Heat Index 35 by country

Total count of days per year where the daily mean Heat Index rose above 35°C. A Heat Index is a measure of how hot it feels once humidity is factored in with air temperature.

Countries reporting
165
Highest
151.06
Bahrain
Lowest
0
Samoa
Median
1.63
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
7,848

What the numbers show

Heat Index 35 is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 151.06 in Bahrain; the lowest is 0 in Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.63, and the mean is 15.3.

Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 82,800.0%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 100.0%).

Heat Index 35: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bahrain 151.06 2024 up 1.2% rising
2 Qatar 140.01 2024 up 21.0% rising
3 United Arab Emirates 129.7 2024 up 26.4% rising
4 Bangladesh 120.3 2024 up 30.8% rising
5 Cambodia 99.87 2024 up 103.1% volatile
6 Kuwait 93.88 2024 up 23.0% rising
7 Oman 88.85 2024 up 71.3% rising
8 Pakistan 73.96 2024 up 30.4% rising
9 Mali 70.95 2024 up 93.6% volatile
10 India 68.56 2024 up 48.5% rising
11 Burkina Faso 66.01 2024 up 90.8% volatile
12 Ghana 65.38 2024 up 290.6% volatile
13 Thailand 64.13 2024 up 100.4% volatile
14 Senegal 62.97 2024 up 16.1% volatile
15 Benin 52.42 2024 up 288.3% volatile
16 Mauritania 50.79 2024 up 60.0% volatile
17 Belize 49.44 2024 up 854.4% volatile
18 Iraq 48.23 2024 up 39.3% volatile
19 Togo 45.6 2024 up 314.9% volatile
20 Eritrea 44.71 2024 up 50.7% rising
21 Nigeria 44.53 2024 up 258.0% volatile
22 Saudi Arabia 42.13 2024 up 97.8% volatile
23 Vietnam 41.08 2024 up 86.1% volatile
24 Sri Lanka 39.65 2024 up 190.1% volatile
25 Paraguay 36.81 2024 up 383.7% volatile
26 Yemen 34.74 2024 up 96.0% rising
27 Gambia 34.55 2024 up 8.3% volatile
28 Myanmar 34.11 2024 up 57.8% volatile
29 Niger 32.86 2024 up 134.9% volatile
30 Algeria 31.34 2024 up 57.6% volatile
31 Chad 27.89 2024 up 189.3% volatile
32 Guinea-Bissau 25.14 2024 up 207.3% volatile
33 Iran 22.54 2024 up 77.8% rising
34 Brunei 21.72 2024 up 602.9% volatile
35 Bahamas 20.59 2024 up 2,841.4% volatile
36 Guatemala 20.56 2024 up 822.0% volatile
37 Philippines 19.48 2024 up 157.3% volatile
38 Cote d'Ivoire 19.41 2024 up 4,521.4% volatile
39 Nepal 17.61 2024 up 94.2% volatile
40 Sudan 16.42 2024 up 252.4% volatile
41 Mexico 16.38 2024 up 162.1% volatile
42 Australia 16.13 2024 up 147.0% volatile
43 South Sudan 14.6 2024 up 24,233.3% volatile
44 Laos 14.39 2024 up 163.6% volatile
45 Somalia 13.92 2024 up 386.7% volatile
46 Maldives 13.64 2024 up 34,000.0% volatile
47 Cuba 13.32 2024 up 7,300.0% volatile
48 Singapore 12.34 2024 up 213.2% volatile
49 Colombia 11.66 2024 up 84.5% volatile
50 Bolivia 10.78 2024 up 716.7% volatile
51 El Salvador 10.14 2024 up 1,679.0% volatile
52 Venezuela 10.07 2024 up 140.9% volatile
53 Nicaragua 9.92 2024 up 1,966.7% volatile
54 Honduras 9.63 2024 up 1,751.9% volatile
55 Malaysia 9.36 2024 up 441.0% volatile
56 Egypt 9.16 2024 up 502.6% volatile
57 Cameroon 8.32 2024 up 225.0% volatile
58 Guinea 8.3 2024 up 783.0% volatile
59 Sierra Leone 8.29 2024 up 82,800.0% volatile
60 Dominican Republic 7.73 2024 up 6,341.7% volatile
61 Mozambique 7.68 2024 up 2,227.3% volatile
62 Japan 7.35 2024 up 1,286.8% volatile
63 Ethiopia 7.29 2024 up 139.0% rising
64 China 7.21 2024 up 180.5% rising
65 Tunisia 6.62 2024 up 91.9% volatile
66 Afghanistan 6.2 2024 up 458.6% volatile
67 Indonesia 5.79 2024 up 915.8% volatile
68 South Korea 5.69 2024 up 6,222.2% volatile
69 Tuvalu 5.31 2024 up 770.5% volatile
70 Syria 5.09 2024 up 108.6% volatile
71 Cyprus 5.01 2024 up 989.1% volatile
72 Argentina 4.59 2024 up 88.1% volatile
73 Kenya 4.56 2024 up 542.3% volatile
74 Turkmenistan 4.43 2024 up 17.2% volatile
75 Central African Republic 4.34 2024 up 43,300.0% volatile
76 Papua New Guinea 3.65 2024 up 1,927.8% volatile
77 Morocco 3.45 2024 up 315.7% volatile
78 Haiti 3.44 2024 up 8,500.0% volatile
79 Jamaica 3.29 2024 up 32,800.0% volatile
80 United States 2.47 2024 up 567.6% volatile
81 Trinidad and Tobago 1.84 2024 up 2,528.6% volatile
82 Peru 1.69 2024 up 16,800.0% volatile
83 Libya 1.63 2024 up 503.7% volatile
84 Madagascar 1.51 2024 up 2,057.1% volatile
85 Congo 1.41 2024 up 1,466.7% volatile
86 Kiribati 1.28 2024 up 6,300.0% volatile
87 North Korea 1.16 2024 up 1,060.0% volatile
88 Brazil 1.14 2024 up 256.2% volatile
88 Gabon 1.14 2024 up 1,528.6% volatile
90 Equatorial Guinea 1.02 2024 up 10,100.0% volatile
91 Panama 0.99 2024 up 230.0% volatile
92 Israel 0.92 2024 up 1,433.3% volatile
93 Bhutan 0.89 2024 up 1,680.0% volatile
94 Malawi 0.84 2024 up 1,580.0% volatile
95 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.63 2024 up 3,050.0% volatile
96 Solomon Islands 0.6 2024 up 650.0% volatile
97 Montenegro 0.54 2024 up 390.9% volatile
98 Uzbekistan 0.45 2024 up 50.0% volatile
99 Turkey 0.41 2024 up 485.7% volatile
100 Tanzania 0.35 2024 up 1,650.0% volatile
101 Albania 0.31 2024 up 675.0% volatile
102 Tajikistan 0.3 2024 up 2,900.0% volatile
103 Jordan 0.28 2024 up 460.0% volatile
104 East Timor 0.26 2024 up 1,200.0% volatile
105 Ecuador 0.23 2024 up 64.3% volatile
106 Costa Rica 0.2 2024 up 150.0% volatile
107 Zimbabwe 0.15 2024 up 400.0% volatile
108 Guyana 0.1 2024 up 233.3% volatile
109 Uruguay 0.08 2024 down 89.5% volatile
110 Azerbaijan 0.06 2024 down 84.6% volatile
110 Lebanon 0.06 2023 down 40.0% volatile
112 Greece 0.05 2024 up 400.0% volatile
113 Kazakhstan 0.03 2024 up 200.0% volatile
113 South Africa 0.03 2024 up 200.0% volatile
115 Italy 0.02 2024 down 77.8% volatile
115 Eswatini 0.02 2019 down 90.0% volatile
117 Spain 0.01 2023 unchanged flat
117 United Kingdom 0.01 2024 unchanged flat
117 Georgia 0.01 2023 unchanged volatile
120 Andorra 0 2020 flat
120 Armenia 0 2020 flat
120 Austria 0 2020 flat
120 Burundi 0 2020 flat
120 Belgium 0 2020 flat
120 Belarus 0 2020 flat
120 Botswana 0 2020 flat
120 Canada 0 2020 flat
120 Switzerland 0 2020 flat
120 Chile 0 2020 flat
120 Cape Verde 0 2020 flat
120 Czechia 0 2020 flat
120 Germany 0 2020 flat
120 Denmark 0 2020 flat
120 Estonia 0 2020 flat
120 Finland 0 2020 flat
120 France 0 2020 flat
120 Hungary 0 2020 flat
120 Ireland 0 2020 flat
120 Iceland 0 2020 flat
120 Kyrgyzstan 0 2020 flat
120 Saint Lucia 0 2020 flat
120 Liechtenstein 0 2020 flat
120 Lesotho 0 2020 flat
120 Lithuania 0 2020 flat
120 Luxembourg 0 2020 flat
120 Latvia 0 2020 flat
120 Monaco 0 2020 flat
120 Moldova 0 2020 flat
120 Marshall Islands 0 2020 flat
120 North Macedonia 0 2020 flat
120 Mauritius 0 2020 flat
120 Namibia 0 2020 flat
120 Netherlands 0 2020 flat
120 Norway 0 2020 flat
120 New Zealand 0 2020 flat
120 Poland 0 2020 flat
120 Russia 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile
120 Rwanda 0 2020 flat
120 San Marino 0 2020 flat
120 Serbia 0 2020 flat
120 Slovakia 0 2020 flat
120 Slovenia 0 2020 flat
120 Sweden 0 2020 flat
120 Uganda 0 2020 flat
120 Samoa 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Heat Index 35
Source
World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
166 places, 7,848 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total count of days per year where the daily mean Heat Index rose above 35°C. A Heat Index is a measure of how hot it feels once humidity is factored in with air temperature.