Dallol, Ethiopia

~34.6 °C

Hottest year-round average temperature of any inhabited place

Estimated Natural oddities · Verified 2026-10-31 · WWV-WW-006

Dallol, in Ethiopia's Danakil Depression, recorded an average annual temperature of about 34.6 °C in the 1960s. Its salt flats and acid pools look like another planet.

Based on a few years of 1960s records.

Sources

Wikipedia: Dallol, Ethiopia
Wikipedia: Danakil Depression