One of the hottest places on earth

[Smurkster]

I recently read that Bangkok was rated the hottest city in the world for the past two years by something like the "Meteorological Organiziation." I looked at records of average temperatures in other places in the world that I thought would be just as hot.. Thailand was always ranked pretty highly on the heat scale...

I'm curious to know from other posters who might have lived or spent time in other hot places besides Southeast Asia around the world a bout how it compares to Bangkok or Thailand on the whole.

[AYJAYDEE]

http://www.airconco.com/news/the-worlds-10-hottest-major-cities-839.html

[Costas2008]

BKK, is hot all year round.

Athens, can creep up to 42-43 degrees Celsius during July, August but you can see snow during winter.

There are many other hot cities around the world and I believe many posters will point out in the posts to come.

[VillageIdiot]

Washington DC... hot as hell during July and August.

Many Thais living in the metropolitan area say it's worse than Bangkok during those months.

[crazygreg44]

it would be cooler by at least 8 degres Celsius in Bangkok, if everyone would turn off the airconditioning. Millions of units are heating up the surrounding air

[bermondburi]

I live in Riyadh which gets way hotter than Bangkok in summer time, with temps going up to 50 not uncommon. However the winters are very cool with it going down to 0-5 at night sometimes. My children saw their breath for the first time here funnily enough. One thing I have noticed is that it is the humidity that kills you. Riyadh at 40 degrees and you hardly sweat walking down the street. In BKK though, you would be a dripping mess. On the whole I prefer the weather in Saudi to BKK.

[planemad]

Muscat, highest I have see is 56C. Official records however stop at 49.9 (I believe) over 50C, too hot to work!

[dabhand]

I worked for a time in the south of Egypt. This was on the shores of Lake Nasser between Aswan and Abu Simbel.

Temperatures during the summer regularly hit over 50c and averaging around 45c, with winter temperatures averaging around the mid 20's.

Luckily I'm an office wallah but walking from our offices to the canteen at lunchtime convinced me that the guys working on the lake just had to be crazy!!

[Goshawk]

Laid over for 24hrs in Abu Dhabi along the Corniche/Waterfront a few years ago . . it was mid 40's. Ten or fifteen minutes at a time out in that temp was enough for me . . unbearable.

[sdanielmcev]

Houston and its' humidity.

[Aussieroaming]

Worked in the Tanami desert...hot as hell, high 40's common and into the low to mid 50's at times. Sweat evaporates before it can be seen and just an ever expanding salt crust appearing. Winter could be -3c and ice on the windscreen before dawn but mid 20's by lunch.

Vietnam ...mid to high 40's at the worst and 100% humidity, which made Bangkok seem cool. Cold in winter though so summer wasn't endless.

Sahara desert..name says it all with the addition of wind and dust...winter mornings cold but not unpleasant.

Iraq...same as Sahara but I reckon it wasn't as dusty..maybe the urban areas stopped the dust winds.

I've worked in other places but these were extreme for heat.

[puukao]

You Earthlings have it so EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!