The hottest countries in the world are led by the Sahel and a handful of Gulf and tropical island nations. Here’s how the rankings work, which countries appear most often near the top, and why average annual temperature tells a different story from one-off heat records.
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The rainiest countries in the world are led by Colombia, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Papua New Guinea, with average annual precipitation above 3,000 mm in the wettest cases. Here is the top 10, why these countries get so much rain, and what the rankings actually tell you.