Hottest Major Cities Right Now

Al Başrah al Qadīmah is the hottest major city in the world right now, at about 41°C.

Recalculated daily. Last updated July 19, 2026.

#	City	Country	Temperature
🥇	Al Başrah al Qadīmah	Iraq	41°C
🥈	Basrah	Iraq	41°C
🥉	Kuwait City	Kuwait	40°C
4	Medina	Saudi Arabia	39°C
5	Baghdad	Iraq	39°C
6	Faisalabad	Pakistan	38°C
7	Karbala	Iraq	38°C
8	Khartoum	Sudan	36°C
9	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	36°C
10	Muscat	Oman	36°C
11	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	36°C
12	Phoenix	United States	36°C
13	Dallas	United States	36°C
14	Gujranwala	Pakistan	36°C
15	Al Mawşil al Jadīdah	Iraq	35°C
16	Mosul	Iraq	35°C
17	Rawalpindi	Pakistan	35°C
18	Tehran	Iran	34°C
19	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	34°C
20	Houston	United States	34°C
21	Ciudad Juárez	Mexico	34°C
22	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	34°C
23	Peshawar	Pakistan	34°C
24	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	34°C
25	Multan	Pakistan	34°C
26	Doha	Qatar	34°C
27	Erbil	Iraq	34°C
28	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	34°C
29	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	33°C
30	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	33°C
31	Havana	Cuba	33°C
32	San Antonio	United States	33°C
33	Shiraz	Iran	33°C
34	Madrid	Spain	33°C
35	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	33°C
36	Cairo	Egypt	32°C
37	Lahore	Pakistan	32°C
38	Giza	Egypt	32°C
39	Shubrā al Khaymah	Egypt	32°C
40	Mashhad	Iran	32°C
41	Manaus	Brazil	32°C
42	San Diego	United States	32°C
43	Maracaibo	Venezuela	32°C
44	Belém	Brazil	32°C
45	Diyarbakır	Türkiye	32°C
46	Ludhiāna	India	31°C
47	N'Djamena	Chad	31°C
48	Najafgarh	India	31°C
49	N'Djamena	Chad	31°C
50	Delhi	India	31°C
51	Faridabad	India	31°C
52	Los Angeles	United States	31°C
53	Algiers	Algeria	31°C
54	Rome	Italy	31°C
55	Jaipur	India	31°C
56	Isfahan	Iran	31°C
57	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	30°C
58	Fortaleza	Brazil	30°C
59	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	30°C
60	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	30°C
61	Kowloon	Hong Kong	30°C
62	Karaj	Iran	30°C
63	Guayaquil	Ecuador	30°C
64	Agra	India	30°C
65	Kallakurichi	India	30°C
66	Karachi	Pakistan	29°C
67	Kanpur	India	29°C
68	Shenzhen	China	29°C
69	Chennai	India	29°C
70	Osaka	Japan	29°C
71	Kobe	Japan	29°C
72	Kyoto	Japan	29°C
73	Niamey	Niger	29°C
74	Aleppo	Syria	29°C
75	Patna	India	29°C
76	Goiânia	Brazil	29°C
77	Barquisimeto	Venezuela	29°C
78	Kano	Nigeria	29°C
79	Bamako	Mali	29°C
80	Barcelona	Spain	29°C
81	Antalya	Türkiye	29°C
82	İzmir	Türkiye	29°C
83	Madurai	India	29°C
84	Brazzaville	Congo	29°C
85	Hyderabad	Pakistan	29°C
86	Amman	Jordan	28°C
87	Zhongshan	China	28°C
88	Damascus	Syria	28°C
89	Fukuoka	Japan	28°C
90	Foshan	China	28°C
91	Manila	Philippines	28°C
92	Philadelphia	United States	28°C
93	Shanghai	China	28°C
94	Guangzhou	China	28°C
95	Dongguan	China	28°C
96	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	28°C
97	Kunshan	China	28°C
98	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Bolivia	28°C
99	Adana	Türkiye	28°C
100	Bangkok	Thailand	28°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 41°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 41°C (as of July 19, 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

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