Think It's Hot In Your City?

If you was asked where’s the world’s hottest city and you pointed vaguely to the Middle East you wouldn't be far wrong because five cities spread over four neighboring countries have passed that title between them over the past two decades.
The planet has been smashing global heat records of late and it is a fair guess that even though we are only in the eighth month of the year, the world’s hottest city in 2024  will be located inside a small square of the Planet because for the last 20 years that’s where the dubious winners have all come from.
Dammam in Saudi Arabia have won the title twice in 2007 and 2009, Al-Jahra in Kuwait was the hottest city in the world in 2016 and 2021 and another Kuwaiti City, Hawally, snatching the title in 2010, 2019 and 2020.
The Iraqi city of Basra was the world’s hottest city in 2004, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2022 and 2023 and Ahvaz in Iran was the world’s hottest city in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2018.
All five cities are within 270 miles from each other and a quick glance at today’s temperatures tells us it’s a dizzying 43°C in Dammam,  an horrendous 48°C Hawally, a baking 49°C in Basra and a parching 49°C in Ahvaz but today's winner is Al-Jahra where thermometers hit a searing 51°C.
Insanely hot but it put's our 28°C in the UK during the week where i whinged non stop about it being SO BLOODY HOT into perspective but i am happy not to live in a city where you can't run away from the heat because it is too damned hot to go outside.