Hottest Major Cities Right Now

Kanpur is the hottest major city in the world right now, at about 39°C.

Recalculated daily. Last updated June 5, 2026.

#	City	Country	Temperature
🥇	Kanpur	India	39°C
🥈	Meerut	India	39°C
🥉	Ludhiāna	India	39°C
4	Doha	Qatar	38°C
5	Nowrangapur	India	38°C
6	Delhi	India	38°C
7	Mandalay	Myanmar	37°C
8	Khulna	Bangladesh	37°C
9	Nagpur	India	36°C
10	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	36°C
11	Hyderabad	Pakistan	36°C
12	Haikou	China	36°C
13	Dhaka	Bangladesh	36°C
14	Phoenix	United States	36°C
15	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	36°C
16	Chennai	India	36°C
17	Vadodara	India	36°C
18	Jiangmen	China	36°C
19	Faisalabad	Pakistan	36°C
20	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	36°C
21	Gujranwala	Pakistan	36°C
22	Zhanjiang	China	35°C
23	Luohe	China	35°C
24	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	35°C
25	Huizhou	China	35°C
26	Muscat	Oman	35°C
27	Karachi	Pakistan	35°C
28	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	35°C
29	Kallakurichi	India	35°C
30	Nanyang	China	35°C
31	Qinzhou	China	35°C
32	Khartoum	Sudan	34°C
33	Fuyang	China	34°C
34	Patna	India	34°C
35	Xiangyang	China	34°C
36	Mumbai	India	34°C
37	Kuwait City	Kuwait	34°C
38	Navi Mumbai	India	34°C
39	Maoming	China	34°C
40	Thāne	India	34°C
41	Lucknow	India	34°C
42	Qingyuan	China	34°C
43	Madurai	India	34°C
44	Jamshedpur	India	34°C
45	Xuchang	China	34°C
46	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	34°C
47	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	34°C
48	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	34°C
49	Kowloon	Hong Kong	34°C
50	Chongqing	China	34°C
51	Tirunelveli	India	34°C
52	Yangjiang	China	34°C
53	Surat	India	34°C
54	Rājkot	India	34°C
55	Yichang	China	34°C
56	Huainan	China	34°C
57	Bozhou	China	34°C
58	Al Başrah al Qadīmah	Iraq	33°C
59	Makassar	Indonesia	33°C
60	Basrah	Iraq	33°C
61	Guangzhou	China	33°C
62	Dongguan	China	33°C
63	Foshan	China	33°C
64	Zhongshan	China	33°C
65	Shantou	China	33°C
66	Zhuhai	China	33°C
67	Jieyang	China	33°C
68	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	33°C
69	Chaozhou	China	33°C
70	Kalyān	India	33°C
71	Jakarta	Indonesia	33°C
72	Bangkok	Thailand	33°C
73	Baghdad	Iraq	33°C
74	Bekasi	Indonesia	33°C
75	Depok	Indonesia	33°C
76	Tangerang	Indonesia	33°C
77	South Tangerang	Indonesia	33°C
78	Karbala	Iraq	33°C
79	Singapore	Singapore	33°C
80	Palembang	Indonesia	33°C
81	Zhaoqing	China	33°C
82	Pimpri	India	33°C
83	Chattogram	Bangladesh	33°C
84	Nanning	China	33°C
85	Xinyang	China	33°C
86	Mianyang	China	33°C
87	Rawalpindi	Pakistan	33°C
88	Shangqiu	China	33°C
89	Luoyang	China	32°C
90	Xuzhou	China	32°C
91	Wuhan	China	32°C
92	Ahmedabad	India	32°C
93	Lahore	Pakistan	32°C
94	Zhengzhou	China	32°C
95	Shenzhen	China	32°C
96	Singapore	Singapore	32°C
97	Changsha	China	32°C
98	Dazhou	China	32°C
99	Nanjing	China	32°C
100	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	32°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 Kanpur, at about 39°C.

Frequently Asked Questions: Hottest Major Cities Right Now

Which city is hottest right now?

Among the major cities we track, Kanpur is the hottest right now at about 39°C (as of June 5, 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?

Frequently Asked Questions: Hottest Major Cities Right Now

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