Ash12345 Posted August 2, 2022 Author Posted August 2, 2022 https://ca.hotels.com/go/indonesia/bali-denpasar Denpasar, Indonesia We've finally reached Athens, the city with the hottest summers in Europe, and also the hottest summers in the Mediterranean as a whole. However, it's not the only region to see all its last city revealed. Teresina has the hottest monthly mean in Brazil, and Managua has the hottest monthly mean in Central America. Additionally, Da Nang is the hottest in Vietnam and Denpasar on the island of Bali has the hottest monthly mean in Indonesia. Remaining Cities Northern America: 7/62 Latin America: 7/94 Europe: 0/75 Africa: 11/92 West Asia: 23/54 Central & North Asia: 2/19 South Asia: 80/97 Southeast Asia: 6/42 East Asia: 4/155 Oceania: 0/6
Ash12345 Posted August 2, 2022 Author Posted August 2, 2022 https://www.thequint.com/news/world/afghan-officials-united-states-airstrike-killed-civilians-children-in-herat-kabul Herat, Afghanistan We've finally reached the 30C mean temps, and we're finally starting to put a dent into the South Asia cities, although 3/4 of them still haven't been revealed. Many regions are also fully revealed now. Maracaibo is has the hottest monthly mean in South America, Port-Au-Prince has the hottest mean in the Caribbean islands, Hengyang located in the interior part of southern China is the hottest in that country, and Taiwan is the hottest in East Asia. Remaining Cities Northern America: 6/62 Latin America: 2/94 Europe: 0/75 Africa: 10/92 West Asia: 22/54 Central & North Asia: 1/19 South Asia: 73/97 Southeast Asia: 6/42 East Asia: 0/155 Oceania: 0/6
Ash12345 Posted August 5, 2022 Author Posted August 5, 2022 https://www.audleytravel.com/us/myanmar/places-to-go/mandalay Mandalay, Myanmar This set includes Ashgabat, the last city from Central Asia, and Naypyidaw, Myanmar's new capital and the last city from SE Asia. We also have McAllen, Texas, the city with the hottest summers east of the Rockies. We're also finally starting to get through a significant chunk of the South Asian cities, including Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan with over 15 million people. Remaining Cities Northern America: 2/62 Latin America: 2/94 Europe: 0/75 Africa: 6/92 West Asia: 21/54 Central & North Asia: 0/19 South Asia: 49/97 Southeast Asia: 0/42 East Asia: 0/155 Oceania: 0/6
Ash12345 Posted August 6, 2022 Author Posted August 6, 2022 I messed up the temperature for Ouagadougou - it should be hotter than the cities revealed so far, so there's actually still 81 cities left. I can't edit all the posts but I'll post the full list with the correct order next. BTW. These is a spot in East Asia that's still hotter than any city revealed this far. Although it doesn't contain any urban areas that meet the 750,000 cut-off, this locale does contain a historically important city of over 100,000 people. Can anyone guess which city this is?
Ash12345 Posted August 6, 2022 Author Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turpan#/media/File:2015-09-16-175501_-_Turpan_-_Blick_von_Petroleum-Hotel_aus.jpg Turpan, China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaochang#/media/File:Turpan-gaochang-d09.jpg Gaochang ruins near Turpan With a population of approx 140,000 and winter mean temperatures comparable to Augusta, Maine or Skagway, Alaska, the desert oasis and Silk Road city of Turpan is a city of extremes. While its winters are cold, it warms up fast, and significantly come spring. With daytime highs in March and October are as warm as those of Charlotte, NC, and daytime highs in April and September that are as hot as San Antonio's, it experiences blazing hot summers comparable to those of Hermosillo, Mexico. In July, it reaches an average high of 39.8C and low of 25.6C, for a mean temperature of 32.5C. This is partly due to its very arid desert climate, but also its elevation. The south end of the city sits at literally sea level, despite being more than 2000 km from the ocean, as the Turpan Depression, which reaches down to 154m below sea level, and is tied with the Afar Depression in East Africa as the second lowest point on Earth after the Dead Sea/Jordan Rift Valley. Meanwhile less than 60km north of Turpan, there are peaks of over 4,000m in the eastern part of the Bogda Shan range. There are similarities to Death Valley, California, except that Turpan is at the same latitude as Vladivostok, Russia, and the mountain ranges are oriented east-west rather than north-south. Edited August 6, 2022 by Ash12345
Ash12345 Posted August 6, 2022 Author Posted August 6, 2022 https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/madurai-soul-of-tamil-nadu Madurai, India Although Aden doesn't have the hottest summers in Asia, it is the West Asian city with the warmest year round temperatures (29.1C), as it maintains mean temperatures of over 25C even in the coldest months, whereas most of the super-hot cities of the Persian Gulf will see their mean temperatures drop below 15C in January. Remaining Cities Northern America: 2/62 Latin America: 1/94 Europe: 0/75 Africa: 3/92 West Asia: 19/54 Central & North Asia: 0/19 South Asia: 35/97 Southeast Asia: 0/42 East Asia: 0/155 Oceania: 0/6
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 I'm having a hard time picking which city to include for the pictures because South Asia has so much history and nice architecture and it feels kind of under-rated (everyone knows what Paris and NYC look like so it feels unnecessary to post pictures of those). So I'll just post some of my favorites before including the table.
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Islamia_College_Peshawar_1.jpg Peshawar, Pakistan
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20101214-mini-guide-to-delhi-india Delhi, India
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hawler_Castle.jpg Erbil, Iraq
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/photos/the-sprawling-laxmi-vilas-palace-grounds-include-a-golf-course/5857 Vadodara, India
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/pink-city-jaipur-named-world-heritage-site-by-unesco-pm-modi-trilled/articleshow/70103901.cms Jaipur, India
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://www.pakistantravelblog.com/trip-report-roaming-in-lahore/ Lahore, Pakistan
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2019/10/jodhpur-on-top-10-travel-list/ Jodhpur, India
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://www.india.com/travel/allahabad/ Allahabad, India Since this set is 90% South Asia, I figure it's as good a time as any to talk about the region's climate. The hottest month in almost all of the region is in May or June. In Pakistan and NW India, this is a relatively dry period, with low humidity, since the summer monsoon arrives in late June. In Southern India, the humidity is high year round, but May-June still experiences relatively low precipitation. In Bangladesh, the summer monsoon usually arrives in April-May, and then progressively spreads westwards, reaching Delhi and Pakistan in June-July. The monsoon has a cooling effect, so in Bangladesh where the monsoon arrives early, the summers (June-September) are no warmer than "late spring" (April-May), whereas in NW India and Pakistan temperatures are able to increase for longer due to the increasing sun intensity and longer days, resulting in a May-June temperature peak, and a slight cooling effect during the monsoon. To be clear, that's not to say monsoon season is cool, day-time highs are still 30C+, even nearing 40C in parts of Pakistan and NW India, it's just not quite as hot as May-June. However, it's much more humid. By October, the summer monsoon is over, and in northern India, the lower sun angle and shorter days result in temperatures dropping further, with day-time highs falling into the low 30s, then high 20s, and finally by December-January, day-time highs drop to the mid 20s, low 20s or even high teens in cities like Islamabad. Then as the days get longer and sun gets stronger in February, temperatures start rising back up again, heading back into the dry hot season that peaks in April-June. However, further south, the trend is different. In the cities facing the Arabian Sea, the sun is still strong enough to bring temperatures back up again. In Surat, day-time highs recover from their monsoonal low point of 31C in August, to 35C in October, almost as hot as the 36-37C highs it experiences in April-May. The temperatures eventually start dropping with the shorter days of November-January, with an average January high of 31C, but it's still pretty impressive that in Surat, August and January are tied for having the coolest daily highs, considering the city is still over 2300km north of the equator (January nights are approx 10C cooler though). Even further south, in Kochi, where the dry season is shorter and monsoon is longer and more intense, the "winter" has only slightly cooler night-time temperatures than the "summer", which, combined with warmer days in "winter", means that Kochi has a warmer daily mean in January than it does in June, July, August and September, even though it is still 1100 km north of the equator. Although that sounds pretty far, it's still close enough that the peak sun angle occurs on April 15 and August 27, rather than June 21 like in the mid-upper northern latitudes. The lowest sun angle still occurs on December 21 though, as does the shortest day-length, while the longest days are still on June 21. Some confusing stuff related to the Earth's axial tilt, but it's part of the reason why its hottest months are March-May rather than May-June like northern India, or July-August like the mid-upper latitudes. SE India along the Bengal Sea is again a bit different. There, they won't really get the summer monsoon, but rather than "winter" monsoon. For Chennai, this results in the highest precipitation occurring in October-November, which results in a cooler November-March than in Kochi, but then due to the lack of a summer monsoon, temperatures build for longer and remain hotter, so that May-September are considerably warmer in Chennai than they are in Kochi. PS: Sokoto is the last Nigerian city to be revealed. Remaining Cities Northern America: 2/62 Latin America: 1/94 Europe: 0/75 Africa: 2/92 West Asia: 18/54 Central & North Asia: 0/19 South Asia: 17/97 Southeast Asia: 0/42 East Asia: 0/155 Oceania: 0/6
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://www.ca.kayak.com/Āgra.29118.guide Agra, India
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://www.worldatlas.com/cities/mexicali-mexico.html Mexicali, Mexico
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g45963-d126583-Reviews-The_Strip-Las_Vegas_Nevada.html Las Vegas, USA
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://www.voquent.com/voice-over/services/pakistan/faisalabad/ Faisalabad, Pakistan
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/ahmedabad-a-city-of-many-colors-is-now-a-world-heritage-2322089.html Ahmedabad, India
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/explore/story/70099/discover-the-magnificence-of-gwalior-in-just-24-hours Gwalior, India
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad Baghdad, Iraq
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) https://www.tripsavvy.com/top-things-to-do-in-muscat-oman-5070587 Muscat, Oman We're getting down to the final stretch. The last large African and Latin American cities have been revealed - Khartoum and Mexicali respectively, and northern America is down to just one city while even South Asia has only a few cities remaining, with West Asia pulling ahead for the most cities remaining in the final stretch. However, while the Middle East has cities they get very hot in the summer, they are still somewhat cool in the winter. Nellore, India has the warmest year round mean temperature in Asia, at 29.7C, and Khartoum has the warmest annual mean of the cities on this list, at 29.9C. Khartoum has 40C+ highs during its hot season, and 30C+ highs during its cool season. Most of the Persian Gulf cities will see their daytime highs drop to the low 20s or even high teens during their cool season. Remaining Cities Northern America: 1/62 Latin America: 0/94 Europe: 0/75 Africa: 0/92 West Asia: 15/54 Central & North Asia: 0/19 South Asia: 4/97 Southeast Asia: 0/42 East Asia: 0/155 Oceania: 0/6 Edited August 7, 2022 by Ash12345
Teen Idle Posted August 7, 2022 Posted August 7, 2022 I did not expect Leeds to be the 3rd coolest in the world the fact it's still too hot for me
Ash12345 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Posted August 7, 2022 On 7/27/2022 at 2:15 PM, BrokenMachine said: Here before Hermosillo and Mexicali make it into the top 15 of hottest cities You'll be here for a while then.
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