia | 9.4°C | 48.8°F | 9.9°C | 49.8°F |
| 198 |  Kazakhstan | 8.8°C | 47.8°F | 8.7°C | 47.6°F |
| 198 |  Belarus | 8.8°C | 47.9°F | 8.7°C | 47.7°F |
| 200 |  Lithuania | 8.7°C | 47.6°F | 8.8°C | 47.8°F |
| 201 |  North Korea | 8.6°C | 47.4°F | 9.2°C | 48.5°F |
| 202 |  Austria | 8.4°C | 47.0°F | 8.3°C | 46.9°F |
| 203 |  Armenia | 8.3°C | 46.9°F | 8.6°C | 47.5°F |
| 204 |  China | 8.0°C | 46.4°F | 8.8°C | 47.8°F |
| 205 |  Latvia | 7.8°C | 46.1°F | 8.3°C | 46.9°F |
| 206 |  Liechtenstein | 7.6°C | 45.7°F | 7.3°C | 45.2°F |
| 207 |  Andorra | 7.3°C | 45.1°F | 6.8°C | 44.2°F |
| 207 |  Faroe Islands | 7.3°C | 45.1°F | — | — |
| 209 |  Switzerland | 7.1°C | 44.8°F | 6.9°C | 44.3°F |
| 209 |  Estonia | 7.1°C | 44.8°F | 7.9°C | 46.1°F |
| 211 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 6.9°C | 44.3°F | — | — |
| 212 |  Sweden | 3.8°C | 38.8°F | 5.2°C | 41.3°F |
| 213 |  Finland | 3.2°C | 37.8°F | 4.7°C | 40.4°F |
| 214 |  Norway | 2.5°C | 36.5°F | 3.6°C | 38.4°F |
| 215 |  Mongolia | 2.1°C | 35.8°F | 3.2°C | 37.7°F |
| 216 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1.8°C | 35.2°F | 2.3°C | 36.2°F |
| 217 |  Tajikistan | 1.6°C | 34.8°F | 1.9°C | 35.4°F |
| 217 |  Iceland | 1.6°C | 34.9°F | 2.3°C | 36.1°F |
| 219 |  Canada | -1.8°C | 28.8°F | -1.2°C | 29.9°F |
| 220 |  Russia | -2.5°C | 27.5°F | -1.5°C | 29.3°F |
| 221 |  Greenland | -17.5°C | 0.5°F | -16.5°C | 2.3°F |
| — |  Taiwan | — | 32.0°F | — | — |
| — |  Hong Kong | — | 32.0°F | — | — |
| — |  Reunion | — | 32.0°F | — | — |
| — |  Macau | — | 32.0°F | — | — |
| — |  Western Sahara | — | 32.0°F | — | — |
| — |  Mayotte | — | 32.0°F | — | — |
| — |  Martinique | — | 32.0°F | — | — |
| — |  French Guiana | — | 32.0°F | — | — |
| — |  United States Virgin Islands | — | 32.0°F | — | — |
| — |  Falkland Islands | — | 32.0°F | — | — |
What correlates with Average Temperature (°C) (2023)?
Pearson r against 1,293 other country metrics sharing at least 133 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Average Temperature (°C) tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Average Temperature (°C) tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Average Temperature (°C)?
- Mali has the highest Average Temperature (°C) in 2023, at 29.6°C, followed by Senegal (29.5°C) and Burkina Faso (29.4°C).
- Which country has the lowest Average Temperature (°C)?
- Greenland has the lowest Average Temperature (°C) in 2023, at -17.5°C.
- What is the median Average Temperature (°C) across countries?
- The median is 24.1°C across the 221 countries with data in 2023.
- Where does this hottest countries in the world data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Hottest Countries in the World 2023: Chasing Sunsets - Southwest Journal; WorldBank CMIP6 Climatology Model; Average yearly temperature (1961-1990, Celsius) - by country - Wayback Machine; The 30 hottest countries on Earth - Business Insider.