In the coldest capitals of the world entered the main cities of different countries, in which the lowest temperature indicators were recorded in the winter season. This does not mean that there is permafrost in these settlements and there are frosty frosts all year round. On the contrary, in the coldest capitals quite often the most arid and hot summer months are observed. These cities are not the coldest points on the planet, other populated areas can compete with them. The coldest inhabited place in the world is Oimyakon village located in Yakutia, the absolute minimum here reaches -65 ° C.
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Reykjavik
Reykjavik is the Icelandic capital, which is one of the coldest in the world. The climate here is moderately marine. Compared to other cities that fall into the rating, the winters in Reykjavik are not very cold. Winter is mild enough, with regular thaws. Below minus 20 degrees in winter in the city does not happen. As for the summer, it is cool here: high temperatures can boast only July, when the temperature can rise to 28 degrees, but the July average is only 8 above zero Celsius.
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Helsinki
Helsinki is the largest city and the capital of Finland and is also on the list of the coldest capitals in the world. Helsinki is recognized as one of the best and most expensive cities on Earth with a population of more than half a million people. The climate here is something between the sea and the continental. Strong frosts here are quite rare, but they can reach minus 35 degrees below zero. Hot summer visits Helsinki is not always the average temperature in July usually does not exceed 30 degrees.
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Nuuk
Nuuk is the capital of Greenland, ranked among the coldest in the world, with a population of just under 17,000 inhabitants. The climate in the city is subarctic, so there are no special temperature differences here. Most of the year there is a subzero temperature. At the height of summer, the temperature can drop below minus three degrees, and the maximum temperature index of the warm season here never exceeds + 26 degrees. In the coldest winter, the thermometer drops to a minus 33 degrees Celsius.
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Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen is the tourist capital of the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen with a population of more than a thousand people. This is the most northern settlement in the world, in which the northernmost airport of Svalbard is located. For most of the year, temperature indicators are not above zero. The highest temperatures in the summer were recorded at +21 degrees. In the spring of 1986, the thermometer dropped to -46.3 ° C.Polar nights in Longyearbyen last for long four months, which begin by the end of October, and are completed by mid-February.
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Moscow
Moscow is one of the coldest capitals in the world and the main city of Russia. The climate here is moderately continental, with pronounced seasonality. In the summer, it is quite hot here. The fixed temperature maximum in the capital was +38.3 degrees. Winters here are quite cold, often the temperature drops to -30 degrees. The coldest indicators were registered in January of the 40th year of the last century and amounted to -42.2 degrees. According to meteorological observations, the warmest in history for Moscow was 2015, when the average annual temperature was as much as +7.5 ° C.
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Ottawa
Ottawa is the coldest capital in the world, owned by Canada. The population of the city is about one million people. It was built in the early 19 th century as a camp of soldiers and artisans, after which it earned the status of the town of lumberjacks. Ottawa is located in the ecological zone at the junction of two climatic regions. The summers are very hot here, and the winters are quite freezing frosts. Ottawa is also considered the snowiest of capitals. The average temperature in the winter in the capital is minus 11, and the absolute minimum that was recorded here was minus 39 degrees below zero.
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Oslo
Oslo is Norway's largest city and one of the coldest capitals in the world. The city is on the same width with the Russian city of St. Petersburg. In the summer, it is quite cool here, the heat is very rare, but the winter is mild and snowy. The highest rates in the history in Oslo were +34 degrees, and the lowest -26 ° C.The average annual temperature in the capital is 6.4 degrees above zero. Oslo is a port city, in which there are about a thousand companies that are associated with the sea business. The main city of Norway is considered to be one of the most expensive in the world.
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Astana
Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan, where winters are considered to be one of the coldest in the world. The city with a million inhabitants is located on the territory of the Akmola region in the northern part of the country. The climate is sharply continental. The winters are very long, and the frosts are crackling. The temperature maximum maximum recorded in the city was -52 degrees. Due to unfavorable weather conditions in Astana, now there is a large-scale project, which carries out the placement of a green wall in the form of a tree planting. In summer, Siberian frosts are replaced by dry summer with a temperature reaching 42 ° C.
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Yakutsk
Yakutsk is one of the coldest capitals on Earth, home to about three hundred thousand people. The maximum temperature minimum in the winter season is minus 64 degrees below zero Celsius. Temperature -40 ° C here is considered quite normal and familiar to local residents. Winters here are very long, which last from October to April. Thaws in Yakutsk in the midst of winter can not wait: the frosty frost is from December to February. Even in the height of the summer, a case of precipitation in the form of snow was recorded. At the same time, in the summer season there is quite often a hot heat with maximum temperature indexes plus forty degrees above zero.
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Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar is the coldest capital of the world, owned by Mongolia. The city of a millionaire is located in the valley of the river Tuul and is at an altitude of 1300 meters. The capital has a mountain climate and resembles a sharply continental one. The coldest month is January, when the temperature drops below 40 degrees. The maximum recorded minimum was minus 42.2 degrees. Because of the dry air, frosts in the capital are easier to bear than in other cities with the same winter temperature. In the summer season, it is quite hot in Ulan-Bator, as the temperature can reach + 39 ° C.