I doubt anyone here can name 2 of the 10 coldest cities in the World.

c'mon dude, Fort McMurray,Thunder Bay? not even close. Thompson, Manitoba has those beat and Winnipeg as well and Churchill ain't a city. Ford,Honda et al use Thompson for cold weather testing cars so that must count for something no?

LOL, too true! Those were the first batch I came up with, visualizing my way across Canada.

You're right, Thompson beats them all. Just looked it up -- January temps 0⁰F for the high, -19⁰F for the low. Those are averages -- with a note "It rarely goes below -38⁰F."

Oymyakon.

That's Russia, Yakutsk region.

All highschoolers in Russia know that.

Personally the coldest I've been to is Irkutsk. It was - 42 Celsius. Ice cream actually feels hot if you eat it in the street :)

longboat wrote:

LOL, too true! Those were the first batch I came up with, visualizing my way across Canada.

You're right, Thompson beats them all. Just looked it up -- January temps 0⁰F for the high, -19⁰F for the low. Those are averages -- with a note "It rarely goes below -38⁰F."

And those are temps - not wind chill averages. Which can be much, much colder.

well there are people "living" in antartica and i assume probably a secret "underground" building there for top secret operation

Canuck1 wrote:

Edmonton, Saskatoon, Yellowknife—all colder than Ottawa, and colder than others on that list—at least in winter

I will add these to my list of places to never visit. I once had to travel to Ottawa in February for work. I've never felt even remotely that cold any other time in my life. The guys I was working with made fun of me for "not bringing a winter coat." I was wearing the heaviest coat I owned at the time. I grew up in Colorado and now live in Massachusetts, so being cold is not exactly an alien concept...but I can hardly fathom why anyone would subject themselves on a yearly basis to that kind of pain.

NativeSon wrote:

Without referrring or even reading any of hte responses, I'd gues s St. Petersburg Russia and one more city in Russia or Canada.......may be Halifax.

So, St. Petersburg, Russia and Halifax, Canada.

I have to get one.

Halifax is NOWHERE near the coldest city in Canada. First off it's on the ocean, secondly it's actually pretty far south in Canadian standards (about 44.6° North). Its record low is around -30°C.

Canadian cities such as Edmonton, anything in Saskachewan, Winnipeg, Kenora, Quebec City are much colder.

Edmonton's record low is near -50° C!

Here's a quick list of other cold places in Canada.

City/avg annual low/record low: (°C)

Edmonton/ -1.0 / - 49.4

Saskatoon/ -2.5 / -46.1

Regina / -3.2 / -50.0

Winnipeg (aka winterpeg)/ -2.7 /-47.8

Kenora / -1.5 / -43.9

Quebec City / -0.8 / -36.7

Labrador city (town) / -8.4 / -47.7

Yellowknife / -8.6 / -51.3

Halifax / +3.6 /-29.4

So there you have it. Halifax is Not even close to the coldest cities in Canada. And if you are wondering how big these cities are, both Edmonton and Winnipeg have a population over 1 million people.

I see Murmansk is on the list. But I cannot imagine any city over 100,000 in population being colder than Norilsk. Perhaps it is still a bit of a closed city and for that reason did not make the list. A very depressing and brutal history as well.

What the fukk is happening with the area above Norway between Greenland. It is winter and there are places just 12 degrees south of the north pole that are above freezing. Is this ironic as fukk or what? Is this some sort of glitch or am I seeing the world's biggest paradox. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/overlay=temp/orthographic=35.77,66.71,1151/loc=8.770,77.621

the list is total garbage.

dry dawson city, yellowknife, churchill, try scnadanavia cities, try a million russian cities, try a million central asian cities.

etc. etc. try labrodor, try northern quebec, try andes patagonia,

the list is total garbage.

but fun

sweden

stn.nr. station Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual

5337 Malmö 0.1 0.0 2.2 6.4 11.6 15.8 17.1 16.8 13.6 9.8 5.3 1.9 8.4

6203 Helsingborg 0.6 −0.1 2.0 6.0 11.2 15.3 16.7 16.6 13.6 9.9 5.2 1.8 8.3

6451 Växjö −2.8 −2.8 0.0 4.7 10.2 14.3 15.3 14.9 11.2 7.0 2.3 −1.2 6.1

7839 Visby −0.5 −1.2 0.7 4.1 9.5 14.0 16.4 16.0 12.5 8.6 4.3 1.2 7.1

7447 Jönköping −2.6 −2.7 0.3 4.7 10.0 14.5 15.9 15.0 11.3 7.5 2.8 −0.7 6.3

7263 Göteborg −0.9 −0.9 2.0 6.0 11.6 15.5 16.6 16.2 12.8 9.1 4.4 1.0 7.8

8323 Skövde −2.8 −2.9 0.0 4.6 10.6 15.0 16.2 15.2 11.1 7.1 2.2 −1.1 6.3

8634 Norrköping −3.0 −3.2 0.0 4.5 10.4 15.1 16.6 15.5 11.3 7.2 2.2 −1.4 6.3

9516 Örebro −4.0 −4.0 −0.5 4.3 10.7 15.3 16.5 15.3 10.9 6.6 1.3 −2.4 5.8

9720 Stockholm Bromma −3.5 −3.7 −0.5 4.3 10.4 15.2 16.8 15.8 11.4 7.0 2.0 −1.8 6.1

9739 Stockholm Arlanda −4.3 −4.6 −1.0 3.9 9.9 14.8 16.5 15.2 10.7 6.4 1.2 −2.6 5.5

10458 Mora −7.4 −7.2 −2.4 2.5 9.1 14.1 15.4 13.5 9.3 4.9 −1.6 −6.1 3.7

10740 Gävle −4.8 −4.5 −1.0 3.4 9.3 14.6 16.3 14.9 10.6 6.0 0.6 −3.3 5.2

12724 Sundsvall −7.5 −6.3 −2.3 2.5 8.2 13.8 15.2 13.8 9.4 4.8 −1.5 −5.7 3.6

13410 Östersund −8.9 −7.6 −3.5 1.3 7.6 12.5 13.9 12.7 8.2 3.8 −2.4 −6.3 2.6

14050 Umeå −8.7 −8.3 −4.0 1.4 7.6 13.3 15.6 13.8 9.0 4.0 −2.3 −6.4 2.9

15045 Skellefteå −10.2 −8.7 −4.2 1.2 7.6 13.6 15.7 13.5 8.5 3.2 −3.4 −7.5 2.5

16288 Luleå −12.2 −11.0 −6.0 0.3 6.6 13.0 15.4 13.3 8.0 2.6 −4.5 −9.7 1.3

16395 Haparanda −12.1 −11.4 −6.8 −0.5 6.1 12.8 15.4 13.2 8.0 2.5 −4.2 −9.5 1.1

16988 Jokkmokk −17.5 −14.9 −8.6 −1.1 5.9 12.2 14.3 11.8 5.7 −0.2 −9.3 −14.6 -1.4

17897 Tarfala (a mountain peak) −11.8 −11.3 −10.6 −7.5 −1.9 3.2 6.4 5.3 0.8 −3.9 −7.9 −10.7 -4.2

18076 Gällivare −14.3 −12.5 −8.4 −1.9 5.0 11.0 13.0 10.7 5.6 −0.6 −8.1 −12.2 -1.1

18094 Kiruna −13.9 −12.5 −8.7 −3.2 3.4 9.6 12.0 9.8 4.6 −1.4 −8.1 −11.9 -1.7

Temleratjre wrote:

Are we using Fahrenheit or Celsius?

Neither...appendage length in fact

I know these three are in the top 10

Yirchovia, Brisnow, and Echevernovasgow

Did I just make those cities up? Yes, yes I did.

Canuck1 wrote:

Edmonton, Saskatoon, Yellowknife—all colder than Ottawa, and colder than others on that list—at least in winter

I grew up in Ottawa and I would agree-Ottawa humid with a cold wind chill, but the 3 you mentioned are colder in January! not much doubt with Winnipeg though-cold AF in the winter. Edmonton where I reside now is bearable, other than being far north with short days!

thank you for the info wrote:

Canuck1 wrote:

Edmonton, Saskatoon, Yellowknife—all colder than Ottawa, and colder than others on that list—at least in winter

I will add these to my list of places to never visit. I once had to travel to Ottawa in February for work. I've never felt even remotely that cold any other time in my life. The guys I was working with made fun of me for "not bringing a winter coat." I was wearing the heaviest coat I owned at the time. I grew up in Colorado and now live in Massachusetts, so being cold is not exactly an alien concept...but I can hardly fathom why anyone would subject themselves on a yearly basis to that kind of pain.

you are missing out-go visit those places in the summer-haha! generally the US is pretty balmy with the exception of the midwest which is similar to northern Ontario and the prairie provinces....and Maine

Banana Bread wrote:

What the fukk is happening with the area above Norway between Greenland. It is winter and there are places just 12 degrees south of the north pole that are above freezing. Is this ironic as fukk or what? Is this some sort of glitch or am I seeing the world's biggest paradox.

the Gulf Stream makes it all the way up to Svalbard.

i've heard of like 9 of them anyway

Sally Vix wrote:

Please prove me wrong because these are not easy ones.

https://www.thediscoverer.com/blog/10-coldest-cities-in-the-world/?utm_source=FL&utm_medium=FL01&utm_campaign=1055583422&utm_content=7004689&utm_term=1003906520&w=&h=&q=&c=&f=

Shut up, idiot wanker.

Geography wiz and D3 XC wrote:

Norilsk

I'm surprised I had to read this long into the thread to see Norilsk mentioned. Why would so many people know Yakutsk but not Norilsk. Being the source of wealth of several Russian billionaires at once it probably should have some infamy. Both are in permafrost zone, there's hardly anything else that can be called a 'city' in there (unless we go with current US municipal divisions which eliminated 'towns'). Yakutsk has colder winter lows, but when it's -30 vs -40 or -60 vs -80 it hardly matters anymore, and Norilsk has more to offer: they only have summer once in 2 or 3 years, the air is polluted by industry and there are no trees at all. Probably the most miserable city to live, although it has some sort of beauty, too.