Ash12345 Posted July 27, 2022 Posted July 27, 2022 Fed up of the summer heat in your area? These are the cities to head for, and which ones to avoid. Or maybe you like it hot. These are the world's major cities (750,000+ urban area population) ranked by the mean temperature of the hottest month. I'll be posting a few cities at the time so that the list isn't overwhelmingly long and to make it fun trying to guess what cities are next. Cities by region Northern America: 62 Latin America: 94 Europe: 75 Africa: 92 West Asia: 53 (includes Iran & Caucasus) Central & North Asia: 19 (includes Afghanistan and Asian Russia) South Asia: 97 Southeast Asia: 42 East Asia: 155 Oceania: 6 Anyone think they know the coolest city? I'll post the first few after lunch.
BrokenMachine Posted July 27, 2022 Posted July 27, 2022 Here before Hermosillo and Mexicali make it into the top 15 of hottest cities
Ash12345 Posted July 27, 2022 Author Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/high-altitude-adventures-in-la-paz La Paz, Bolivia The coolest city by far is La Paz, Bolivia is also the highest. Despite the tropical latitude of 16.3°S, the city never gets hot, thanks to its elevation of 4058m (13,314ft) at El Alto International Airport where the city's official weather station is located. Despite being located on a plateau, the airport is at a higher elevation than the higher peaks of many mountain ranges, including the Canadian Rockies, the Pyrenees, Japan's Mt Fuji, and anything in Australia and New Zealand. La Paz's other weather station, located near its city center, is at slightly lower elevation, and gets a bit warmer, but is still significantly cooler than Bogotá. The warmest month in Laz Paz is November, with an average high of 17.0°C and average low of 2.1°C. The record high is 25.4°C, which is extremely mild - even cities in the coldest parts of Siberia, or on the shores of the Arctic Ocean in Alaska, Canada and Russia have record highs of over 30°C. However, La Paz's winters are still much milder than these Arctic cities. Thanks to its tropical location, the annual temperature variation is quite small, with an average July high and low of 13.5°C and -4.4°C, respectively. Cities remaining Northern America: 62/62 Latin America: 91/94 Europe: 72/75 Africa: 92/92 West Asia: 53/53 Central & North Asia: 19/19 South Asia: 97/97 Southeast Asia: 42/42 East Asia: 155/155 Oceania: 6/6 Edited July 27, 2022 by Ash12345
Ash12345 Posted July 27, 2022 Author Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) https://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/california/san-francisco San Francisco, USA The next set includes more cities in Northern Europe and high altitude Latin American cities, but also the first Canadian city. Calgary is a fairly northern city, but also located at a high elevation at the foot of the Rockies. However, we also see some cities that are neither at high elevation, nor all that far north, such as San Francisco, the major city with the coolest summers in the United States, which is influenced by cool ocean currents. This is also true for Concepción and Valparaiso in Chile, which are at similar latitudes and low elevations. Fittingly, Valparaiso is nick-named "Little San Francisco". Also, the British Isles have only 2/8 cities left. Northern America: 60/62 Latin America: 87/94 Europe: 68/75 Africa: 92/92 West Asia: 53/53 Central & North Asia: 19/19 South Asia: 97/97 Southeast Asia: 42/42 East Asia: 155/155 Oceania: 6/6 Edited July 27, 2022 by Ash12345
Ash12345 Posted July 27, 2022 Author Posted July 27, 2022 https://dutchwannabe.com/what-to-do-in-dusseldorf-germany-in-a-day/ Essen-Düsseldorf, Germany This set includes the first African city, the capital of Eritrea, as well as the first Chinese city. Both are located at high elevations of about 2300m/7500 ft. Northern Europe continues to see many cities revealed, with only one city remaining from the British Isles. Russia on the other hand still hasn't had any of its 19 cities revealed. Remaining Cities Northern America: 58/62 Latin America: 87/94 Europe: 62/75 Africa: 91/92 West Asia: 53/53 Central & North Asia: 19/19 South Asia: 97/97 Southeast Asia: 42/42 East Asia: 154/155 Oceania: 6/6
Ash12345 Posted July 27, 2022 Author Posted July 27, 2022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addis_Ababa#/media/File:Night_view_of_Meskel_Square.jpg Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The biggest city to be revealed in the set is also the second African reveal of list, Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Russia also sees its first city - Tyumen, the first city built as part of Russia's expansion into Siberia. With Stockholm's reveal, Scandinavia is OUT. Remaining Cities Northern America: 58/62 Latin America: 86/94 Europe: 56/75 Africa: 90/92 West Asia: 53/53 Central & North Asia: 18/19 South Asia: 97/97 Southeast Asia: 42/42 East Asia: 153/155 Oceania: 6/6
Ash12345 Posted July 27, 2022 Author Posted July 27, 2022 https://www.london.ac.uk/news-opinion/london-connection London, UK All but one city in this set is from Europe or Asian Russia. With London and Antwerp's reveal, the British Isles and Benelux are both OUT. Remaining Cities Northern America: 58/62 Latin America: 85/94 Europe: 49/75 Africa: 90/92 West Asia: 53/53 Central & North Asia: 16/19 South Asia: 97/97 Southeast Asia: 42/42 East Asia: 153/155 Oceania: 6/6
Ash12345 Posted July 28, 2022 Author Posted July 28, 2022 https://www.roughguides.com/article/a-first-timers-guide-to-johannesburg/ Johannesburg, South Africa Two African metropolises appear in this set. Nairobi is located on the high elevations east of the African Rift, between Mt Kenya and Mt Kilimanjaro (the tallest peak in Africa), which means that despite being only 200km from the equator, the temperatures are consistently warm, but never truly hot. Johannesburg is located at a similar elevation, but 3000km from the equator. Although this results in Johannesburg being cooler overall, it also has more distinct seasons, so the fact that it gets 3.5 hours more daylight in its warm season than its cool season results in similar temperatures in its warmest month as Nairobi (but a cooler cool season). Also, Siberia loses its 4 remaining cities - Russia now has only cities east of the Ural Mountains remaining. Remaining Cities Northern America: 58/62 Latin America: 85/94 Europe: 45/75 Africa: 88/92 West Asia: 53/53 Central & North Asia: 12/19 South Asia: 97/97 Southeast Asia: 42/42 East Asia: 153/155 Oceania: 6/6
Ash12345 Posted July 28, 2022 Author Posted July 28, 2022 https://www.trip.com/travel-guide/attraction/sana-a/sana-a-old-city-18700742/ Sana'a, Yemen Several Russian cities appear in this set, including the capital, however, 8/12 of European Russia's cities remain, as their July mean temperatures are above 20.0C. The set also brings us the Oceanian city with the coolest summers - Auckland, New Zealand. We also get the first city in West Asia - Sana'a, Yemen, which is an oasis of mild temperatures compared to the surrounding scorching hot cities of the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf. Also - Germany OUT, Poland OUT. Remaining Cities Northern America: 56/62 Latin America: 85/94 Europe: 39/75 Africa: 88/92 West Asia: 52/53 Central & North Asia: 12/19 South Asia: 97/97 Southeast Asia: 42/42 East Asia: 153/155 Oceania: 5/6
Ash12345 Posted July 28, 2022 Author Posted July 28, 2022 https://explorepartsunknown.com/mexico/17-things-to-know-before-you-go-to-mexico-city/ Mexico City This set contains the first city in southern China, Kunming. Meanwhile, none of the cities in northern China have been revealed yet. We also get the first Australian city - Melbourne. There's also the first city with an urban area population of over 20 million - Mexico City, which is the 10th biggest city in the world by that metric. Also - Chile OUT. Remaining Cities Northern America: 56/62 Latin America: 83/94 Europe: 38/75 Africa: 85/92 West Asia: 52/53 Central & North Asia: 11/19 South Asia: 97/97 Southeast Asia: 42/42 East Asia: 151/155 Oceania: 4/6
Ash12345 Posted July 28, 2022 Author Posted July 28, 2022 fodors.com/world/north-america/canada/quebec/montreal/experiences/news/20-ultimate-things-to-do-in-montreal Montreal, Canada With this set, we get the coolest major city in the Balkans - Sofia, Bulgaria, as well as the first Ukrainian cities. Now that we've covered the coolest 96/696 cities, I'll switch to 20 cities per post to make things go faster. Remaining Cities Northern America: 52/62 Latin America: 79/94 Europe: 30/75 Africa: 81/92 West Asia: 53/54 Central & North Asia: 11/19 South Asia: 97/97 Southeast Asia: 42/42 East Asia: 151/155 Oceania: 4/6
Ash12345 Posted July 28, 2022 Author Posted July 28, 2022 https://www.destinationtoronto.com/ Toronto, Canada With this set, we get the first Japanese city - Sapporo, the first Italian one - Turin, and the first North African one - Rabat. And with the reveal of Toronto, Canada is now OUT. Remaining Cities Northern America: 49/62 Latin America: 74/94 Europe: 24/75 Africa: 79/92 West Asia: 53/54 Central & North Asia: 11/19 South Asia: 97/97 Southeast Asia: 42/42 East Asia: 147/155 Oceania: 4/6
Ash12345 Posted July 28, 2022 Author Posted July 28, 2022 https://www.chinahighlights.com/guiyang/map.htm Guiyang, China The cities coming up at this point can be said to have tropical summers, because Bunia is fully tropical, located on the edge of the African rainforest. With Kayseri, we also get the first Turkish city. Lima is the warmest of Peru's three big cities, so Peru is now out. Remaining Cities Northern America: 47/62 Latin America: 68/94 Europe: 21/75 Africa: 75/92 West Asia: 52/54 Central & North Asia: 11/19 South Asia: 97/97 Southeast Asia: 42/42 East Asia: 143/155 Oceania: 4/6
Ash12345 Posted July 28, 2022 Author Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bairro_dos_jardins_em_s%C3%A3o_paulo.jpg São Paulo, Brazil Bandung, Indonesia is the first SE Asian city to appear on the list. It's located at a moderate elevation of 768m (2520ft). Cities in the tropics often don't get as hot as subtropical cities though. Subtropical cities have summer days of 13.5-14.5 hours and sun angles of 75-90 degrees while tropical cities have 12.1 hour days and 85-90 degree sun angles during their peaks of solar intensity. We also see the last/warmest Ukrainian city - Odesa, so all 5 of Ukraine's major cities have now been revealed. Russia on the other hand still has 4/19 cities remaining. With Sydney's appearance, Oceania becomes the second region to have half its cities appear (after Europe). Remaining Cities Northern America: 42/62 Latin America: 66/94 Europe: 18/75 Africa: 73/92 West Asia: 51/54 Central & North Asia: 11/19 South Asia: 97/97 Southeast Asia: 41/42 East Asia: 138/155 Oceania: 3/6 Edited July 28, 2022 by Ash12345
Ash12345 Posted July 28, 2022 Author Posted July 28, 2022 https://www.britannica.com/place/Los-Angeles-California Los Angeles, USA With this next set, we get the first city in South Asia - Srinagar, located in India's Kashmir region. Every region has now had a city appear on the list. Remaining Cities Northern America: 40/62 Latin America: 62/94 Europe: 14/75 Africa: 71/92 West Asia: 50/54 Central & North Asia: 11/19 South Asia: 96/97 Southeast Asia: 41/42 East Asia: 133/155 Oceania: 2/6
Ash12345 Posted July 28, 2022 Author Posted July 28, 2022 https://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/things-to-do-in-ankara-tr-an-a.htm Ankara, Turkey This set contains the last city of the US West Coast states - Sacramento, although plenty of US cities remain on the East Coast, Gulf Coast, Midwest and in the Cordillera/Rockies region. Durban also marks the warmest South African city on the list. We are now beginning to enter a summer temperature range very typical of Mediterranean climates. Remaining Cities Northern America: 36/62 Latin America: 57/94 Europe: 13/75 Africa: 68/92 West Asia: 48/54 Central & North Asia: 10/19 South Asia: 95/97 Southeast Asia: 40/42 East Asia: 131/155 Oceania: 2/6
Ash12345 Posted July 29, 2022 Author Posted July 29, 2022 https://www.travelanddestinations.com/travel-guide-for-visiting-florence/ Florence, Italy With this set, we get Chicago, the city of the American Great Lakes region with the hottest summers... and Blantyre, Malawi, the city of the African Great Lakes region with the hottest summers. We also get the last couple cities in Russia, both located in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains in the far south of the country, and the last 3 cities on the Italian mainland. Remaining Cities Northern America: 34/62 Latin America: 52/94 Europe: 8/75 Africa: 66/92 West Asia: 46/54 Central & North Asia: 10/19 South Asia: 95/97 Southeast Asia: 40/42 East Asia: 128/155 Oceania: 1/6
Ash12345 Posted July 29, 2022 Author Posted July 29, 2022 5 hours ago, Aquamarine said: Where can I see the full ranking? I'm also working on a map, I'll post that and the full ranking at the end.
ATRL Moderator Azulito Posted July 29, 2022 ATRL Moderator Posted July 29, 2022 On 7/27/2022 at 12:52 PM, Ash12345 said: These are the world's major cities (750,000+ urban area population) ranked 750k is not a major city Will be interesting to see the data though.
Ash12345 Posted July 29, 2022 Author Posted July 29, 2022 https://www.touristisrael.com/jerusalem/268/ Jerusalem, Israel We have Jerusalem, the mildest of the Levantine cities, and Pyongyang, the mildest of the Korean cities. Also Argentina and France are now OUT. Remaining Cities Northern America: 32/62 Latin America: 48/94 Europe: 7/75 Africa: 66/92 West Asia: 44/54 Central & North Asia: 8/19 South Asia: 95/97 Southeast Asia: 40/42 East Asia: 119/155 Oceania: 1/6
Ash12345 Posted July 29, 2022 Author Posted July 29, 2022 12 minutes ago, Marvin said: 750k is not a major city Will be interesting to see the data though. Some countries allow towns of 10,000 people to call themselves cities, so I guess what I'm saying is not those kinds of cities but something a bit more noteworthy... Like Sofia, Naypyidaw, Tirana, Winnipeg and Zurich are noteworthy to me, and all below 1 million people.
ATRL Moderator Legend E Posted July 29, 2022 ATRL Moderator Posted July 29, 2022 Bucharest that low, interesting Over how many years was the mean temperature calculated though?
Ash12345 Posted July 29, 2022 Author Posted July 29, 2022 https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-elects-brisbane-2032-as-olympic-and-paralympic-host Brisbane, Australia Australia and Oceania are out! Brisbane was their hottest major city. And we've only gone through 36.5% of the world's biggest cities. Northern and Latin America also both now have less than 50% of cities remaining. This set also contains Jos, the first Nigerian city to appear. Remaining Cities Northern America: 30/62 Latin America: 47/94 Europe: 5/75 Africa: 59/92 West Asia: 43/54 Central & North Asia: 8/19 South Asia: 95/97 Southeast Asia: 39/42 East Asia: 114/155 Oceania: 0/6
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