Hottest Major Cities Right Now

Makassar is the hottest major city in the world right now, at about 33°C.

Updated hourly. Last updated Oct 18, 2026, 2:05:08 AM UTC.

Cities with at least 200,000 residents; 100 cities shown.

Top Cities Ranked by Temperature

#	City	Country	Conditions	Feels like	Temperature
=1	Makassar	Indonesia	Smoky haze	33°C	33°C
=1	Semarang	Indonesia	Partly Cloudy	34°C	33°C
=2	Bekasi	Indonesia	Overcast	35°C	32°C
=2	Palembang	Indonesia	Smoky haze	35°C	32°C
=2	Jepara	Indonesia	Overcast	34°C	32°C
=2	Kuwait City	Kuwait	Smoky haze	32°C	32°C
=2	Budta	Philippines	Patchy rain nearby	37°C	32°C
=3	Surabaya	Indonesia	Smoky haze	33°C	31°C
=3	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	Clear	28°C	31°C
=3	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Clear	37°C	31°C
=3	Maoming	China	Patchy rain nearby	35°C	31°C
=3	Manaus	Brazil	Smoky haze	32°C	31°C
=3	Caloocan City	Philippines	Cloudy	35°C	31°C
=3	Niamey	Niger	Clear	29°C	31°C
=3	Quezon City	Philippines	Cloudy	35°C	31°C
=3	Al Başrah al Qadīmah	Iraq	Smoky haze	30°C	31°C
=3	Putian	China	Sunny	33°C	31°C
=3	Basrah	Iraq	Smoky haze	30°C	31°C
=3	Jakarta	Indonesia	Smoky haze	34°C	31°C
=3	Tangerang	Indonesia	Cloudy	34°C	31°C
=3	South Tangerang	Indonesia	Smoky haze	34°C	31°C
=3	Taipei	Taiwan	Sunny	32°C	31°C
=4	Doha	Qatar	Clear	28°C	30°C
=4	Jinjiang	China	Sunny	33°C	30°C
=4	Zhongshan	China	Patchy rain nearby	32°C	30°C
=4	Manila	Philippines	Patchy rain nearby	34°C	30°C
=4	Dongguan	China	Partly Cloudy	32°C	30°C
=4	Depok	Indonesia	Smoky haze	33°C	30°C
=4	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	Clear	32°C	30°C
=5	Chaozhou	China	Sunny	33°C	29°C
=5	Shenzhen	China	Partly Cloudy	32°C	29°C
=5	Hanoi	Vietnam	Patchy rain nearby	33°C	29°C
=5	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Smoky haze	33°C	29°C
=5	Jiangmen	China	Patchy rain nearby	32°C	29°C
=5	Liuzhou	China	Sunny	32°C	29°C
=5	Zhanjiang	China	Patchy rain nearby	34°C	29°C
=5	Foshan	China	Light rain shower	32°C	29°C
=5	Ganzhou	China	Sunny	31°C	29°C
=5	Guilin	China	Sunny	31°C	29°C
=5	Jinhua	China	Sunny	32°C	29°C
=5	Haikou	China	Sunny	33°C	29°C
=5	Quanzhou	China	Sunny	32°C	29°C
=5	Guangzhou	China	Patchy rain nearby	31°C	29°C
=5	Bangkok	Thailand	Patchy light drizzle	33°C	29°C
=5	Khartoum	Sudan	Clear	22°C	29°C
=5	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	Clear	28°C	29°C
=5	Havana	Cuba	Light rain shower	33°C	29°C
=5	Qingyuan	China	Patchy rain nearby	32°C	29°C
=5	Qinzhou	China	Patchy rain nearby	32°C	29°C
=6	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	Overcast	33°C	28°C
=6	Wenzhou	China	Patchy rain nearby	31°C	28°C
=6	Zhuhai	China	Cloudy	32°C	28°C
=6	Nanning	China	Patchy rain nearby	31°C	28°C
=6	Huizhou	China	Sunny	31°C	28°C
=6	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	Overcast	32°C	28°C
=6	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	Clear	30°C	28°C
=6	Zhaoqing	China	Light rain shower	32°C	28°C
=6	Yiwu	China	Sunny	31°C	28°C
=6	Singapore	Singapore	Smoky haze	32°C	28°C
=6	Ningbo	China	Overcast	31°C	28°C
=6	Bandung	Indonesia	Smoky haze	28°C	28°C
=6	Baghdad	Iraq	Clear	26°C	28°C
=6	Los Angeles	United States	Overcast	24°C	28°C
=6	Maracaibo	Venezuela	Thundery outbreaks in nearby	33°C	28°C
=6	Vadodara	India	Smoky haze	29°C	28°C
=6	Davao	Philippines	Patchy rain nearby	32°C	28°C
=6	Singapore	Singapore	Light rain shower	32°C	28°C
=6	Nanchang	China	Overcast	30°C	28°C
=6	Hyderabad	Pakistan	Sunny	28°C	28°C
=6	Yangjiang	China	Patchy rain nearby	32°C	28°C
=6	Kolkata	India	Smoky haze	29°C	28°C
=6	Jieyang	China	Patchy rain nearby	31°C	28°C
=6	Rājkot	India	Overcast	29°C	28°C
=6	Yunfu	China	Patchy rain nearby	31°C	28°C
=6	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Light rain shower	31°C	28°C
=6	Taizhou	China	Partly Cloudy	31°C	28°C
=6	Karbala	Iraq	Clear	25°C	28°C
=6	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Smoky haze	29°C	28°C
=6	Shaoxing	China	Partly Cloudy	30°C	28°C
=6	N'Djamena	Chad	Clear	26°C	28°C
=6	Ahmedabad	India	Sunny	26°C	28°C
=6	Shanghai	China	Overcast	29°C	28°C
=6	Mumbai	India	Smoky haze	31°C	28°C
=6	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	Severe sandstorm	25°C	28°C
=6	Xiamen	China	Sunny	30°C	28°C
=7	Tirunelveli	India	Overcast	30°C	27°C
=7	N'Djamena	Chad	Clear	26°C	27°C
=7	Thāne	India	Smoky haze	30°C	27°C
=7	Hangzhou	China	Patchy rain nearby	29°C	27°C
=7	Yangon	Myanmar	Patchy rain nearby	31°C	27°C
=7	Guayaquil	Ecuador	Overcast	29°C	27°C
=7	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	Sunny	30°C	27°C
=7	Kano	Nigeria	Haze	26°C	27°C
=7	Khulna	Bangladesh	Smoky haze	29°C	27°C
=7	Lagos	Nigeria	Cloudy	30°C	27°C
=7	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Sunny	30°C	27°C
=7	Surat	India	Partly Cloudy	28°C	27°C
=7	San Diego	United States	Partly Cloudy	25°C	27°C
=7	Mandalay	Myanmar	Partly Cloudy	29°C	27°C
=7	Kunshan	China	Patchy rain nearby	29°C	27°C

Methodology: Current conditions are sampled from WeatherAPI for up to 400 of the largest cities with at least 200,000 residents.

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 Makassar, at about 33°C.

Frequently Asked Questions: Hottest Major Cities Right Now

Which city is hottest right now?

Among the major cities we track, Makassar is the hottest right now at about 33°C (as of October 18, 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

Top Cities Ranked by Temperature

What Makes These the Hottest Cities Right Now?

Frequently Asked Questions: Hottest Major Cities Right Now

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