Coldest Major Cities Right Now

Soweto is the coldest major city in the world right now, at about 0°C.

Recalculated daily. Last updated June 5, 2026.

#	City	Country	Temperature
🥇	Soweto	South Africa	0°C
🥈	La Paz	Bolivia	1°C
🥉	Johannesburg	South Africa	4°C
4	Cape Town	South Africa	5°C
5	Santiago	Chile	9°C
6	Munich	Germany	11°C
7	Quito	Ecuador	11°C
8	London	United Kingdom	12°C
9	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia	12°C
10	Prague	Czechia	12°C
11	Bogota	Colombia	12°C
12	Curitiba	Brazil	13°C
13	Paris	France	13°C
14	Nizhniy Novgorod	Russia	14°C
15	Lubumbashi	Democratic Republic of Congo	14°C
16	Melbourne	Australia	14°C
17	Sofia	Bulgaria	14°C
18	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	14°C
19	Hamburg	Germany	14°C
20	Harare	Zimbabwe	14°C
21	Durban	South Africa	15°C
22	Puebla	Mexico	15°C
23	Adelaide	Australia	15°C
24	Montevideo	Uruguay	15°C
25	Berlin	Germany	15°C
26	Madrid	Spain	15°C
27	Córdoba	Argentina	15°C
28	Buenos Aires	Argentina	15°C
29	Rome	Italy	15°C
30	São Paulo	Brazil	16°C
31	Porto Alegre	Brazil	16°C
32	Kyiv	Ukraine	16°C
33	Nairobi	Kenya	16°C
34	Brasilia	Brazil	16°C
35	Medellín	Colombia	16°C
36	Minsk	Belarus	16°C
37	Vienna	Austria	16°C
38	Kazan	Russia	16°C
39	Budapest	Hungary	16°C
40	Barcelona	Spain	16°C
41	Kharkiv	Ukraine	17°C
42	Brooklyn	United States	17°C
43	Lusaka	Zambia	17°C
44	Queens	United States	17°C
45	Ankara	Türkiye	17°C
46	Kakamega	Kenya	17°C
47	Bucharest	Romania	17°C
48	Toronto	Canada	17°C
49	Milan	Italy	17°C
50	Moscow	Russia	17°C
51	Caracas	Venezuela	17°C
52	Tijuana	Mexico	17°C
53	Antananarivo	Madagascar	17°C
54	Mexico City	Mexico	17°C
55	Sydney	Australia	17°C
56	Iztapalapa	Mexico	17°C
57	Warsaw	Poland	17°C
58	Ecatepec de Morelos	Mexico	17°C
59	Goiânia	Brazil	17°C
60	Daqing	China	18°C
61	Los Angeles	United States	18°C
62	Santiago de Querétaro	Mexico	18°C
63	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Bolivia	18°C
64	Yekaterinburg	Russia	18°C
65	Saint Petersburg	Russia	18°C
66	Algiers	Algeria	18°C
67	İzmir	Türkiye	18°C
68	San Diego	United States	18°C
69	Konya	Türkiye	18°C
70	Jilin	China	18°C
71	León de los Aldama	Mexico	19°C
72	Harbin	China	19°C
73	Ordos	China	19°C
74	Montréal	Canada	19°C
75	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	19°C
76	Casablanca	Morocco	19°C
77	Zapopan	Mexico	19°C
78	Guadalajara	Mexico	19°C
79	Perth	Australia	19°C
80	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	19°C
81	Damascus	Syria	19°C
82	Lima	Peru	20°C
83	Callao	Peru	20°C
84	Kananga	Democratic Republic of Congo	20°C
85	Valencia	Venezuela	20°C
86	Kawasaki	Japan	20°C
87	Guatemala City	Guatemala	20°C
88	Brisbane	Australia	20°C
89	Datong	China	20°C
90	Kampala	Uganda	20°C
91	Barquisimeto	Venezuela	20°C
92	Mbuji-Mayi	Democratic Republic of Congo	20°C
93	Cali	Colombia	21°C
94	The Bronx	United States	21°C
95	Kumasi	Ghana	21°C
96	Baotou	China	21°C
97	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of Congo	21°C
98	Yantai	China	21°C
99	Tokyo	Japan	21°C
100	Changchun	China	21°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 Soweto, at about 0°C.

Frequently Asked Questions: Coldest Major Cities Right Now

Which city is coldest right now?

Among the major cities we track, Soweto is the coldest right now at about 0°C (as of June 5, 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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