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Largest World Cities That Have Never Been Below Freezing

Which urban areas have a population above 10 million and have never recorded a temperature below 0º Celsius?
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Population
°C
°F
City
29.5 m
18.9
66.0
Jakarta
27.8 m
14.5
58.1
Manila
27.6 m
11.7
53.1
Mumbai
22.8 m
1.2
34.2
Cairo
21.3 m
13.7
56.7
Lagos
23.1 m
5.6
42.1
Dhaka
21.8 m
9.9
49.8
Bangkok
21.0 m
0.0
32.0
Karachi
17.9 m
6.7
44.1
Kolkata
16.3 m
10.0
50.0
Kinshasa
15.4 m
0.1
32.2
Xiamen
14.7 m
7.8
46.0
Bangalore
14.3 m
13.8
56.8
Ho Chi Minh City
13.6 m
10.1
50.2
Rio de Janeiro
12.9 m
13.9
57.0
Chennai
12.0 m
8.0
46.4
Lima
11.7 m
6.1
43.0
Hyderabad
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20 Comments
Quizmaster
+14
Level ∞
Jan 13, 2024
Good quiz! I doubted the record low for Jakarta, but it appears to be correct.

I wonder if Jakarta has the HIGHEST record low of anywhere on Earth?

Geographystar
+8
Level 68
Jan 19, 2024
I wondered that too, I checked and Guam's record low is about a degree higher than Jakarta's, and there's some other Pacific islands that are higher, but Jakarta is pretty close! Even Manaus, Brazil, deep in the Amazon, has a record low of 12°C (54°F) ! (If you really want to be nitpicky, the record probably goes to some volcano somewhere, but I know what the Quizmaster does to nitpickers.)
PeregrineFalcon
+3
Level 79
Apr 9, 2024
Highest I could find was Tarawa (Kiribati) at 21.0C. If you want an actual city, for Padang (Sumatra) it's 20.0C.
Evenultrapawn
+4
Level 65
Feb 1, 2026
Tarawa might not be very populous but it is the capital city of a country and still at over 70k, I'd say it's a city
Amilcar
+3
Level 73
Jan 19, 2024
Amazed Cairo has never recorded a temperature below freezing.
QuizApe
+1
Level 72
Mar 15, 2026
But it got very close
Anderis
+1
Level 76
Mar 15, 2026
Yeah, I was surprised. I thought it can get pretty cold in the desert during the night in the winter, at least occasionally.
tom19
+1
Level 68
Apr 9, 2024
Every single quiz on here (besides this one) doesn’t require city for ho chi min
Geographystar
+5
Level 68
Apr 9, 2024
Thankfully this one doesn't either
Deuteronomius
+1
Level 69
Mar 18, 2026
but it does need the h for minh, which always seemed weird to me
MostCantalach
+3
Level 71
Feb 1, 2026
Forgive me for being doubtful, but how has São Paulo had freezing temperatures while Rio’s never recorded a temperature below 10 degrees? They’re on the same latitude, and I can’t imagine the couple hundred kilometres between them impacts the climate that much
Quizmaster
+11
Level ∞
Feb 1, 2026
Are you kidding? Being on the coast or not makes a HUGE difference.
Jiaozira
+9
Level 72
Feb 2, 2026
Coastal vs not coastal but also Sao Paulo is located on a plateau.
ceoramalho
+3
Level 68
Mar 15, 2026
São Paulo is surrounded by mountains and temperature along the year is not high... Winter can be cold there compaired to cities at the same latitude... Rio is a coastal city having a very hot Summer and fresh Winters...
Neodymium
+4
Level 63
Feb 1, 2026
Hyderabad mentioned!
linonion
+4
Level 57
Mar 15, 2026
I'm surprised Guangzhou isn't on here... Xiamen is further north than Guangzhou, no?
Chinamaster
+2
Level 62
Mar 15, 2026
More northern doesn’t mean colder, it depends on many factors, such a surrounding area and other stuff. Reykjavik is hotter than novosibirsk, Ulaanbaatar is colder than Moscow.
Nestormakhno
+4
Level 79
Mar 15, 2026
The record low for Guangzhou is 0.0 from december 23 1999 so it should be on the quiz
wisdom30knight
+2
Level 46
Mar 15, 2026
brilliant quiz idea, quite difficult tho...
Barun1000
+1
Level 35
Mar 20, 2026
13/17. I am only mad that I missed Dhaka. That was pretty obvious.
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