- RankHotter than 94% of themOf the 9,303 stations reporting to us right now, only 476 are hotter.Today’s full leaderboard →
- The opposite of here87.4°C colderDavis Lgb 46 Aws, Antarctica is at −57.6°C at this same moment.Go to Davis Lgb 46 Aws →
Our synoptic decoder reads air temperature only, so this station reports no dew point, wind or pressure here.
Where Kandi stands
Its highest placing today was 77th of 8,754, reached at 12:30 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 43 days recorded: 1st of 9,532.
- Reached the world's hottest 10 on 1 of those 43 days.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Benin on 33 of those 43 days.
Ranking as of 21:45 UTC.
☀️ How 29.8°C compares
The last 24 hours
Local time| Time | Temperature |
|---|---|
| 07:00 | 24.9°C |
| 13:00 | 35.8°C |
| 19:00 | 29.8°C |
35 Novembers on record
The record book, month by month
The highest and lowest here · with the day it happenedJan
41.2°
Thu 29 Jan 1998
10.0°
Wed 22 Jan 1975
Feb
43.0°
Thu 25 Feb 2010
12.6°
Mon 1 Feb 1982
Mar
43.3°
Fri 25 Mar 1988
15.2°
Thu 4 Mar 1982
Apr
43.9°
Tue 19 Apr 1983
17.0°
Sat 3 Apr 1976
May
43.3°
Record high
38.1°C
Thu 6 Nov 1997
Record low
15.0°C
Wed 6 Nov 1974
Average high
35.7°C
all years on record
- 1
Today is already hotter than 60% of all days recorded here since 1973.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1973. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 38.9°C.
From our dataRecord high 43.9°C against record low 5.0°C. - 3
At 07:00 it was 24.9°C. By 13:00 it was 35.8°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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2.3°C short of the record for 6 November
Today’s high 35.8°C against 38.1°C in 1997. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
Highest we have recorded
47.0°C
- Date
- Thursday, 5 November 2026
- Time of day
- 13:00 local
- Location
- Kandi, Benin
- Position
- 11.13°N 2.93°E · 290 m
The highest this site has recorded here. Source: Our own observations, 46 days.
All-time record low
5.0°C
- Date
- Monday, 26 December 1977
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kandi, Benin
- Position
- 11.13°N 2.93°E · 290 m
The lowest in available records since 1973. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1973 to 2025.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 47.0°C, lowest 20.4°C, mean 27.6°C. 46 days recorded from 155 readings.
By month, from our own record
For the long record, see Kandi’s average and record temperature for every month.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 47.0°C | 23.9°C | 29.5°C | 6 | 14 |
| October 2026 | 36.5°C | 20.4°C | 27.6°C | 31 | 112 |
| September 2026 | 33.3°C | 21.6°C | 26.6°C | 8 of 9 | 29 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals. Some days were recorded before we began counting observations and contribute their high and low but not the mean.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
47.0°C
Thu 5 Nov 2026 at 13:00 local
Lowest
20.4°C
Fri 23 Oct 2026 at 07:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Kandi since September 2026, across 46 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Kandi (DBBK) is a SYNOP weather station in Benin, 290 m above sea level.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 46 days this site has existed. We have stored 155 observations across the 45 of those days for which we also recorded a count.
Recent temperature history
The same record at three widths, picking up where the last 24 hours above leaves off. Each period is summarised from the grain that suits it, so nothing here is one reading repeated thousands of times into the page.
Recent readings
Each reading as it arrived, newest first, with what our quality checks did with it. A reading we did not count is shown struck through with the reason.
| Time | Temp | Change | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29.8°C | −6.0°C | Counted | |
| high | 35.8°C | +10.9°C | Counted |
| low | 24.9°C | Counted |
Times are local time. 3 readings counted.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 23.2°C to 47.0°C, a spread of 23.8°C.
It reports about every six hours, and sent 3 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 77th hottest of the 8,754 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 1st hottest of the 9,532 stations reporting worldwide. It has reached the world's hottest 100 on 7 days.
- It has passed 30°C on 3 of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Reached 37.8°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 36.5°C on Thu 29 Oct 2026.
Fell to 20.4°C, the lowest we have recorded here, beating 20.5°C on Thu 22 Oct 2026.
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 12th of 8,372.
Its low of 23.9°C was the lowest of the 7 stations we hold in Benin.
Its high of 37.8°C was the highest of the 7 stations we hold in Benin.
Reached 33.2°C, its highest of October, beating 33.1°C on Sun 4 Oct 2026.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 4 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-06 | 35.8°C | 12:00 UTC | 24.9°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 47.0°C | 12:00 UTC | 47.0°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 28.0°C | 00:00 UTC | 24.6°C | 06:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-03 | 29.9°C | 18:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationGaya38.0°C100.3 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyDOSSO39.5°C213.9 km away
- Coldest nearbyNiamtougou Arpt22.0°C252 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereDavis Lgb 46 Aws−57.6°CAntarctica
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for every one of the 46 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Tracking history
It has reported on every day since Tue 22 Sep 2026.
- First reading stored30.1°C on our first day here
- First day as the coldest we hold in its country21.9°C
- First day as the hottest we hold in its country29.5°C
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- 30 days reporting without a gap
- First time in the hundred hottest reporting stations88 of 8,718
Where this station is
This station lies about 1,200 km north of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Kandi is
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11.13°N 2.93°E
Kandi
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-11-05, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
View more on Google Maps11.1333°N, 2.9333°E
Kandi, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Kandi?
The warmest month on record here is November, when the highest reading has reached 47.0°C (116.6°F) on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Kandi?
The coldest month on record here is December, when the lowest reading has fallen to 5.0°C (41.0°F) on Monday, 26 December 1977.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Kandi?
47.0°C (116.6°F) on Thursday, 5 November 2026. That is the highest this site has recorded at this station, and it is higher than anything in the daily archive we hold, which runs since 1973. It is not an officially certified record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
Our own observations
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Kandi?
5.0°C (41.0°F) on Monday, 26 December 1977. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1973.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Kandi right now?
29.8°C (85.6°F), measured at 19:00 local on Friday 6 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Is Kandi the hottest place on Earth?
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA WMO SYNOP bulletins. SYNOP is the surface synoptic report that national weather services file to the WMO, typically at the main hours of 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC and often three hourly between them. It covers places with no airport, which is why the coldest readings on Earth arrive this way.
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Latest reading, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1973 to 2025 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 46 days, which hold the record shown above | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
How these readings are checked
Every reading on this page has passed the checks below. A reading that fails any of them is stored as refused and can never be ranked, shown as a record, or counted in a daily high or low.
No reading from this station has been refused in the last 14 days.
One reading in the last 7 days was counted and flagged as unusual. The latest, 47.0 °C: 47.0 C is above anything this station has recorded in 52 Novembers, whose highest is 39.5 C; kept, because a station beating its own record is what this site exists to notice. A flag is not a refusal: the reading stands, with a note on why it stood out.
- 01
Has a real position
A reading with no usable latitude and longitude is discarded. It cannot be ranked, mapped, or compared with its neighbours, and a temperature with no place is not an answer to which place is hottest.
- 02
Position is not a placeholder
Some feeds fill an unknown position with a stand-in value such as 99.99 degrees or an elevation of 9999 m. Those are not coordinates. They are caught separately from a missing position because a station placed at a fake point has no neighbours, so the neighbour check below can never see anything wrong with it.
- 03
The bulletin itself is current
SYNOP arrives as files that are only re-read when they change. A file that has stopped being updated is set aside whole, before any reading inside it is considered.
- 04
The reading is recent enough for its network
Different networks get different windows, because they report at different rates: 2 hours for METAR, which transmits continuously, and 9 hours for SYNOP, which reports at 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC. A single rule would have discarded the entire synoptic network, including every station in Antarctica.