Territory |
Lowest Temperature |
Highest Temperature |
T°C |
Place |
Elev. (m) |
Date |
T °C |
Place |
Date |
Africa |
-25.5 | Ḍāyat Hashlāf Morocco | 1760 | 2 February 1935 |
51.3 | Warqlā (Ouargla) Algeria | 5 July 2018 |
†50-20.1 | Buffelsfontein South Africa | 1275 | 23 August 2013 |
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Algeria |
-20.0 | Bātnah Bātnah province [1] | 1030 | 4 January 1945 |
51.3 | Warqlā (Ouargla) Warqlā (Ouargla) province [2][3] | 5 July 2018 |
†50-13.8 | Mīshrīyah (Mécheria) Na’āmah (Naâma) province [4] | 1125 | 28 January 2005 |
Angola |
-3.9 | Mavinga Cuanda Cubango province [5][6] | 1090 | 15 June 1968 |
41.6 | Espinheira Namibe province [7][8] | 22 March 2019 |
†50-1.7 | Tchivinguiro Huíla province [7][6] | 1660 | 26 June 2015 |
Benin |
8.5 | Kandi [9] | 290 | 12 January 1957 |
43.9 | Kandi [9][10] | 19 April 1983 |
†5010.0 | Kandi [9] | 290 | 22 January 1975 28 December 1977 |
Botswana |
-10.6 | Tsabong [11][12] | 1000 | 30 July 1953 |
44.3 | Ramotswa [7] | 7 January 2016 |
†50-9.7 | Werda [7] | 1030 | 22 July 2021 |
Bouvet Island (Bouvetøya) (Nor.) |
-18.7 | Bouvet Island (Nyrøysa) [2][13] | | 8 September 2005 9 September 2005 |
10.6 | Bouvet Island (Nyrøysa) [2][14] | 12 December 2004 13 December 2004 13 March 2005 |
Burkina Faso |
5.0 | Markoye [15][16] | 305 | January 1975 |
47.5 | Dori [9][17] | 13 April 2016 |
Burundi |
-0.9 | Gisozi [18][19] | 2140 | July 1956 |
37.5 | Mparambo [20] | 10 October 1969 11 October 1974 |
†500.0 | Nyamuswaga (near Ngozi) [20] | 1530 | 6 August 1986 7 August 1986 8 August 1986 |
Cameroon |
3.7 | Ngaoundéré Adamawa region [21][22] | 1115 | 19 January 1892 |
45.9 | Maroua Far North region [23][24] | May 1937 |
†504.0 | Ngaoundéré Adamawa region [5][22] | 1115 | 22 January 1989 |
†5045.5 | Maroua Far North region [5] | 3 April 1998 |
Canary Islands (Sp.) |
-4.0 | Cruz de Tejeda Gran Canaria [25][26] | 855 | 21 January 1997 |
48 | Arrecife Lanzarote [27][28][29] | 20 July 1953 |
†5047.0 | Sabinar-Lomo Negro El Hierro [25][29] | 24 August 1986
|
Cape Verde |
5.0 | Monte Velha Fogo [30][31] | 1350 | March 1943 |
37.3 | Praia Santiago [2][32] | 2 September 2004 |
†508 | Bangaeira Fogo[33][34][35] | 1670 | |
Central African Republic |
3.1 | Birao [9] | 465 | 19 January 1956 |
45 | Birao [36] | 22 March 1985 |
†504.3 | Yalinga [5] | 600 | 27 December 1983 |
Ceuta (Sp.) |
-0.4 | Monte Hacho [37] | 205 | 5 January 1941 |
40.8 | Ceuta [2] | 19 July 2023 |
†501.3 | Ceuta [37] | | 27 January 2005 |
Chad |
-5 | War (Wour) Tibesti region [38][39] | 765 | 1933-1934 |
48 | Faya-Largeau (Faya) Birku (Borkou) region [40][41] | 25 May 2023 16 June 2023 |
†50-1.3 | Awzū (Aouzou) Tibesti region [42][43][44] | 920 | 10 January 1981 3 January 1983 |
Comoros |
13.6 | Moroni Ngazidja (Grande Comore) [45] | | before 2000 |
36.0 | Hahaya Airport Ngazidja (Grande Comore) [46] | 15 November 2017 23 November 2019 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
-2.8 | Kisanga Haut-Katanga province [47][48] | 1175 | August 1955 |
40.6 | Kulu Bas-Uélé province [49][50] | 22 March 1936 |
†506.0 | Lubumbashi (Luano) Airport Haut-Katanga province [9] | 1310 | 28 June 2006 |
†5039.4 | Gemena Sud-Ubangi province [46] | 29 March 2011 |
Republic of the Congo |
8.9 | Sibiti [9] | 530 | 28 July 1954 |
39.2 | Mpouya [2][51] | 8 March 2011 |
†5010.0 | Ouésso [46] | 350 | 13 January 2015 |
Djibouti |
11.0 | Dikhil [5] | 490 | 18 December 2010 |
47.3 | Jībūtī (Djibouti-Serpent) [23][52] | July 1915 |
†5047.0 | Jībūtī (Djibouti) Airport (Ambouli) [5][53] | 14 July 2009 17 July 2017 |
Camp Lemonnier (Ambouli) [5] | 14 July 2009 26 July 2009 |
Egypt (Africa, excluding Sinai Peninsula) |
-3.9 | ad-Dākhilah (Dakhla Oasis) al-Wādi al-Jadid (New Valley) governorate [9][54] | 110 | 14 January 1966 15 January 1966 |
50.3 | al-Khārījah (Kharga Oasis) al-Wādi al-Jadid (New Valley) governorate [55][56] | 9 June 1961 |
†50-1.9 | Sīwah (Siwa Oasis) Maṭrūḥ governorate [46] | | 15 December 1990 |
†5050.0 | al-Uqṣur (Luxor) al-Uqṣur (Luxor) governorate [5] | 15 May 1991 |
al-Khārījah (Kharga Oasis) al-Wādi al-Jadid (New Valley) governorate [5] | 15 May 1991 31 July 2002 |
Equatorial Guinea |
8 | Valle de Moka Bioko Sur province [57] | 1200 | |
35.6 | Bata Litoral province [58][59] | February 1956-1965 |
†5035.5 | Bata Litoral province [2][59] | 18 March 2015 |
Eritrea |
-4.0 | Asmara Airport [5] | 2325 | 22 January 1989 |
48.0 | Massawa [9][60] | 18 August 1960 |
†5046.0 | Massawa [9] | 15 June 1981 16 June 1981
|
Eswatini |
-6.1 | Mbabane [61][62] | 1145 | 22 July 1957 |
47.4 | Lavumisa [63][64] | January 1951-1986 |
†50-4.5 | Mbabane [65] | 1145 | 21 June 1976 |
Ethiopia |
-8 | Debre Birhan Amhara region [66][67] | 2300 | 10 December 2013 |
48.9 | Dallol Afar region [68] | May 1962 July 1966 |
†5048.6 | Elidar Afar region [69] | 28 August 2019 |
French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Fr.) †O [70] |
-9.5 | Port-aux-Français Kerguelen [71] | | 11 August 2014 |
36.0 | La Goulette Juan de Nova Island (Île Juan de Nova) [72] | 20 January 2021 |
Amsterdam Island and Saint Paul Island (Îles Saint Paul et Amsterdam) |
1.8 | Martin-de-Viviès Amsterdam Island (Île Amsterdam) [73][74] | | 31 July 1964 |
26.4 | Martin-de-Viviès Amsterdam Island (Île Amsterdam) [5] | 30 January 2005 |
†502.8 | Martin-de-Viviès Amsterdam Island (Île Amsterdam) [5] | | 14 August 1995 |
Bassas da India |
15 | [75] | | |
34 | [75] | |
Crozet Islands (Archipel Crozet) |
-6.6 | Alfred-Faure Possession Island (Île de la Possession) [76] | | 6 September 2006 |
23.6 | Alfred-Faure Possession Island (Île de la Possession) [77] | 9 January 1997 |
Europa Island (Île Europa) |
13.8 | Station des Rosiers [78][79][80] | | 22 August 1984 22 July 1985 |
35.6 | Station des Rosiers [46][81] | 12 November 2011 |
Glorioso Islands (Îles Glorieuses) |
15.9 | Gérard Martin Grande Glorieuse [82] | | 26 July 1971 |
35.1 | Gérard Martin Grande Glorieuse [9] | 16 March 1987 |
†5016.8 | Gérard Martin Grande Glorieuse [83][84] | | 18 July 2001 8 July 2013 |
Juan de Nova Island (Île Juan de Nova) |
18.2 | La Goulette [85][86] | | 26 July 2011 |
36.0 | La Goulette [72] | 20 January 2021 |
Kerguelen Islands (Archipel des Kerguelen) |
-9.5 | Port-aux-Français La Grande Terre [71] | | 11 August 2014 |
25.8 | Port-aux-Français La Grande Terre [71] | 23 January 1994 |
Tromelin Island (Île Tromelin) |
17.4 | Serge-Frolow [87] | | 12 July 1964 |
35.5 | Serge-Frolow [2] | 4 January 2024 |
†5018.5 | Serge-Frolow [5] | | 23 July 1992 |
Gabon |
10.0 | Mékambo [9] | 545 | 30 July 1964 |
37.5 | Tchibanga [2] | 6 May 2008 |
†5011.6 | Mékambo [9] | 545 | 6 July 1974 |
Gambia |
7.2 | Banjul Airport (Yundum) [88][89] | | 12 January 1947 |
46.8 | Jenoi [90] | 14 April 2000 |
†508.6 | Janjanbureh (Georgetown) [46] | | 30 December 2014 |
Kuntaur [46] | 14 May 2002 |
Ghana |
6.7 | Bui [91] | 250 | before 1963 |
44.2 | Navrongo [92][93][94] | 19 April 2010 |
†509.5 | Bole [95] | 300 | November 2006 |
Guinea |
1.4 | Mali-ville Labé region [96] | 1530 | 17 January - 26 January 2009 |
45.0 | Koundara Boké region [2][97] | 28 April 2003 29 March 2017 |
Guinea-Bissau |
7.0 | Farim [98] | | 31 January 1961 |
43.6 | Bafatá [99] | 18 March 1969 |
†5012.0 | Bafatá [5] | | 14 December 1974 |
†5043.5 | Bafatá [5] | 1 May 2016 |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Aus.) |
-11.5 | Spit Bay Heard Island [2] | | 23 August 2014 |
26.1 | Spit Bay Heard Island [100] | 1 March 2013 |
Ivory Coast |
6.0 | Man [9] | 330 | 10 January 1957 11 January 1957 |
41.5 | Odienné [9] | 5 February 1998 |
†508.0 | Man [5] | 330 | 23 January 1975 23 January 1976 5 January 1981 |
Odienné [5] | 420 | 26 December 1978 |
Kenya |
-3.3 | Ettrick Estate (near Eldama Ravine) [101][102] | 2100 | before 1974 |
42.6 | Wajir [36] | 24 February 2007 |
†50-3 | South Kinangop Plateau [103] | 2500 | January 1976 |
Lesotho |
-20.4 | Letšeng-la-Draai (Letšeng-la-Terae) [104][105] | 3050 | 12 June 1967 |
39.4 | Maseru [106][107] | 19 January 1973 |
†50-16.9 | Oxbow [108] | 2590 | 24 July 1975 |
†5039.4 | Maseru [42][43] | 6 January 2016 |
Liberia |
4.4 | Voinjama [109][110] | 550 | before 1969 |
40.0 | Ganta [109][111][112] | before 1969 |
Tapeta [113][111] | before 1973 |
†508.1 | Tokadeh [114][115][116] | 460 | |
†5038.0 | Tokadeh [114][115] | |
Libya |
-9.0 | Hūn al-Jufrah district [117][118] | 265 | 10 January 1938 |
50.2 | Zuwārah (Zuara) Nuqāṭ al-Ḫams district [119][120][121] | 26 June 1995 |
†50-8.0 | Hūn al-Jufrah district [5] | 265 | 11 January 1981 |
Madagascar |
-8.5 | Nanokely Vakinankaratra region [122][123][124] | 2020 | 23 July 1963 August 1964 |
43.6 | Ejeda Atsimo-Andrefana region [125][126] | before 2004 |
†50-2.9 | Antsirabe Vakinankaratra region [9] | 1530 | 1 July 1996 |
Madeira (Port.) |
1.8 | Camacha Madeira Island [127][128] | 680 | January 1961-1988 |
39.1 | Quinta Grande Madeira Island [129] | 27 June 2023 |
Malawi |
-6.7 | Chelinda (Nyika National Park) Rumphi district [130][131][132] | 2300 | July 1975 |
46 | Chingala Chikwawa district [131][133] | November 1969 |
Nkate (near Mbewe) Thyolo district [131][133] | November 1969 November 1972 |
Nsanje Nsanje district [134] | 29 October 2019 |
Mali |
0.5 | Kidal Kidal region [135] | 460 | 1 February 1928 |
48.2 | Gao Gao region [5][136] | 30 May 1988 |
†503.0 | Tessalit Kidal region [9] | 235 | 11 January 1976 |
Mauritania |
1.0 | Bī’r Umm Qawayn (Bir Moghrein) Tiris Zemmour region [9][137] | 360 | 27 December 1946 31 December 1946 |
50.0 | Aqjawajat (Akjoujt) Inchiri region [23][138] | 27 July 1939 |
†503.0 | Bī’r Umm Qawayn (Bir Moghrein) Tiris Zemmour region [9] | 360 | 11 January 1976 |
†5049.1 | Bī’r Umm Qawayn (Bir Moghrein) Tiris Zemmour region [5] | 6 August 1998 |
Mauritius |
6.5 | Belle Rive Quartier Militaire town [139][140] | 490 | 20 July 1986 |
36.6 | Constance [141][142] | 30 January 2009 |
Agaléga |
16.8 | Agaléga (North Island) [46] | | 4 September 2013 |
35.7 | Agaléga (North Island) [46] | 28 December 2023 |
Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon Rocks) |
15.9 | Île Raphael [9] | | 22 June 1958 |
35.6 | Île Raphael [5][143] | 19 January 2020 |
†5016.4 | Île Raphael [9] | | 24 July 1980 |
Rodrigues |
14.5 | Port Mathurin (Point Canon) [9] | | 20 July 1968 |
34.1 | Port Mathurin (Point Canon) [2] | 18 March 2016 |
†5015.4 | Port Mathurin (Point Canon) [9] | | 13 August 1973 14 August 1973 |
Mayotte (Fr.) |
14.5 | Vahibé Prima Mamoudzou commune [144] | 190 | 13 July 2010 |
36.4 | Trévani Koungou commune [144] | 14 April 2020 |
Melilla (Sp.) |
0.0 | Melilla [145][146] | | 4 February 1907 |
41.8 | Melilla [145] | 6 July 1994 |
†500.4 | Melilla [9] | | 27 January 2005 |
Morocco |
-25.5 | Ḍāyat Hashlāf Īfrān (Ifrane) province [147][148][149] | 1760 | 2 February 1935 |
50.4 | ʾAgādīr ʾAgādīr-'Īda Watanan (Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane) prefecture [150][151] | 11 August 2023 |
†50-14.4 | Īfrān (Ifrane) Īfrān (Ifrane) province [152][153] | 1665 | 28 January 2005 |
Mozambique |
-2.8 | Máuè Tete province [154] | 1190 | 17 July 1947 |
47.2 | Umbelúzi Maputo province [154][155] | 24 September 1931 |
†501.0 | Lichinga Niassa province [9] | 1365 | 25 July 1990 |
†5046.7 | Massangena Gaza province [5] | 28 October 2019 |
Namibia |
-10.5 | Rohrbeck Farm (near Stampriet) Hardap region [156] | 1200 | 2 August 1974 |
47.5 | Noordoewer area Karas region [157][158] | January 1992 |
Niger |
-2.4 | Bilma Agadez region [9][159] | 355 | 13 January 1995 |
49.0 | Bilma Agadez region [9][160] | 8 June 2016 |
Nigeria |
1.1 | Jos Plateau state [161] | 1295 | 3 January 1995 |
46.4 | Yola Adamawa state [2][162] | 3 April 2010 |
Prince Edward Islands (Sth. Afr.) |
-6.5 | Transvaal Cove Marion Island [9] | | 17 September 1971 |
25.6 | Transvaal Cove Marion Island [9] | 8 January 2005 |
†50-5.7 | Transvaal Cove Marion Island [9] | | 4 September 2011 5 September 2011 |
Réunion (Fr.) |
-5.0 | Gîte de Bellecombe [163][164] | 2270 | 10 September 1975 |
37.0 | Pointe des Trois-Bassins [163] | 25 January 2019 |
Rwanda |
0.0 | Ruhondo (Lake Ruhondo) [165] | 1790 | before 2002 |
35.6 | Kigali Airport (Kanombe) [49] | August 1937-1939 |
Kinigi [166] | 1695 | before 2012 |
†5035.4 | Kigali Airport (Kanombe) [166][167] | 22 February 2005 |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) |
-2.7 | Transvaal Bay Gough Island [9] | | 29 August 1967 |
34.9 | Georgetown Ascension Island [168][169][170] | 25 March 2010 |
†50-1.3 | Transvaal Bay Gough Island [9] | | 8 August 1990 |
Ascension Island |
14.5 | The Residency [171][172] | 550 | August 2001 |
34.9 | Georgetown [168][169][170] | 25 March 2010 |
Gough Island |
-2.7 | Transvaal Bay [9] | | 29 August 1967 |
28.6 | Transvaal Bay [9][173] | 25 February 1975 |
†50-1.3 | Transvaal Bay [9] | | 8 August 1990 |
Saint Helena |
7.8 | Hutt’s Gate [174] | 630 | 4 July 1898 |
32.8 | Jamestown [175][176] | 9 March 1891 |
†5010.1 | Bottom Woods (Longwood) [177] | 435 | 19 July 2010 |
†5032.4 | Jamestown [178][179] | April 2014 |
Tristan da Cunha |
2.4 | Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (The Settlement) [180] | | 22 July 1961 |
27.6 | Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (The Settlement) [5] | 20 February 2005 |
†504.1 | Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (The Settlement) [5] | | 16 July 2003 |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
8.7 | Monte Café São Tomé [181][182] | 690 | 1885-1894 |
34.7 | Rio do Ouro São Tomé [183][184] | 14 April 1944 |
†5012 | Monte Café São Tomé [185] | 690 | |
†5034.0 | São Tomé Airport [46][184] | 10 April 2003 |
Senegal |
4.2 | Diourbel [23][186] | | January 1947 |
49 | Fété-Olé [187][188] | 2 April 1973 |
†505.5 | Diourbel [189] | | 29 January 2013 |
†5048.8 | Matam [190] | 26 May 1993 |
Seychelles |
17.5 | Settlement, Picard (West) Island Aldabra [191] | | June 1969 |
36.3 | Settlement, Picard (West) Island Aldabra [191] | January 1968 |
†5019.6 | Seychelles Airport Mahé [9] | | 29 August 1977 |
†5034.8 | Seychelles Airport Mahé [2] | 10 April 2013 |
Sierra Leone |
5.0 | Kabala [192] | 435 | before 1915 |
39.4 | Njala [193][194][195] | 1935-1937 |
Marampa [194][195] | 1941–1950 |
Makeni [194][195] | 1942–1950 |
†5010.0 | Kabala [5] | 435 | 22 January 1976 |
†5038.2 | Njala [5] | 25 March 1984 |
Somalia |
-3.3 | Ceerigaabo (Erigavo) Sanaag region [196][197] | 1745 | 1928 |
47.8 | Barbara (Berbera) Saaxil (Sahil) region [2][198][199] | 8 June 2004 |
†506.4 | Ceerigaabo (Erigavo) Sanaag region [42][43][199] | 1745 | 12 January 2018 |
Somalia |
5.6 | Qardho Kaarkaar province [200] | 730 | 1953-1958 |
45.3 | Boosaaso (Bosaso; Bandar Qasim) Bari province [201][198] | 1934-1958 |
†5012.1 | Garoowe Nugal province [42][43][202] | 465 | 12 January 2018 |
†5045.2 | Boosaaso (Bosaso; Bandar Qasim) Bari province [46] | 21 June 2008 |
Somaliland |
-3.3 | Ceerigaabo (Erigavo) Sanaag region [196][197] | 1745 | 1928 |
47.8 | Barbara (Berbera) Saaxil (Sahil) region[2][199] | 8 June 2004 |
†506.4 | Ceerigaabo (Erigavo) Sanaag region [42][43][199] | 1745 | 12 January 2018 |
South Africa |
-20.1 | Buffelsfontein (near Molteno) Eastern Cape province [203] | 1275 | 23 August 2013 |
48.8 | Vioolsdrif Northern Cape province [204][205] | 3 January 1993 |
South Sudan |
3.6 | Raga Lol state [206] | 545 | 28 December 1961 |
47.3 | ar-Rank (Renk) Eastern Nile state [207] | 19 March 1985 |
†504.2 | Raga Lol state [206] | 545 | 18 January 1989 |
Sudan |
-1 | Zalingei Wasaṭ Dārfūr (Central Darfur) state [208][209] | 900 | December 1961 January 1962 |
49.6 | Dunqulah (Dongola) ash-Shamālīyah (Northern) state [2][210][211] | 22 June 2010 |
†501.0 | Dunqulah (Dongola) ash-Shamālīyah (Northern) state [212] | 235 | 9 February 1982 |
Tanzania |
-2.4 | Mbeya [213][214][215][216] | 1760 | 1990 |
39.4 | Kisauni Airport Zanzibar [36][217][218] | 27 February 2007 |
Togo |
9.0 | Kara [9][219] | 340 | 2 January 1991 |
43.5 | Sansanné-Mango [2][220] | 29 March 2019 5 April 2019 |
Tunisia |
-10.3 | Bū Shabakah (Bou Chebka) al-Qaṣrayn (Kasserine) governorate [221] | 1130 | 17 January 1891 |
50.3 | al-Qiyrwān (Kairouan) al-Qiyrwān (Kairouan) governorate [2][222] | 11 August 2021 |
†50-8.4 | Tāla al-Qaṣrayn (Kasserine) governorate [223] | 1090 | 9 January 1981 |
Uganda |
2.8 | Kabale [224][225] | 1870 | 15 August 1936 |
39.5 | Wadelai [226][227] | 11 February - 20 February 2016 |
†505.0 | Kabale [5] | 1870 | 20 July 1978 |
Western Sahara (Mor.) |
2.8 | as-Samārah (Smara) [228] | 110 | 1943-1954 |
50.7 | as-Samārah (Smara) [229] | 13 July 1961 |
al-ʿAyyūn (Laâyoune) Airport [5] | | 20 December 1967 |
†503.0 | as-Samārah (Smara) [230] | 110 | 29 January 2005 |
†5049.9 | as-Samārah (Smara) [150] | 13 July 2023 |
Zambia |
-7.1 | Sesheke Western province [231] | 950 | 16 June 1968 |
44.4 | Luangwa Lusaka province [232] | 1932 |
†50-5.8 | Sesheke Western province [233][234] | 950 | 1 July 1997 |
†5044.1 | Mfuwe Eastern province [235] | 1 November 2011 |
Zimbabwe |
-12.7 | Matopos Matabeleland South province [236][237] | 1350 | 13 June 1968 |
47.6 | Buffalo Range Airport Masvingo province [238][239] | 28 October 2019 |
†50-10 | Matopos Matabeleland South province [240] | 1350 | 1980 |