Hottest & Coolest Summer Cities

[memph]

https://explorepartsunknown.com/mexi...o-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.

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

[memph]

https://en.parisinfo.com/practical-p...sruption-paris
Paris, France



With this set, we get the Brazilian city with the coolest summers - Curitiba, the first cities in Southern Europe - Porto and Bilbao, and the first city in eastern North America - Ottawa.

Europe is now down to less than half (44%) of its cities remaining, while Central & North Asia is at 58%, Oceania is at 67%, Latin America is at 86%, Northern America is still at 89%, Africa is at 90%, East Asia is at 97%, West Asia is at 98% and SE Asia and South Asia are still at 100%.

Remaining Cities
Northern America: 55/62
Latin America: 81/94
Europe: 33/75
Africa: 83/92
West Asia: 53/54
Central & North Asia: 11/19
South Asia: 97/97
Southeast Asia: 42/42
East Asia: 151/155
Oceania: 4/6

[memph]

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

[memph]

https://www.destinationtoronto.com/
Toronto, Canada




With this set we get the last Canadian city - Toronto. We also get the first Japanese city - Sapporo, the first Italian one - Turin, and the first North African one - Rabat.

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

[memph]

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 thoroughly tropical, located on the edge of the African rainforest. With Kayseri, we also get the first Turkish city.

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

[10023]

Originally Posted by Crawford

True, but perhaps misleading, as a lot of those high altitude Latin American cities have low mean/median temps bc of plummeting night temps.

But since people generally aren't out at 3 AM, they aren't experienced as cold cities. Mexico City has massive evening to mid-morning swings year-round, Bogota would be even more extreme. Glasgow wouldn't. Just bc Mexico City is 50-60 F 1/3 of the time, there's no point to jackets for most, given you're generally sleeping.

I’m no expert on Glasgow, but the daily swings here in London are far greater than, say, New York (or anywhere in the eastern half of the US). It’s mostly a humidity thing.

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by memph

The real question is which is the highest city in the world. And despite what you may have heard, it's not Portland. Or Austin.

Highest major city, either La Paz, Bolivia or maybe Llasa, Tibet? Llasa is very high, up on the Tibetan Plateau north of the Himalayan front range peaks. Llasa might also be colder in the hottest month than La Paz, but not sure. In the U.S., some of the towns in the Colorado Rockies are high and cold. In Lead CO I think every month has frost and snow is possible too. Same with Telluride.

[memph]

Originally Posted by CaliNative

Highest major city, either La Paz, Bolivia or maybe Llasa, Tibet? Llasa is very high, up on the Tibetan Plateau north of the Himalayan front range peaks. Llasa might also be colder in the hottest month than La Paz, but not sure. In the U.S., some of the towns in the Colorado Rockies are high and cold. In Lead CO I think every month has frost and snow is possible too. Same with Telluride.

Telluride is a whole mountain (4564ft) lower in elevation than La Paz's airport, and gets a fair bit hotter in the summer. Lhasa is lower in elevation than La Paz's airport, but comparable to downtown La Paz, however, it has more pronounced seasons, which means its winters are colder, but its summers are warmer, even compared to downtown La Paz.

Leadville is still quite a bit lower in elevation than La Paz, but it's far enough north that its summers are cooler than downtown La Paz, though not La Paz airport. The coolest town I know of in Colorado is Fairplay.

La Paz is really cool, even the major Arctic towns of North America have warmer summers. You have to get to around 70N before the summers are cooler. Even Tuktoyaktuk right on the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean gets a smidge warmer (Inuvik 100km inland is considerably warmer), although most Beaufort Sea towns are cooler.

Warmest month

Fairbanks, AK: 17.2C
Yellowknife, NT: 17.0C
Lhasa: 16.7C
Telluride, CO: 16.5C
Anchorage, AK: 15.3C
Whitehorse, YK: 14.3C
Inuvik, NT: 14.1C
Downtown La Paz: 13.7C
Leadville, CO: 12.8C
Fairplay, CO: 12.5C
Baker Lake, NU: 11.6C
Nome, AK: 11.1C
Tuktoyaktuk, NT: 11.0C
Rankin Inlet, NU: 10.5C
La Paz Airport: 10.5C
Cambridge Bay, NU: 8.9C
Prudhoe Bay, AK: 8.6C
Iqaluit, NU: 8.2C
Igloolik, NU: 7.4C
Pond Inlet, NU: 6.6C

All of these cities and towns are below the population cut-off I used though.

[jmecklenborg]

Originally Posted by CaliNative

Highest major city, either La Paz, Bolivia or maybe Llasa, Tibet? Llasa is very high, up on the Tibetan Plateau north of the Himalayan front range peaks. Llasa might also be colder in the hottest month than La Paz, but not sure. In the U.S., some of the towns in the Colorado Rockies are high and cold. In Lead CO I think every month has frost and snow is possible too. Same with Telluride.

The Andes is the second-highest mountain range in the world. The Altiplano Plateau is the second-highest in the world, behind the Tibetan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altiplano

The gigantic Amazon jungle exists because of the way the Andes interrupt airflow off the Pacific. By contrast, Australia is extremely dry, throughout, because the continent lacks a single significant mountain range. From memory, I believe that the highest point in South America is 23,000 feet whereas the highest point in Australia is maybe 3,000. So the mountains around Los Angeles are significantly higher than any in Australia.

[memph]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:B...%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, and 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

[memph]

Originally Posted by jmecklenborg

The Andes is the second-highest mountain range in the world. The Altiplano Plateau is the second-highest in the world, behind the Tibetan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altiplano

The gigantic Amazon jungle exists because of the way the Andes interrupt airflow off the Pacific. By contrast, Australia is extremely dry, throughout, because the continent lacks a single significant mountain range. From memory, I believe that the highest point in South America is 23,000 feet whereas the highest point in Australia is maybe 3,000. So the mountains around Los Angeles are significantly higher than any in Australia.

Australia isn't that flat, the tallest is 7300 ft, which is a bit taller than the Appalachians, but the Appalachians will still have a lot of weather systems pass over them.

[memph]

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

[memph]

https://www.planetware.com/tourist-a...ra-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

[JManc]

I can wear a tank top here in the East Bay but if I drive up to San Francisco for the afternoon, I am bundled up in a thick hoodie. I knew it was chilly in the summer but it's almost like a fall day in most other places

[homebucket]

Originally Posted by JManc

I can wear a tank top here in the East Bay but if I drive up to San Francisco for the afternoon, I am bundled up in a thick hoodie. I knew it was chilly in the summer but it's almost like a fall day in most other places

Yep. Anyone who's lived here for even a short amount of time learns this very quickly. I prefer a full zip hoodie/jacket over a no zip or half zip hoodie/jacket though since some parts of SF do get warm enough where you can survive for a little bit without one.

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by jmecklenborg

The Andes is the second-highest mountain range in the world. The Altiplano Plateau is the second-highest in the world, behind the Tibetan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altiplano

The gigantic Amazon jungle exists because of the way the Andes interrupt airflow off the Pacific. By contrast, Australia is extremely dry, throughout, because the continent lacks a single significant mountain range. From memory, I believe that the highest point in South America is 23,000 feet whereas the highest point in Australia is maybe 3,000. So the mountains around Los Angeles are significantly higher than any in Australia.

Highest peak in Aussie about 7,000 ft. (Mt. Kusiosku, my spelling prob. wrong), in the Snowy Range between Mel and Syd. They do ski there. Yes, L.A. area mountains are taller. Mt. San Antonio ("Baldy") is just above 10,000', San Jacinto about 10,500', San Gorgonio ("Old Grayback") about 11,500'. The area around Baldy has some smaller ski areas, near San Gorgonio there are several ski resorts near Big Bear Bear Valley. San Jacinto only has winter cross country skiing. North of L.A. Mt. Pinos (8000') in the Tehachapis has cross country.

[memph]

https://www.travelanddestinations.co...ting-florence/
Florence, Italy



With this set, we get Chicago, the (American) Great Lakes city with the hottest summers. Speaking of Great Lakes, Blantyre, Malawi is the city in the African Great Lakes region with the hottest summers, at just a smidge hotter than Chicago. 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

[memph]

https://www.touristisrael.com/jerusalem/268/
Jerusalem, Israel



We now have the two remaining cities in Argentina, and the last French city. We also have Jerusalem, the mildest of the Levantine cities, and Pyongyang, the mildest of the Korean cities.

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

[SunDevil]

I want to say that Minneapolis, MN has a colder temp and Phoenix, AZ has a higher temp. Riyadh for one of the hottest. Has Moscow or Nizhny Novgorod been nominated for cold?

[memph]

https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-el...aralympic-host
Brisbane, Australia



Brisbane is the warmest major Australian city, and it's cooler than 63% of the cities on the list, making Oceania the first region to have no cities remaining. 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