Coldest Major Cities Right Now

La Paz is the coldest major city in the world right now, at about 5°C.

Recalculated daily. Last updated July 17, 2026.

#	City	Country	Temperature
🥇	La Paz	Bolivia	5°C
🥈	Bogota	Colombia	9°C
🥉	Moscow	Russia	9°C
4	Saint Petersburg	Russia	9°C
5	Lubumbashi	Democratic Republic of Congo	9°C
6	Harare	Zimbabwe	10°C
7	Nizhniy Novgorod	Russia	10°C
8	Antananarivo	Madagascar	10°C
9	Santiago	Chile	10°C
10	Nairobi	Kenya	11°C
11	Soweto	South Africa	11°C
12	Johannesburg	South Africa	12°C
13	Melbourne	Australia	13°C
14	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	13°C
15	Cape Town	South Africa	13°C
16	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	13°C
17	Lusaka	Zambia	14°C
18	Quito	Ecuador	14°C
19	Curitiba	Brazil	14°C
20	Kakamega	Kenya	14°C
21	Kharkiv	Ukraine	14°C
22	Kazan	Russia	15°C
23	Adelaide	Australia	15°C
24	Sydney	Australia	15°C
25	Munich	Germany	15°C
26	Minsk	Belarus	15°C
27	Durban	South Africa	16°C
28	Bursa	Türkiye	16°C
29	Porto Alegre	Brazil	16°C
30	Córdoba	Argentina	16°C
31	Puebla	Mexico	17°C
32	Kyiv	Ukraine	17°C
33	São Paulo	Brazil	17°C
34	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	17°C
35	Ankara	Türkiye	17°C
36	Perth	Australia	17°C
37	Buenos Aires	Argentina	17°C
38	Brisbane	Australia	17°C
39	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia	17°C
40	Berlin	Germany	17°C
41	Budapest	Hungary	17°C
42	Yekaterinburg	Russia	17°C
43	Sofia	Bulgaria	17°C
44	London	United Kingdom	18°C
45	Medellín	Colombia	18°C
46	Xining	China	18°C
47	Brasilia	Brazil	18°C
48	Caracas	Venezuela	18°C
49	Cali	Colombia	19°C
50	Lima	Peru	19°C
51	Callao	Peru	19°C
52	Sana'a	Yemen	19°C
53	Sanaa	Yemen	19°C
54	Hamburg	Germany	19°C
55	Warsaw	Poland	19°C
56	Konya	Türkiye	19°C
57	Paris	France	19°C
58	Bucharest	Romania	19°C
59	Isfahan	Iran	19°C
60	İzmir	Türkiye	20°C
61	Guadalajara	Mexico	20°C
62	Jinzhong	China	20°C
63	Taiyuan	China	20°C
64	Guatemala City	Guatemala	20°C
65	Kampala	Uganda	20°C
66	Ecatepec de Morelos	Mexico	20°C
67	Mexico City	Mexico	20°C
68	Kunming	China	20°C
69	Yaounde	Cameroon	20°C
70	Iztapalapa	Mexico	20°C
71	Valencia	Venezuela	20°C
72	Novosibirsk	Russia	20°C
73	Montevideo	Uruguay	20°C
74	Handan	China	20°C
75	Santiago de Querétaro	Mexico	20°C
76	Barquisimeto	Venezuela	20°C
77	Port Harcourt	Nigeria	21°C
78	Liupanshui	China	21°C
79	Shijiazhuang	China	21°C
80	Hohhot	China	21°C
81	Prague	Czechia	21°C
82	Luanda	Angola	21°C
83	Vienna	Austria	21°C
84	Zapopan	Mexico	21°C
85	Liaocheng	China	21°C
86	Baoding	China	21°C
87	Datong	China	21°C
88	Damascus	Syria	21°C
89	Montréal	Canada	21°C
90	Ordos	China	22°C
91	Benin City	Nigeria	22°C
92	Qujing	China	22°C
93	Abuja	Nigeria	22°C
94	Kaifeng	China	22°C
95	Ibadan	Nigeria	22°C
96	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	22°C
97	Zhengzhou	China	22°C
98	Shiraz	Iran	22°C
99	Kaduna	Nigeria	22°C
100	Kathmandu	Nepal	22°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 La Paz, at about 5°C.

Frequently Asked Questions: Coldest Major Cities Right Now

Which city is coldest right now?

Among the major cities we track, La Paz is the coldest right now at about 5°C (as of July 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

What Makes These the Coldest Cities Right Now?

Frequently Asked Questions: Coldest Major Cities Right Now

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