Coldest Major Cities Right Now

Ulaanbaatar is the coldest major city in the world right now, at about -13°C.

Updated hourly. Last updated Oct 17, 2026, 8:05:08 PM UTC.

Cities with at least 200,000 residents; 100 cities shown.

Top Cities Ranked by Temperature

#	City	Country	Conditions	Feels like	Temperature
🥇	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia	Mist	-17°C	-13°C
🥈	Novosibirsk	Russia	Light freezing rain	-5°C	-1°C
=3	Xining	China	Clear	-3°C	0°C
=3	Ordos	China	Dust storm	-5°C	0°C
4	Sapporo	Japan	Partly Cloudy	-2°C	1°C
=5	Bayan Nur	China	Dust storm	-1°C	3°C
=5	Almaty	Kazakhstan	Overcast	2°C	3°C
=5	Baotou	China	Sandstorm	-1°C	3°C
=6	Ürümqi	China	Clear	2°C	4°C
=6	Ürümqi	China	Clear	2°C	4°C
=6	Hohhot	China	Sandstorm	1°C	4°C
=7	Datong	China	Dust storm	3°C	7°C
=7	Lanzhou	China	Clear	4°C	7°C
=7	Daqing	China	Light rain	2°C	7°C
=7	Montréal	Canada	Sunny	4°C	7°C
=8	Yinchuan	China	Clear	6°C	8°C
=8	Sofia	Bulgaria	Overcast	6°C	8°C
=8	Tianshui	China	Overcast	8°C	8°C
=8	Minsk	Belarus	Cloudy	7°C	8°C
=9	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Patchy rain nearby	7°C	9°C
=9	İzmir	Türkiye	Clear	8°C	9°C
=9	Jilin	China	Light drizzle	8°C	9°C
=9	Harbin	China	Light rain	8°C	9°C
=9	Ankara	Türkiye	Patchy rain nearby	5°C	9°C
=9	Yekaterinburg	Russia	Clear	8°C	9°C
=10	Munich	Germany	Patchy rain nearby	8°C	10°C
=10	Jinzhong	China	Overcast	7°C	10°C
=10	Baoji	China	Overcast	9°C	10°C
=10	Taiyuan	China	Overcast	6°C	10°C
=10	Toronto	Canada	Sunny	8°C	10°C
=10	Bucharest	Romania	Cloudy	9°C	10°C
=11	Hamburg	Germany	Light drizzle	8°C	11°C
=11	London	United Kingdom	Partly Cloudy	8°C	11°C
=11	Kabul	Afghanistan	Clear	8°C	11°C
=11	Warsaw	Poland	Smoky haze	9°C	11°C
=11	Bursa	Türkiye	Light rain	8°C	11°C
=11	Berlin	Germany	Patchy rain nearby	10°C	11°C
=11	Qujing	China	Clear	10°C	11°C
=12	Queens	United States	Patchy rain nearby	6°C	12°C
=12	Kathmandu	Nepal	Smoky haze	11°C	12°C
=12	The Bronx	United States	Patchy rain nearby	6°C	12°C
=12	Konya	Türkiye	Clear	6°C	12°C
=12	Kazan	Russia	Overcast	9°C	12°C
=12	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Patchy rain nearby	9°C	12°C
=12	Brooklyn	United States	Overcast	7°C	12°C
=12	Manhattan	United States	Overcast	7°C	12°C
=12	New York City	United States	Overcast	7°C	12°C
=12	Melbourne	Australia	Sunny	10°C	12°C
=12	Changchun	China	Light rain	10°C	12°C
=12	Philadelphia	United States	Partly Cloudy	7°C	12°C
=12	Prague	Czechia	Patchy rain nearby	10°C	12°C
=12	Mashhad	Iran	Smoky haze	9°C	12°C
=12	Montevideo	Uruguay	Patchy rain nearby	8°C	12°C
=13	Vienna	Austria	Overcast	11°C	13°C
=13	Moscow	Russia	Overcast	11°C	13°C
=13	Paris	France	Clear	9°C	13°C
=13	Daejeon	South Korea	Overcast	12°C	13°C
=13	Shiyan	China	Overcast	11°C	13°C
=13	Mexico City	Mexico	Patchy rain nearby	12°C	13°C
=13	Istanbul	Türkiye	Moderate rain	9°C	13°C
=13	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	Overcast	11°C	13°C
=13	Liupanshui	China	Patchy rain nearby	13°C	13°C
=14	Kyiv	Ukraine	Overcast	13°C	14°C
=14	Budapest	Hungary	Clear	11°C	14°C
=14	Tianjin	China	Overcast	7°C	14°C
=14	Cape Town	South Africa	Overcast	10°C	14°C
=14	Baoding	China	Overcast	9°C	14°C
=14	Antananarivo	Madagascar	Clear	12°C	14°C
=14	Luoyang	China	Overcast	11°C	14°C
=14	Beijing	China	Cloudy	10°C	14°C
=14	Ecatepec de Morelos	Mexico	Overcast	11°C	14°C
=14	Xi’an	China	Overcast	12°C	14°C
=14	Antalya	Türkiye	Clear	11°C	14°C
=14	Tangshan	China	Overcast	9°C	14°C
=14	Chicago	United States	Sunny	10°C	14°C
=14	Iztapalapa	Mexico	Patchy rain nearby	12°C	14°C
=15	Daegu	South Korea	Overcast	14°C	15°C
=15	Kyoto	Japan	Clear	14°C	15°C
=15	Tai’an	China	Partly Cloudy	14°C	15°C
=15	Kobe	Japan	Clear	12°C	15°C
=15	Liaocheng	China	Cloudy	10°C	15°C
=15	Brisbane	Australia	Patchy rain nearby	15°C	15°C
=15	Ciudad Juárez	Mexico	Sunny	7°C	15°C
=15	Nizhniy Novgorod	Russia	Overcast	12°C	15°C
=15	Kharkiv	Ukraine	Overcast	14°C	15°C
=15	Quito	Ecuador	Light rain shower	15°C	15°C
=15	Gwangju	South Korea	Cloudy	14°C	15°C
=15	Santiago de Querétaro	Mexico	Overcast	10°C	15°C
=15	Handan	China	Overcast	14°C	15°C
=16	Fukuoka	Japan	Overcast	15°C	16°C
=16	Kaifeng	China	Overcast	16°C	16°C
=16	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Smoky haze	13°C	16°C
=16	Nanyang	China	Overcast	16°C	16°C
=16	Kunming	China	Clear	16°C	16°C
=16	Anshan	China	Light rain	9°C	16°C
=16	Xuchang	China	Overcast	13°C	16°C
=16	Sana'a	Yemen	Clear	13°C	16°C
=16	Sanaa	Yemen	Clear	13°C	16°C
=16	Sydney	Australia	Sunny	16°C	16°C
=16	Heze	China	Cloudy	15°C	16°C

Methodology: Current conditions are sampled from WeatherAPI for up to 400 of the largest cities with at least 200,000 residents.

What Makes These the Coldest Cities Right Now?

The coldest cities at any moment are usually those deep in winter, at high latitude or high altitude, and in the dark hours before dawn. Continental interiors far from the moderating ocean can plunge especially low. This list samples live conditions across hundreds of the world's largest cities and updates through the day.

As the Earth turns and night sweeps across the globe, the ranking changes hour by hour. Right now the coldest major city is Ulaanbaatar, at about -13°C.

Frequently Asked Questions: Coldest Major Cities Right Now

Which city is coldest right now?

Among the major cities we track, Ulaanbaatar is the coldest right now at about -13°C (as of October 17, 2026).

Why are some cities so much colder than others?

High latitude, high altitude, winter, night-time and distance from the sea all push temperatures down. Cities deep in continental interiors get the coldest of all.

Does this show wind chill?

No, it shows the measured air temperature. The 'feels like' temperature in wind can be considerably lower.

Coldest Major Cities Right Now

Top Cities Ranked by Temperature

What Makes These the Coldest Cities Right Now?

Frequently Asked Questions: Coldest Major Cities Right Now

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