Hottest Major Cities Right Now

Al Başrah al Qadīmah is the hottest major city in the world right now, at about 46°C.

Recalculated daily. Last updated July 17, 2026.

#	City	Country	Temperature
🥇	Al Başrah al Qadīmah	Iraq	46°C
🥈	Basrah	Iraq	46°C
🥉	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	45°C
4	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	45°C
5	Faisalabad	Pakistan	45°C
6	Baghdad	Iraq	45°C
7	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	44°C
8	Karbala	Iraq	44°C
9	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	44°C
10	Medina	Saudi Arabia	44°C
11	Gujranwala	Pakistan	44°C
12	Rawalpindi	Pakistan	43°C
13	Al Mawşil al Jadīdah	Iraq	43°C
14	Mosul	Iraq	43°C
15	Erbil	Iraq	42°C
16	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	41°C
17	Kanpur	India	41°C
18	Ludhiāna	India	41°C
19	Kuwait City	Kuwait	40°C
20	Lahore	Pakistan	40°C
21	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	40°C
22	Peshawar	Pakistan	40°C
23	Tehran	Iran	40°C
24	Diyarbakır	Türkiye	39°C
25	Mashhad	Iran	39°C
26	Almaty	Kazakhstan	39°C
27	Shiraz	Iran	39°C
28	Khartoum	Sudan	39°C
29	Isfahan	Iran	39°C
30	Multan	Pakistan	39°C
31	Antalya	Türkiye	39°C
32	Ürümqi	China	38°C
33	Ürümqi	China	38°C
34	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	38°C
35	Algiers	Algeria	38°C
36	Agra	India	38°C
37	Kananga	Democratic Republic of Congo	38°C
38	Meerut	India	38°C
39	Aleppo	Syria	37°C
40	Madurai	India	37°C
41	Karaj	Iran	37°C
42	Hyderabad	Pakistan	37°C
43	Delhi	India	36°C
44	Jaipur	India	36°C
45	Najafgarh	India	36°C
46	Faridabad	India	36°C
47	Rome	Italy	36°C
48	İzmir	Türkiye	36°C
49	Damascus	Syria	36°C
50	Doha	Qatar	36°C
51	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	36°C
52	Kunshan	China	36°C
53	Kabul	Afghanistan	36°C
54	Mbuji-Mayi	Democratic Republic of Congo	35°C
55	Tabriz	Iran	35°C
56	Changsha	China	35°C
57	Gaziantep	Türkiye	35°C
58	Kallakurichi	India	35°C
59	Cairo	Egypt	34°C
60	Giza	Egypt	34°C
61	Shaoxing	China	34°C
62	Shubrā al Khaymah	Egypt	34°C
63	Wuhan	China	34°C
64	Hangzhou	China	34°C
65	Cixi	China	34°C
66	Tirunelveli	India	34°C
67	N'Djamena	Chad	34°C
68	N'Djamena	Chad	34°C
69	Adana	Türkiye	34°C
70	Barcelona	Spain	34°C
71	Patna	India	34°C
72	Ningbo	China	34°C
73	Karachi	Pakistan	33°C
74	Xi’an	China	33°C
75	Ahmedabad	India	33°C
76	Budapest	Hungary	33°C
77	Lucknow	India	33°C
78	Bucharest	Romania	33°C
79	Shanghai	China	33°C
80	Suzhou	China	32°C
81	Changde	China	32°C
82	Amman	Jordan	32°C
83	Baku	Azerbaijan	32°C
84	Bangkok	Thailand	32°C
85	Vienna	Austria	32°C
86	Vadodara	India	32°C
87	Nanjing	China	32°C
88	Indore	India	32°C
89	Bhopāl	India	32°C
90	Hanoi	Vietnam	32°C
91	Yiyang	China	32°C
92	Kano	Nigeria	32°C
93	Rājkot	India	32°C
94	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of Congo	32°C
95	Wuxi	China	31°C
96	Hefei	China	31°C
97	Nanchang	China	31°C
98	Istanbul	Türkiye	31°C
99	Osaka	Japan	31°C
100	Kyoto	Japan	31°C

What Makes These the Hottest Cities Right Now?

Temperature at any moment depends on latitude, season, time of day, altitude and local weather. The hottest cities right now are usually those where it is summer and the middle of the day, especially in deserts and the tropics. This list samples live conditions across hundreds of the world's largest cities and updates through the day.

Because it tracks the real-time clock and weather, the ranking shifts as the Sun moves around the globe and weather systems come and go. Right now the hottest major city is Al Başrah al Qadīmah, at about 46°C.

Frequently Asked Questions: Hottest Major Cities Right Now

Which city is hottest right now?

Among the major cities we track, Al Başrah al Qadīmah is the hottest right now at about 46°C (as of July 17, 2026). The leader changes through the day as the Sun moves.

How often is this updated?

It samples live weather for hundreds of large cities and refreshes regularly through the day, so the ranking reflects current conditions rather than averages.

Why isn't the world's hottest desert town listed?

This ranking covers larger cities with live weather data, so remote desert outposts that may be even hotter are not included.

Hottest Major Cities Right Now

What Makes These the Hottest Cities Right Now?

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