List of Countries by Highest Temperature

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All countries by highest recorded temperature

The next list is intended to show all countries according to the highest temperature ever recorded in the region, and the year in which that temperature was last observed.

Rank	Flag	Country or Area [source]	Highest Temperature Recorded (°C) [source]	Date Recorded
1		United States of America	56.70	1913
2		Tunisia	55.00	1931
3		Iran (Islamic Republic of)	54.00	2017
3		Israel	54.00	1942
3		Kuwait	54.00	2016
6		Iraq	53.90	2016
7		Pakistan	53.70	2017
8		United Arab Emirates	52.10	2002
9		Saudi Arabia	52.00	2010
10		Algeria	51.30	1979
11		India	51.10	2005
12		Egypt	51.00	????
13		Oman	50.80	2017
14		Australia	50.70	1960
14		Western Sahara	50.70	1961
16		Qatar	50.40	2010
17		China	50.30	2015
18		Turkmenistan	50.10	1983
19		Jordan	50.00	2002
19		South Africa	50.00	1918
21		Afghanistan	49.90	2009
22		Sudan	49.70	2010
23		Canada	49.50	2021
24		Syrian Arab Republic	49.40	????
25		Kazakhstan	49.10	????
26		Argentina	48.90	1905
27		Turkey	48.80	1993
28		Niger	48.20	2010
29		Greece	48.00	1977
30		Eswatini	47.70	????
31		Chad	47.60	2010
32		Portugal	47.40	2003
33		Spain	47.30	2017
34		Burkina Faso	47.20	1984
34		Myanmar	47.20	2010
36		Italy	47.00	2007
37		Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	46.70	2010
38		Nigeria	46.40	2010
39		Bosnia and Herzegovina	46.20	1901
39		Cyprus	46.20	2020
41		Azerbaijan	46.00	????
41		France	46.00	2019
41		Nepal	46.00	????
44		North Macedonia	45.70	2007
45		Russian Federation	45.40	2010
46		Bulgaria	45.20	1916
47		Bangladesh	45.10	1972
48		Colombia	45.00	2015
48		Guatemala	45.00	????
48		Kiribati	45.00	????
48		Paraguay	45.00	2009
52		Chile	44.90	2017
52		Serbia	44.90	2007
54		Brazil	44.80	2020
54		Montenegro	44.80	2012
56		Thailand	44.60	2016
57		Romania	44.50	1951
58		Botswana	44.00	2016
58		Kyrgyzstan	44.00	????
58		Mongolia	44.00	1999
58		Uruguay	44.00	1943
62		Malta	43.80	1999
63		Armenia	43.70	2011
64		Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	43.60	2015
65		Ghana	43.30	2015
66		Dominican Republic	43.00	1954
67		Croatia	42.80	1981
68		Viet Nam	42.70	2015
69		Cambodia	42.60	2016
69		Germany	42.60	2019
71		New Zealand	42.40	1973
71		Republic of Moldova	42.40	2012
71		Yemen	42.40	2010
74		Lao People's Democratic Republic	42.30	2016
75		Philippines	42.20	1969
76		Ukraine	42.00	2010
77		Hungary	41.90	2007
78		Belgium	41.80	2019
79		Switzerland	41.50	2003
80		Japan	41.10	2018
81		Republic of Korea	41.00	2018
82		Slovenia	40.80	2013
83		Netherlands	40.70	2019
84		Indonesia	40.60	1997
85		Austria	40.50	2013
86		Czechia	40.40	2012
87		Slovakia	40.30	2007
88		China, Taiwan Province of China	40.20	2004
88		Poland	40.20	1921
90		Malaysia	40.10	1998
91		Bhutan	40.00	1997
91		Panama	40.00	1998
91		Puerto Rico	40.00	1996
94		Belarus	38.90	2010
94		Mauritius	38.90	????
96		Cuba	38.80	1999
97		United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	38.70	2019
98		Suriname	38.00	1947
99		China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	37.90	2016
100		Latvia	37.80	2014
101		Lithuania	37.50	1994
102		Finland	37.20	2010
103		Singapore	37.00	1983
104		Maldives	36.80	1991
105		Denmark	36.40	1975
106		Solomon Islands	36.10	2010
107		Estonia	35.60	1992
107		Norway	35.60	1970
109		Samoa	35.30	1968
110		Antigua and Barbuda	34.90	1995
111		Seychelles	34.80	2013
112		Ireland	33.30	1887
113		Iceland	30.50	1939
114		Greenland	30.10	1915