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The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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Sixteen Thousand Days

Not an average. Not a rate. Just the count.

Climate is normally reported as an average, which is a way of making a number small enough to ignore. This is the raw tally: since 1 January 1981, out of roughly 16,600 days, this is how many of them got above 30 °C. GIFT City has had 14,674. That is not a statistic about the weather. That is most of a life.

Full standings

days above 30 °C since 1981, counted · 126 cities
  1. 1 🇮🇳 GIFT City 14,674 of 16,630
  2. 2 🇹🇭 Bangkok 13,929 of 16,626
  3. 3 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 12,293 of 16,626
  4. 4 🇲🇽 Mérida 11,726 of 16,630
  5. 5 🇴🇲 Muscat 11,312 of 16,630
  6. 6 🇶🇦 Doha 10,482 of 16,630
  7. 7 🇦🇪 Dubai 9,983 of 16,629
  8. 8 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi 9,689 of 16,629
  9. 9 🇦🇪 Ras Al Khaimah 9,477 of 16,629
  10. 10 🇧🇭 Manama 8,537 of 16,629
  11. 11 🇻🇳 Hanoi 7,883 of 16,626
  12. 12 🇮🇳 Bangalore 7,411 of 16,630
  13. 13 🇻🇳 Da Nang 7,094 of 16,626
  14. 14 🇺🇸 Austin 6,764 of 16,626
  15. 15 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv 6,273 of 16,630
  16. 16 🇨🇾 Nicosia 5,651 of 16,630
  17. 17 🇹🇭 Chiang Mai 5,380 of 16,626
  18. 18 🇹🇷 Antalya 4,874 of 16,626
  19. 19 🇸🇬 Singapore 4,834 of 16,626
  20. 20 🇵🇦 Panama City 4,813 of 16,630
  21. 21 🇲🇾 George Town 4,794 of 16,630
  22. 22 🇨🇳 Chengdu 4,519 of 16,630
  23. 23 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur 4,456 of 16,630
  24. 24 🇦🇲 Yerevan 4,340 of 16,629
  25. 25 🇨🇳 Hefei 4,128 of 16,630
  26. 26 🇰🇿 Almaty 4,000 of 16,630
  27. 27 🇨🇳 Hangzhou 3,850 of 16,630
  28. 28 🇵🇷 San Juan 3,843 of 16,630
  29. 29 🇨🇷 San José 3,669 of 16,630
  30. 30 🇲🇽 Guadalajara 3,652 of 16,630
  31. 31 🇪🇸 Valencia 3,530 of 16,630
  32. 32 🇬🇷 Thessaloniki 3,330 of 16,630
  33. 33 🇬🇷 Athens 3,313 of 16,630
  34. 34 🇪🇸 Madrid 3,291 of 16,630
  35. 35 🇬🇪 Tbilisi 3,163 of 16,630
  36. 36 🇨🇳 Shanghai 3,147 of 16,630
  37. 37 🇨🇾 Paphos 3,075 of 16,630
  38. 38 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 2,945 of 16,626
  39. 39 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 2,888 of 16,630
  40. 🇨🇳 Shenzhen 2,888 of 16,630
  41. 40 🇮🇹 Rome 2,871 of 16,630
  42. 41 🇷🇴 Bucharest 2,646 of 16,630
  43. 42 🇹🇼 Taipei 2,528 of 16,626
  44. 43 🇨🇱 Santiago 2,218 of 16,630
  45. 44 🇰🇪 Nairobi 2,215 of 16,630
  46. 45 🇷🇸 Belgrade 2,147 of 16,630
  47. 46 🇯🇵 Tokyo 2,005 of 16,630
  48. 47 🇯🇵 Fukuoka 1,927 of 16,630
  49. 48 🇦🇱 Tirana 1,926 of 16,629
  50. 49 🇪🇸 Barcelona 1,822 of 16,630
  51. 50 🇮🇩 Denpasar–Canggu 1,724 of 16,630
  52. 51 🇧🇷 Florianópolis 1,721 of 16,630
  53. 52 🇧🇷 São Paulo 1,471 of 16,630
  54. 53 🇺🇸 Miami 1,457 of 16,626
  55. 54 🇨🇾 Limassol 1,399 of 16,630
  56. 55 🇦🇺 Brisbane 1,398 of 16,629
  57. 56 🇯🇵 Osaka 1,390 of 16,630
  58. 57 🇭🇺 Budapest 1,373 of 16,630
  59. 58 🇸🇰 Bratislava 1,273 of 16,626
  60. 59 🇭🇷 Zagreb 1,254 of 16,630
  61. 60 🇧🇬 Sofia 1,129 of 16,629
  62. 61 🇮🇹 Milan 1,093 of 16,630
  63. 62 🇦🇺 Perth 1,075 of 16,629
  64. 63 🇰🇿 Astana 1,071 of 16,630
  65. 64 🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca 1,004 of 16,630
  66. 65 🇦🇺 Melbourne 974 of 16,629
  67. 66 🇭🇷 Split 895 of 16,630
  68. 67 🇹🇷 Istanbul 876 of 16,626
  69. 68 🇰🇾 George Town 823 of 16,630
  70. 69 🇲🇪 Podgorica 729 of 16,630
  71. 70 🇩🇪 Frankfurt 728 of 16,630
  72. 71 🇦🇹 Vienna 674 of 16,629
  73. 72 🇮🇹 Turin 632 of 16,630
  74. 73 🇩🇪 Berlin 527 of 16,630
  75. 74 🇷🇼 Kigali 492 of 16,626
  76. 75 🇰🇷 Seoul 491 of 16,630
  77. 76 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires 454 of 16,629
  78. 77 🇨🇿 Prague 449 of 16,630
  79. 78 🇵🇱 Wrocław 445 of 16,630
  80. 79 🇵🇱 Warsaw 431 of 16,630
  81. 80 🇦🇺 Sydney 388 of 16,629
  82. 81 🇪🇸 Palma 387 of 16,630
  83. 82 🇨🇦 Montreal 386 of 16,630
  84. 83 🇵🇱 Kraków 362 of 16,630
  85. 84 🇵🇹 Porto 359 of 16,630
  86. 85 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 351 of 16,630
  87. 86 🇰🇷 Busan 334 of 16,630
  88. 87 🇫🇷 Paris 280 of 16,630
  89. 88 🇺🇸 San Francisco 263 of 16,626
  90. 89 🇸🇮 Ljubljana 256 of 16,626
  91. 90 🇺🇾 Montevideo 250 of 16,626
  92. 91 🇪🇸 Málaga 221 of 16,630
  93. 92 🇨🇭 Geneva 187 of 16,630
  94. 93 🇨🇦 Calgary 161 of 16,630
  95. 94 🇩🇪 Munich 141 of 16,630
  96. 95 🇺🇸 Seattle 138 of 16,626
  97. 96 🇳🇱 Eindhoven 126 of 16,630
  98. 97 🇧🇪 Brussels 114 of 16,629
  99. 98 🇲🇽 Mexico City 109 of 16,630
  100. 99 🇺🇸 New York 108 of 16,626
  101. 100 🇲🇹 Valletta 100 of 16,630
  102. 101 🇧🇧 Bridgetown 99 of 16,629
  103. 102 🇪🇸 Bilbao 95 of 16,630
  104. 103 🇨🇭 Zurich 76 of 16,630
  105. 104 🇨🇦 Toronto 54 of 16,630
  106. 🇱🇹 Vilnius 54 of 16,630
  107. 105 🇬🇧 London 47 of 16,630
  108. 106 🇸🇪 Stockholm 25 of 16,626
  109. 107 🇫🇮 Turku 19 of 16,630
  110. 108 🇲🇺 Port Louis 17 of 16,630
  111. 109 🇵🇹 Lisbon 16 of 16,630
  112. 110 🇳🇱 Amsterdam 14 of 16,630
  113. 🇨🇦 Vancouver 14 of 16,630
  114. 111 🇨🇭 Zug 5 of 16,630
  115. 112 🇳🇴 Oslo 4 of 16,630
  116. 113 🇫🇮 Oulu 2 of 16,630
  117. 114 🇱🇻 Riga 1 of 16,630
  118. 115 🇳🇿 Auckland 0 of 16,630
  119. 🇿🇦 Cape Town 0 of 16,626
  120. 🇩🇰 Copenhagen 0 of 16,630
  121. 🇮🇪 Dublin 0 of 16,630
  122. 🇵🇹 Funchal 0 of 16,630
  123. 🇫🇮 Helsinki 0 of 16,630
  124. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas 0 of 16,630
  125. 🇨🇴 Medellín 0 of 16,630
  126. 🇪🇪 Tallinn 0 of 16,630

A ranking of evidence, not of worth — the winner is invited to wear it proudly. Compare any two contenders head-to-head.