Top Ten Coldest Countries...

We all like to snuggle up beside the fireplace in winters but the climate of these countries is unbearable. Even when the sun is out, it is dull and keeps the citizens freezing through the years! Here are our top 10 coldest countries and places on earth in no particular order.

1. Antarctica

Antarctica is definitely the coldest continent in the world. The temperature can go as low as minus 89.2 degrees. Therefore, saying that it is not possible to live there would be an understatement. Apart from being cold, it is also very dry and the precipitation will literally kill you.

2. United States of America

In Alaska  the legendary low temperature sets in for nine months. It can dip to a minimum of minus 62.2 degrees. Strong winds, or in fact any wind occurring in the areas of extreme winter cold, create a definite hazard to personnel exposed for even brief periods of time.

3. Greenland

While the average temperature can fall to minus 9 degrees, the highest will reach on 7 degrees, even during the ‘hottest’ months. The country is covered by a large ice sheet which is why the sunlight cannot enter the atmosphere.

4. Estonia

Compared to the rest of the countries on this list, Estonia isn’t all the freezing but it is definitely a little too cold for comfort. This is because the rainfall comes and goes as it pleases and can cause a massive drop in the temperature, no matter what part of the year it is.

5. Finland

Finland is practically covered in snow for about 4 months during the winter season. The temperature can drop till minus 20 degrees but fortunately, the summer is quite tolerable. Lapland is the coldest region in the country mainly due to the bitingly harsh winds.

 Canada

Different cities have different temperatures but overall, the country is very chilly. The Prairie provinces is particularly cold wherein the temperature during the day can be as low as minus 15 degrees and about minus 39 degrees at night. It is also very windy, which really doesn’t make things better.

7. Russia

Russia is very windy all through the year because of which the average temperature is very low all through the year. In January, the temperature is a minimum of about minus twenty seven degrees Celsius and maximum of minus 8 degrees Celsius. The summer is hardly warm and the average temperature is about 3 degrees.

8. Kazakhstan

Even though the summers are quite warm, the winters are cold enough to negate that heat. Astana is the coldest city in the country and the rainfall is extremely harsh and erratic. It is impossible to step out of the house during the winter season without losing a toe or two to frostbite.

9. Iceland

The fact that the country’s name has ‘ice’ in it should give you an idea about how cold it is. The average temperature of the lower regions never goes above 0 degrees Celsius and that of the upper regions is almost always colder than minus 10 degrees Celsius. It dropped to about minus 40 degrees one year.

10. Mongolia

The average temperature in Mongolia is less than 0 degrees Celsius during the winter season and a little above freezing point from April to October. The first two months of the years are particularly cold and the temperature can go as low as minus 20 degrees. The water freezes up and the precipitation is biting.