World weather, compared

Towns & cities · 46 world cities + London

How do the world's major cities stack up? The table below compares summer daytime highs, winter night lows and annual rainfall for 46 cities across six continents, with London as the reference row. Click any column heading to sort, and any city name for its full climate page with monthly normals, seasonal guides and a live forecast.

Among these cities, Dubai has the hottest summers (average daytime high 40.2°C — London manages 22.2°C) and Beijing the coldest winters (-5.8°C at night). Singapore is the wettest, with 3534mm of rain a year — about 5× London's 779mm — while Cairo is the driest at just 38mm.

47 cities compared

City	Country	Summer high	Winter low	Rain / yr	Rainy days
London	United Kingdom	22.2°C	3.2°C	779mm	138
Amsterdam	Netherlands	21.3°C	3.2°C	1014mm	172
Athens	Greece	32.6°C	6.9°C	499mm	66
Auckland	New Zealand	22.5°C	10.3°C	1330mm	161
Bangkok	Thailand	32.1°C	22.8°C	1691mm	193
Barcelona	Spain	27.9°C	5.7°C	630mm	80
Beijing	China	31.5°C	-5.8°C	666mm	64
Berlin	Germany	24.8°C	0.6°C	634mm	127
Buenos Aires	Argentina	27.6°C	8.0°C	894mm	83
Cairo	Egypt	38.7°C	10.1°C	38mm	8
Cape Town	South Africa	25.1°C	10.1°C	716mm	84
Chicago	United States	26.8°C	-4.8°C	1126mm	127
Copenhagen	Denmark	20.1°C	1.6°C	682mm	138
Delhi	India	35.4°C	8.8°C	761mm	77
Dubai	United Arab Emirates	40.2°C	16.6°C	121mm	10
Dublin	Ireland	18.6°C	4.6°C	944mm	159
Hong Kong	China	29.3°C	13.3°C	2347mm	194
Istanbul	Türkiye	28.4°C	5.3°C	766mm	105
Johannesburg	South Africa	25.1°C	4.6°C	644mm	91
Lima	Peru	23.7°C	14.5°C	49mm	11
Lisbon	Portugal	27.5°C	9.8°C	591mm	77
Los Angeles	United States	30.3°C	8.0°C	483mm	38
Madrid	Spain	32.8°C	2.7°C	521mm	77
Marrakesh	Morocco	37.4°C	7.4°C	224mm	33
Melbourne	Australia	24.9°C	6.8°C	870mm	129
Mexico City	Mexico	24.1°C	7.6°C	1062mm	135
Miami	United States	30.6°C	18.3°C	1664mm	206
Mumbai	India	28.7°C	19.9°C	2455mm	137
Nairobi	Kenya	25.9°C	12.7°C	861mm	158
New York	United States	28.5°C	-1.6°C	1369mm	128
Oslo	Norway	20.5°C	-4.6°C	958mm	133
Paris	France	24.7°C	3.3°C	843mm	144
Prague	Czechia	25.3°C	-0.3°C	721mm	136
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	28.9°C	18.4°C	1157mm	144
Rome	Italy	32.1°C	5.1°C	901mm	103
San Francisco	United States	19.0°C	7.9°C	585mm	54
São Paulo	Brazil	26.8°C	12.2°C	1231mm	150
Seoul	South Korea	28.2°C	-5.5°C	1516mm	110
Shanghai	China	31.4°C	2.5°C	1457mm	133
Singapore	Singapore	29.5°C	23.5°C	3534mm	313
Stockholm	Sweden	21.7°C	-3.1°C	660mm	123
Sydney	Australia	25.6°C	8.4°C	1205mm	141
Tokyo	Japan	29.9°C	1.2°C	1639mm	138
Toronto	Canada	25.3°C	-5.0°C	896mm	128
Vancouver	Canada	21.1°C	1.5°C	1803mm	163
Vienna	Austria	26.4°C	0.3°C	712mm	118
Zurich	Switzerland	24.2°C	-0.5°C	1308mm	164

Summer and winter use each city's own seasons (June–August in the north, December–February in the south). Averages from 2020–2024 ERA5 reanalysis. Rainy days = days with ≥1mm.