Hottest Temperatures Ever Recorded — By Country

Source: World Meteorological Organisation

Hottest Temperatures Ever Recorded — By Country

Bar

H-Bar

Line

Area

🗺 Map

Table

Key Findings

🏆

Aziziya (Libya) leads in Record Temperature (°C) with 58 in 2021.

📅

2016 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.

↔️

Gap in 2021: Aziziya (Libya) is 1.1× larger than Oodnadatta (Australia).

About This Dataset

Hottest Temperatures Ever Recorded — By Country

The highest air temperatures ever officially recorded in each of the world's major countries, according to World Meteorological Organisation records. Death Valley in California holds the all-time global temperature record of 56.7°C (134°F) recorded on 10 July 1913 — though some scientists dispute the instrumentation used at that time.

Analysis

Aziziya (Libya) heads the table on 58, ahead of Death Valley (United States) (56.7) and Kebili (Tunisia) (55) in Record Temperature (°C) in 2021. 7.30 separates the highest figure (58) from the lowest (50.7) in Record Temperature (°C). First and second are separated by 1.30, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 55 to 50.7 Record Temperature (°C).

Data Insights Below

Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

Client

⬡

Data Points

8 categories · 7 years

↑

Top Value

Aziziya (Libya)

Record Temperature (°C) · 1922

◈

Metrics

Record Temperature (°C)

◷

Period

1913 – 2021

7 years of data

Methodology & source

Data source: World Meteorological Organisation
Coverage: 8 entities · 1913–2021 (7 years) · 8 observations
Measure: Record Temperature (°C)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Missing years are left empty rather than estimated — no interpolation, no carrying a previous year forward.
Change is measured between the first and last year in which an entity actually reported a value, so a series that starts late is not penalised for the years before it existed.
The compound annual rate is (last ÷ first)^(1 ÷ years) − 1, using those same two reported years.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2021.
An entity that reported nothing in the latest year is still listed — it follows the ranked entities in the table rather than being dropped.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Record Temperature (°C) · ranked by 2021

✓ 8 sourced

#	Category	1913	1922	1931	1960	2010	2016	2021	Change
🥇	Aziziya (Libya)	—	58	—	—	—	—	—	—
🥈	Death Valley (United States)	56.70	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
🥉	Kebili (Tunisia)	—	—	55	—	—	—	—	—
4	Mitribah (Kuwait)	—	—	—	—	—	54	—	—
5	Kuwait City (Kuwait)	—	—	—	—	—	53.90	—	—
6	Sulaibiya (Kuwait)	—	—	—	—	—	—	53.60	—
7	Jacobabad (Pakistan)	—	—	—	—	52.80	—	—	—
8	Oodnadatta (Australia)	—	—	—	50.70	—	—	—	—

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://wmo.int/content/weather-climate-extremes-archive Visit ↗

Was this chart useful?

⚑ Spotted an error in this data? Report it

Cite this chart

Using this chart in an article, report, class or website? Please cite it and link to this page.

APA

ANYSTAT. (2026). Hottest Temperatures Ever Recorded — By Country [Data set]. Data: World Meteorological Organisation. https://anystat.ai/stats/182/hottest-temperatures-ever-recorded-by-country

MLA

"Hottest Temperatures Ever Recorded — By Country." ANYSTAT, 6 Sep. 2026, https://anystat.ai/stats/182/hottest-temperatures-ever-recorded-by-country.

Link for your website

<a href="https://anystat.ai/stats/182/hottest-temperatures-ever-recorded-by-country">Hottest Temperatures Ever Recorded — By Country</a> (ANYSTAT)

Hottest Temperatures Ever Recorded — By Country