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
122
Highest
151.06
Bahrain
Lowest
0
Samoa
Median
7.71
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
7,848

What the numbers show

Heat Index 35 is currently reported for 122 countries. The highest value is 151.06 in Bahrain; the lowest is 0 in Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.71, and the mean is 21.44.

Over the past decade 112 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 Djibouti 92.05 2024 up 222.6% volatile
8 Oman 88.85 2024 up 71.3% rising
9 Pakistan 73.96 2024 up 30.4% rising
10 Mali 70.95 2024 up 93.6% volatile
11 India 68.56 2024 up 48.5% rising
12 Burkina Faso 66.01 2024 up 90.8% volatile
13 Ghana 65.38 2024 up 290.6% volatile
14 Thailand 64.13 2024 up 100.4% volatile
15 Senegal 62.97 2024 up 16.1% volatile
16 Benin 52.42 2024 up 288.3% volatile
17 Mauritania 50.79 2024 up 60.0% volatile
18 Belize 49.44 2024 up 854.4% volatile
19 Iraq 48.23 2024 up 39.3% volatile
20 Togo 45.6 2024 up 314.9% volatile
21 Eritrea 44.71 2024 up 50.7% rising
22 Nigeria 44.53 2024 up 258.0% volatile
23 Saudi Arabia 42.13 2024 up 97.8% volatile
24 Vietnam 41.08 2024 up 86.1% volatile
25 Sri Lanka 39.65 2024 up 190.1% volatile
26 Paraguay 36.81 2024 up 383.7% volatile
27 Yemen 34.74 2024 up 96.0% rising
28 Gambia 34.55 2024 up 8.3% volatile
29 Myanmar 34.11 2024 up 57.8% volatile
30 Niger 32.86 2024 up 134.9% volatile
31 Algeria 31.34 2024 up 57.6% volatile
32 Chad 27.89 2024 up 189.3% volatile
33 Guinea-Bissau 25.14 2024 up 207.3% volatile
34 Iran 22.54 2024 up 77.8% rising
35 Brunei 21.72 2024 up 602.9% volatile
36 Bahamas 20.59 2024 up 2,841.4% volatile
37 Guatemala 20.56 2024 up 822.0% volatile
38 Philippines 19.48 2024 up 157.3% volatile
39 Cote d'Ivoire 19.41 2024 up 4,521.4% volatile
40 Nepal 17.61 2024 up 94.2% volatile
41 Sudan 16.42 2024 up 252.4% volatile
42 Mexico 16.38 2024 up 162.1% volatile
43 Australia 16.13 2024 up 147.0% volatile
44 South Sudan 14.6 2024 up 24,233.3% volatile
45 Laos 14.39 2024 up 163.6% volatile
46 Somalia 13.92 2024 up 386.7% volatile
47 Maldives 13.64 2024 up 34,000.0% volatile
48 Cuba 13.32 2024 up 7,300.0% volatile
49 Singapore 12.34 2024 up 213.2% volatile
50 Colombia 11.66 2024 up 84.5% volatile
51 Bolivia 10.78 2024 up 716.7% volatile
52 El Salvador 10.14 2024 up 1,679.0% volatile
53 Venezuela 10.07 2024 up 140.9% volatile
54 Nicaragua 9.92 2024 up 1,966.7% volatile
55 Honduras 9.63 2024 up 1,751.9% volatile
56 Malaysia 9.36 2024 up 441.0% volatile
57 Egypt 9.16 2024 up 502.6% volatile
58 Cameroon 8.32 2024 up 225.0% volatile
59 Guinea 8.3 2024 up 783.0% volatile
60 Sierra Leone 8.29 2024 up 82,800.0% volatile
61 Dominican Republic 7.73 2024 up 6,341.7% volatile
62 Mozambique 7.68 2024 up 2,227.3% volatile
63 Japan 7.35 2024 up 1,286.8% volatile
64 Ethiopia 7.29 2024 up 139.0% rising
65 China 7.21 2024 up 180.5% rising
66 Tunisia 6.62 2024 up 91.9% volatile
67 Afghanistan 6.2 2024 up 458.6% volatile
68 Indonesia 5.79 2024 up 915.8% volatile
69 South Korea 5.69 2024 up 6,222.2% volatile
70 Tuvalu 5.31 2024 up 770.5% volatile
71 Syria 5.09 2024 up 108.6% volatile
72 Cyprus 5.01 2024 up 989.1% volatile
73 Argentina 4.59 2024 up 88.1% volatile
74 Kenya 4.56 2024 up 542.3% volatile
75 Turkmenistan 4.43 2024 up 17.2% volatile
76 Central African Republic 4.34 2024 up 43,300.0% volatile
77 Papua New Guinea 3.65 2024 up 1,927.8% volatile
78 Morocco 3.45 2024 up 315.7% volatile
79 Haiti 3.44 2024 up 8,500.0% volatile
80 Jamaica 3.29 2024 up 32,800.0% volatile
81 United States 2.47 2024 up 567.6% volatile
82 Trinidad and Tobago 1.84 2024 up 2,528.6% volatile
83 Peru 1.69 2024 up 16,800.0% volatile
84 Libya 1.63 2024 up 503.7% volatile
85 Madagascar 1.51 2024 up 2,057.1% volatile
86 Congo 1.41 2024 up 1,466.7% volatile
87 Kiribati 1.28 2024 up 6,300.0% volatile
88 North Korea 1.16 2024 up 1,060.0% volatile
89 Brazil 1.14 2024 up 256.2% volatile
89 Gabon 1.14 2024 up 1,528.6% volatile
91 Equatorial Guinea 1.02 2024 up 10,100.0% volatile
92 Panama 0.99 2024 up 230.0% volatile
93 Israel 0.92 2024 up 1,433.3% volatile
94 Bhutan 0.89 2024 up 1,680.0% volatile
95 Malawi 0.84 2024 up 1,580.0% volatile
96 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.63 2024 up 3,050.0% volatile
97 Solomon Islands 0.6 2024 up 650.0% volatile
98 Montenegro 0.54 2024 up 390.9% volatile
99 Uzbekistan 0.45 2024 up 50.0% volatile
100 Turkey 0.41 2024 up 485.7% volatile
101 Tanzania 0.35 2024 up 1,650.0% volatile
102 Albania 0.31 2024 up 675.0% volatile
103 Tajikistan 0.3 2024 up 2,900.0% volatile
104 Jordan 0.28 2024 up 460.0% volatile
105 East Timor 0.26 2024 up 1,200.0% volatile
106 Ecuador 0.23 2024 up 64.3% volatile
107 Costa Rica 0.2 2024 up 150.0% volatile
108 Zimbabwe 0.15 2024 up 400.0% volatile
109 Guyana 0.1 2024 up 233.3% volatile
110 Uruguay 0.08 2024 down 89.5% volatile
111 Azerbaijan 0.06 2024 down 84.6% volatile
111 Lebanon 0.06 2023 down 40.0% volatile
113 Greece 0.05 2024 up 400.0% volatile
114 Kazakhstan 0.03 2024 up 200.0% volatile
114 South Africa 0.03 2024 up 200.0% volatile
116 Italy 0.02 2024 down 77.8% volatile
116 Eswatini 0.02 2019 down 90.0% volatile
118 Spain 0.01 2023 unchanged flat
118 United Kingdom 0.01 2024 unchanged flat
118 Georgia 0.01 2023 unchanged volatile
121 Russia 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile
121 Samoa 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile

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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
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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.