ECMWF · Days Above 35°C
Days above 35°C by country
How many days a year does it get hotter than 35°C across a country’s land?
Of the 222 countries compared in 2025, 71 countries shared the lowest reading, 0.00, and Mali had the highest reading, 222.89. In the middle country the figure was 3.48. Among the 222 countries measured in every edition since 1950, the middle one moved from 0.59 to 3.48.
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Days above 35°C · 2025
Context statistic
71 countries share the lowest value, 0.00 — no single country is named first.
012025 · values only
Who leads
The three countries at the lowest end of 222 compared, the three at the other end, and the first on each continent.
Lowest in 2025 · shared
71 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00
No single country is named first: picking one from a shared value would be a choice the data does not make.
Aruba
Anguilla
Andorra
American Samoa
Antigua and Barbuda
Burundi
Bermuda
Barbados
Cook Islands
Comoros
Cabo Verde
Curaçao
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Fiji
Faroe Islands
Micronesia
Gibraltar
Equatorial Guinea
Grenada
Greenland
Guam
Hong Kong
Isle of Man
Ireland
Iceland
Kiribati
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Liechtenstein
Lesotho
Lithuania
Latvia
Macau
Saint Martin
Monaco
Maldives- and 31 more — every one is in the list below
Highest in 2025
Mali222.89
Niger216.05
Mauritania204.84
Where a country sits says how it compares with the others measured, and nothing about why.
02Every measured country
Days above 35°C on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a lower value — the better end.
- 53.53–222.89
- 9.05–51.10
- 0.63–8.48
- 0.00–0.60
- No reading in 2025
- Oceania
0.00
the middle country, of 21 measured · 21 members
19 share 0.00
Australia95.81Lowest and highest reading in Oceania.
- Americas
0.25
the middle country, of 48 measured · 48 members
21 share 0.00
Paraguay81.66Lowest and highest reading in Americas.
- Europe
0.46
the middle country, of 48 measured · 49 members
17 share 0.00
Spain23.74Lowest and highest reading in Europe.
- Asia
18.32
the middle country, of 51 measured · 52 members
5 share 0.00
United Arab Emirates189.12Lowest and highest reading in Asia.
- Africa
55.68
the middle country, of 54 measured · 55 members
9 share 0.00
Mali222.89Lowest and highest reading in Africa.
- Every region
22 sub-regions, lowest middle country first
- Caribbean
0.00
the middle country, of 24 measured · 24 members
19 share 0.00
Cuba7.07Lowest and highest reading in Caribbean.
- Melanesia
0.00
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
4 share 0.00
Papua New Guinea1.07Lowest and highest reading in Melanesia.
- Micronesia
0.00
the middle country, of 7 measured · 7 members
7 share 0.00
7 share 0.00
Lowest and highest reading in Micronesia.
- Northern Europe
0.00
the middle country, of 12 measured · 13 members
11 share 0.00
United Kingdom0.01Lowest and highest reading in Northern Europe.
- Polynesia
0.00
the middle country, of 7 measured · 7 members
7 share 0.00
7 share 0.00
Lowest and highest reading in Polynesia.
- Western Europe
0.22
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
2 share 0.00
France5.23Lowest and highest reading in Western Europe.
- Eastern Asia
1.20
the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members
3 share 0.00
China10.16Lowest and highest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Eastern Europe
1.73
the middle country, of 10 measured · 10 members
Belarus0.01
Bulgaria9.56Lowest and highest reading in Eastern Europe.
- South-eastern Asia
2.58
the middle country, of 11 measured · 11 members
Singapore0.00
Cambodia44.07Lowest and highest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Southern Europe
4.54
the middle country, of 17 measured · 17 members
4 share 0.00
Spain23.74Lowest and highest reading in Southern Europe.
- Central America
9.21
the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members
Panama0.18
El Salvador43.52Lowest and highest reading in Central America.
- Middle Africa
11.82
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
2 share 0.00
Chad204.57Lowest and highest reading in Middle Africa.
- Eastern Africa
14.11
the middle country, of 18 measured · 19 members
5 share 0.00
Djibouti174.32Lowest and highest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Central Asia
17.18
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
Kyrgyzstan1.32
Turkmenistan88.67Lowest and highest reading in Central Asia.
- South America
17.40
the middle country, of 12 measured · 12 members
Chile0.04Paraguay81.66Lowest and highest reading in South America.
- Southern Africa
20.60
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
Lesotho0.00
Namibia41.62Lowest and highest reading in Southern Africa.
- Southern Asia
27.46
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
Maldives0.00
Pakistan123.68Lowest and highest reading in Southern Asia.
- Western Asia
64.67
the middle country, of 18 measured · 19 members
Georgia2.63United Arab Emirates189.12Lowest and highest reading in Western Asia.
- Northern Africa
103.90
the middle country, of 6 measured · 6 members
Morocco53.53
Sudan192.66Lowest and highest reading in Northern Africa.
- Western Africa
125.45
the middle country, of 16 measured · 16 members
Cabo Verde0.00Mali222.89Lowest and highest reading in Western Africa.
- Australia and New Zealand
2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
New Zealand0.00Australia95.81Lowest and highest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Northern America
4 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, United States.
2 share 0.00
United States12.49Lowest and highest reading in Northern America.
03The whole field at once
The spread
222 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 3.48; a quarter are above 32.25, and a quarter below 0.00. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 222 ever measured
Every country
In order, lowest value first. No rank or position is shown: too many countries share the same value for an order to mean anything. It is averaged over land, not over people, so an empty desert interior counts as much as a city. Many countries never reach 35°C and share the bottom of the table at zero. A high figure is a fact of the climate a country faces, not a judgement of how it is run.
Showing 25 of 222 countries
Values for 2025. The change column compares 2025 with 2024 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
051950–2025 · 76 editions
Over time
Each point is one year from 1950. A single year moves with that summer’s weather; the slope over decades is the climate signal.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 222 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 222 | 3.48 | 0.00 – 32.25 | 3.48 |
| 2024 | 222 | 5.30 | 0.00 – 48.28 | 5.30 |
| 2023 | 222 | 3.46 | 0.00 – 47.40 | 3.46 |
| 2022 | 222 | 2.61 | 0.00 – 26.41 | 2.61 |
| 2021 | 222 | 2.05 | 0.00 – 34.38 | 2.05 |
| 2020 | 222 | 1.66 | 0.00 – 42.28 | 1.66 |
| 2019 | 222 | 1.92 | 0.00 – 39.49 | 1.92 |
| 2018 | 222 | 1.46 | 0.00 – 29.28 | 1.46 |
| 2017 | 222 | 2.45 | 0.00 – 30.37 | 2.45 |
| 2016 | 222 | 1.53 | 0.00 – 36.96 | 1.53 |
| 2015 | 222 | 3.57 | 0.00 – 35.42 | 3.57 |
| 2014 | 222 | 0.70 | 0.00 – 28.11 | 0.70 |
| 2013 | 222 | 1.50 | 0.00 – 23.14 | 1.50 |
| 2012 | 222 | 1.90 | 0.00 – 29.59 | 1.90 |
| 2011 | 222 | 1.06 | 0.00 – 21.35 | 1.06 |
| 2010 | 222 | 1.59 | 0.00 – 32.30 | 1.59 |
| 2009 | 222 | 1.09 | 0.00 – 28.21 | 1.09 |
| 2008 | 222 | 1.09 | 0.00 – 23.19 | 1.09 |
| 2007 | 222 | 2.14 | 0.00 – 27.74 | 2.14 |
| 2006 | 222 | 0.90 | 0.00 – 23.12 | 0.90 |
| 2005 | 222 | 1.04 | 0.00 – 28.16 | 1.04 |
| 2004 | 222 | 0.86 | 0.00 – 23.04 | 0.86 |
| 2003 | 222 | 1.78 | 0.00 – 25.16 | 1.78 |
| 2002 | 222 | 1.10 | 0.00 – 26.48 | 1.10 |
| 2001 | 222 | 0.97 | 0.00 – 24.87 | 0.97 |
| 2000 | 222 | 1.41 | 0.00 – 17.96 | 1.41 |
| 1999 | 222 | 0.64 | 0.00 – 19.55 | 0.64 |
| 1998 | 222 | 2.17 | 0.00 – 29.09 | 2.17 |
| 1997 | 222 | 0.37 | 0.00 – 20.17 | 0.37 |
| 1996 | 222 | 0.48 | 0.00 – 20.27 | 0.48 |
| 1995 | 222 | 0.38 | 0.00 – 21.64 | 0.38 |
| 1994 | 222 | 0.88 | 0.00 – 20.23 | 0.88 |
| 1993 | 222 | 0.48 | 0.00 – 17.02 | 0.48 |
| 1992 | 222 | 0.72 | 0.00 – 21.76 | 0.72 |
| 1991 | 222 | 0.24 | 0.00 – 15.80 | 0.24 |
| 1990 | 222 | 0.55 | 0.00 – 18.99 | 0.55 |
| 1989 | 222 | 0.28 | 0.00 – 19.95 | 0.28 |
| 1988 | 222 | 1.07 | 0.00 – 22.60 | 1.07 |
| 1987 | 222 | 1.10 | 0.00 – 27.48 | 1.10 |
| 1986 | 222 | 0.23 | 0.00 – 18.64 | 0.23 |
| 1985 | 222 | 0.51 | 0.00 – 16.76 | 0.51 |
| 1984 | 222 | 0.21 | 0.00 – 14.98 | 0.21 |
| 1983 | 222 | 0.86 | 0.00 – 19.97 | 0.86 |
| 1982 | 222 | 0.37 | 0.00 – 13.05 | 0.37 |
| 1981 | 222 | 0.29 | 0.00 – 14.62 | 0.29 |
| 1980 | 222 | 0.27 | 0.00 – 20.86 | 0.27 |
| 1979 | 222 | 0.17 | 0.00 – 16.29 | 0.17 |
| 1978 | 222 | 0.14 | 0.00 – 13.09 | 0.14 |
| 1977 | 222 | 0.27 | 0.00 – 14.60 | 0.27 |
| 1976 | 222 | 0.08 | 0.00 – 10.25 | 0.08 |
| 1975 | 222 | 0.11 | 0.00 – 13.77 | 0.11 |
| 1974 | 222 | 0.33 | 0.00 – 10.21 | 0.33 |
| 1973 | 222 | 0.34 | 0.00 – 20.66 | 0.34 |
| 1972 | 222 | 0.27 | 0.00 – 15.19 | 0.27 |
| 1971 | 222 | 0.30 | 0.00 – 13.00 | 0.30 |
| 1970 | 222 | 0.15 | 0.00 – 17.96 | 0.15 |
| 1969 | 222 | 0.27 | 0.00 – 17.74 | 0.27 |
| 1968 | 222 | 0.50 | 0.00 – 15.63 | 0.50 |
| 1967 | 222 | 0.24 | 0.00 – 11.88 | 0.24 |
| 1966 | 222 | 0.15 | 0.00 – 18.20 | 0.15 |
| 1965 | 222 | 0.45 | 0.00 – 16.59 | 0.45 |
| 1964 | 222 | 0.21 | 0.00 – 17.60 | 0.21 |
| 1963 | 222 | 0.37 | 0.00 – 18.04 | 0.37 |
| 1962 | 222 | 0.65 | 0.00 – 19.89 | 0.65 |
| 1961 | 222 | 0.76 | 0.00 – 21.22 | 0.76 |
| 1960 | 222 | 0.41 | 0.00 – 19.90 | 0.41 |
| 1959 | 222 | 0.24 | 0.00 – 19.23 | 0.24 |
| 1958 | 222 | 0.52 | 0.00 – 17.37 | 0.52 |
| 1957 | 222 | 0.72 | 0.00 – 16.66 | 0.72 |
| 1956 | 222 | 0.37 | 0.00 – 12.90 | 0.37 |
| 1955 | 222 | 0.07 | 0.00 – 12.25 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 222 | 0.22 | 0.00 – 19.25 | 0.22 |
| 1953 | 222 | 0.19 | 0.00 – 13.64 | 0.19 |
| 1952 | 222 | 0.75 | 0.00 – 14.71 | 0.75 |
| 1951 | 222 | 0.46 | 0.00 – 14.28 | 0.46 |
| 1950 | 222 | 0.59 | 0.00 – 15.04 | 0.59 |
062024 → 2025
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Improved most
before → after
Botswana87.85 → 30.37−57.48
Senegal206.98 → 165.60−41.38
Guinea-Bissau156.42 → 116.68−39.74- Cambodia81.96 → 44.07−37.89
Thailand73.59 → 38.03−35.56
Worsened most
before → after
Benin126.49 → 147.05+20.56- Chad184.26 → 204.57+20.31
Nigeria124.09 → 143.67+19.58- Niger197.81 → 216.05+18.24
Burkina Faso180.20 → 196.51+16.31
222 countries were measured in both 2024 and 2025.
07Across every edition
Days above 35°C in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
241.78
Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land
Lowest reading on record
Reached 6548 times by 117 countries — shared, so no holder is named
0.00
Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land
Biggest improvement between editions
−76.65
97.61 → 20.96
Biggest decline between editions
+63.83
129.18 → 193.01
Most improved since first measured
−11.49
15.26 → 3.77
08The measure
About days above 35°C
This counts the days in a year when the temperature climbed above 35°C, averaged over a country’s land, from a reconstruction of the world’s weather since 1950. Heat at that level strains bodies, crops, power grids and outdoor work, so it is a plain measure of how much dangerous heat a country is exposed to.
What the number is: Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land.
09Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Health & Wellbeing and Risk & Resilience, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Health & WellbeingRisk & ResilienceWhich statistics vote, and why
Moves with
Where days above 35°C is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 219 countries in commonρ 0.75
- Land AreaFAO · 220 countries in commonρ 0.65
- Refugees by Country of OriginUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 202 countries in commonρ 0.65
Moves against
Where days above 35°C is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Political Stability and Absence of ViolenceKeyWorld Bank Group · 211 countries in commonρ −0.70
- Civic Space RatingsKeyCIVICUS · 197 countries in commonρ −0.64
- Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Lower SecondaryUIS · 98 countries in commonρ −0.64
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 386 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
10Keep reading
Explore further
The subject
The countries at either end
11Questions
Days above 35°C: questions and answers
Which country has the lowest days above 35°C?
71 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00, among the 222 compared in 2025, so no single country is named.
Which country has the highest days above 35°C?
Mali, at 222.89, among the 222 countries compared in 2025.
How many countries does the Days Above 35°C cover?
222 in 2025.
What is the world average days above 35°C?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 222 compared in 2025, the figure was 3.48.
Is this World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF)’s own ranking?
No ranking is shown. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything, so none is derived.
How often is the Days Above 35°C published?
This site holds 76 editions, describing 1950 to 2025.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), under CC BY 4.0. The World Bank’s Climate Change Knowledge Portal, which averages the Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis over national borders and publishes the result to two decimals. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Days Above 35°C — World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF)
The World Bank’s Climate Change Knowledge Portal, which averages the Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis over national borders and publishes the result to two decimals. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information.
Newest edition
Report year 2025Data year 2025
Cite the source as: World Bank. Climate Change Knowledge Portal: Observed Climate Data, ERA5 0.25-degree. Washington, DC: World Bank Group. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Hersbach, H. et al. 2020. “The ERA5 global reanalysis.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 146: 1999–2049.
Licence: CC BY 4.0, checked 2026-10-03.
How this page reads the numbers
- No rank or position is shown: World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything.
- Which end is better follows the publisher’s own reading of the measure.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Days above 35°C by country: Days Above 35°C, data from World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF). https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/hot-days-35c