Coldest Major Cities Right Now

Xining is the coldest major city in the world right now, at about 8°C.

Recalculated daily. Last updated July 19, 2026.

#	City	Country	Temperature
🥇	Xining	China	8°C
🥈	Melbourne	Australia	8°C
🥉	Adelaide	Australia	8°C
4	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia	9°C
5	Perth	Australia	10°C
6	Qujing	China	11°C
7	Montevideo	Uruguay	11°C
8	Santiago	Chile	11°C
9	Buenos Aires	Argentina	12°C
10	Sydney	Australia	12°C
11	Liupanshui	China	12°C
12	Cape Town	South Africa	13°C
13	Soweto	South Africa	14°C
14	Berlin	Germany	14°C
15	Antananarivo	Madagascar	14°C
16	La Paz	Bolivia	14°C
17	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	14°C
18	Johannesburg	South Africa	15°C
19	Córdoba	Argentina	15°C
20	Quito	Ecuador	15°C
21	Lubumbashi	Democratic Republic of Congo	16°C
22	Lusaka	Zambia	16°C
23	Harare	Zimbabwe	16°C
24	Kunming	China	16°C
25	Hamburg	Germany	16°C
26	Warsaw	Poland	16°C
27	Munich	Germany	16°C
28	Bogota	Colombia	17°C
29	Hohhot	China	17°C
30	Brisbane	Australia	17°C
31	Saint Petersburg	Russia	17°C
32	Kakamega	Kenya	17°C
33	Tianshui	China	17°C
34	Lanzhou	China	18°C
35	Minsk	Belarus	18°C
36	Durban	South Africa	18°C
37	Bandung	Indonesia	18°C
38	Novosibirsk	Russia	18°C
39	Prague	Czechia	18°C
40	Jilin	China	18°C
41	Zunyi	China	19°C
42	Vienna	Austria	19°C
43	Sapporo	Japan	19°C
44	Yekaterinburg	Russia	19°C
45	Anshan	China	19°C
46	Baoji	China	19°C
47	Datong	China	20°C
48	Nizhniy Novgorod	Russia	20°C
49	Callao	Peru	20°C
50	Kharkiv	Ukraine	20°C
51	London	United Kingdom	20°C
52	Changchun	China	20°C
53	Guiyang	China	20°C
54	Kazan	Russia	20°C
55	Taiyuan	China	20°C
56	Jinzhong	China	20°C
57	Daqing	China	20°C
58	Harbin	China	21°C
59	Linyi	China	21°C
60	Sana'a	Yemen	21°C
61	Sanaa	Yemen	21°C
62	Lima	Peru	21°C
63	Moscow	Russia	21°C
64	Shiyan	China	21°C
65	Luanda	Angola	21°C
66	Pyongyang	North Korea	21°C
67	Bayan Nur	China	21°C
68	Nairobi	Kenya	21°C
69	Yichang	China	22°C
70	Xinyang	China	22°C
71	Xuzhou	China	22°C
72	Weifang	China	22°C
73	Port Harcourt	Nigeria	22°C
74	Toronto	Canada	22°C
75	Paris	France	22°C
76	Budapest	Hungary	22°C
77	Tai’an	China	22°C
78	Porto Alegre	Brazil	22°C
79	Suqian	China	22°C
80	Kathmandu	Nepal	22°C
81	Qingdao	China	22°C
82	Tangshan	China	22°C
83	Ordos	China	22°C
84	Dazhou	China	22°C
85	Pimpri	India	22°C
86	Bengaluru	India	22°C
87	Shenyang	China	22°C
88	Fushun	China	22°C
89	Pune	India	22°C
90	Semarang	Indonesia	22°C
91	Makassar	Indonesia	22°C
92	Bozhou	China	22°C
93	Yantai	China	22°C
94	Fuyang	China	22°C
95	Shangqiu	China	22°C
96	Kaduna	Nigeria	23°C
97	Nashik	India	23°C
98	Ibadan	Nigeria	23°C
99	Lianyungang	China	23°C
100	Budta	Philippines	23°C

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 Xining, at about 8°C.

Frequently Asked Questions: Coldest Major Cities Right Now

Which city is coldest right now?

Among the major cities we track, Xining is the coldest right now at about 8°C (as of July 19, 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

What Makes These the Coldest Cities Right Now?

Frequently Asked Questions: Coldest Major Cities Right Now

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