Map of average temps by country - very interesting

Originally Posted by deneb78

Here is the ranking I compiled... I also included territories as well as independent countries (although I didn't include Antarctica because it has no permanent inhabitants). Keep in mind these only calculate the average for existing weather stations. If there are no weather stations over large areas, then these places won't be counted toward the average.

In °C

Djibouti 29.5
Mali 28.1
Aruba (NL) 28.0
Saint Barthélemy (FR) 28.0
Niger 27.9
Gambia 27.8
Curacao (NL) 27.5
Maldives 27.5
Tokelau (NZ) 27.5
Chad 27.4
Kiribati 27.4
Marshall Islands 27.4
Sudan 27.3
Tuvalu 27.3
Micronesia 27.2
Montserrat (UK) 27.2
South Sudan 27.2
Netherlands Antilles (NL) 27.1
American Samoa (US) 27.0
Anguilla (UK) 27.0
Antigua and Barbuda 27.0
Ghana 27.0
Haiti 27.0
Mauritania 27.0
Nauru 27.0
Saint Lucia 27.0
Saint Martin (FR) 27.0
Senegal 27.0
Northern Mariana Islands (US) 26.9
Yemen 26.9
Cayman Islands (UK) 26.7
Guinea-Bissau 26.7
United Arab Emirates 26.7
Burkina Faso 26.6
Cambodia 26.6
Guam (US) 26.6
Sierra Leone 26.6
Brunei 26.5
Qatar 26.5
Saint Kitts and Nevis 26.5
Seychelles 26.5
Togo 26.5
Oman 26.4
Philippines 26.4
Singapore 26.4
Sint Maarten (NL) 26.4
Thailand 26.4
Barbados 26.3
Benin 26.2
Guinea 26.2
Indonesia 26.2
Virgin Islands (US) 26.2
Nigeria 26.1
Solomon Islands 26.1
British Virgin Islands (UK) 26.0
Cocos Islands (AU) 26.0
Suriname 26.0
Trinidad and Tobago 26.0
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 26.0
Wallis and Futuna (FR) 26.0
Cook Islands (NZ) 25.9
Cote d'Ivoire 25.9
Guyana 25.9
Malaysia 25.9
Nicaragua 25.9
Panama 25.9
Samoa 25.7
Liberia 25.6
Somalia 25.6
Bahrain 25.5
Honduras 25.5
Jamaica 25.5
Martinique (FR) 25.5
Mayotte (FR) 25.5
French Guiana (FR) 25.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25.3
Venezuela 25.2
Cuba 25.1
Sri Lanka 25.1
Christmas Island (AU) 25.0
Comoros 25.0
Dominica 25.0
Equatorial Guinea 25.0
Grenada 25.0
Guadeloupe (FR) 25.0
Papua New Guinea 25.0
Sao Tome and Principe 25.0
Bangladesh 24.9
Belize 24.9
Fiji 24.7
Kuwait 24.7
Laos 24.7
Dominican Republic 24.6
Vietnam 24.6
Bahamas 24.5
Central African Republic 24.5
French Polynesia (FR) 24.5
Myanmar 24.5
Niue (NZ) 24.5
Puerto Rico (US) 24.5
Gabon 24.3
India 24.3
Reunion (FR) 24.3
Mauritius 24.1
Saudi Arabia 24.1
Vanuatu 24.1
Timor-Leste 24.0
Hong Kong (CN) 23.9
Eritrea 23.8
Congo - Republic 23.8
Cameroon 23.5
Brazil 23.4
Burundi 23.3
Madagascar 23.3
Tonga 23.3
Mozambique 23.2
Colombia 23.1
Costa Rica 23.1
Cape Verde 23.0
Congo - Democratic 22.9
El Salvador 22.8
New Caledonia (FR) 22.7
Paraguay 22.6
Iraq 22.4
Tanzania 22.4
Kenya 22.1
Macau (CN) 21.7
Pakistan 21.6
Egypt 21.5
Nepal 21.4
Bermuda (UK) 21.3
Taiwan* 21.3
Angola 20.9
Bolivia 20.9
Guatemala 20.7
Mexico 20.6
Palau 20.6
Botswana 20.3
Uganda 20.3
Malawi 20.1
Pitcairn Islands (UK) 20.0
Zambia 20.0
Ethiopia 19.7
Rwanda 19.7
Western Sahara* 19.7
Libya 19.6
Israel 19.3
Peru 19.3
Ecuador 19.2
Swaziland 19.1
Gaza Strip* 19.0
Zimbabwe 18.8
Algeria 18.6
Jordan 18.5
Namibia 18.5
Tunisia 18.4
Cyprus 18.3
Gibraltar (UK) 18.0
Malta 18.0
Norfolk Island (AU) 18.0
Morocco 17.7
Australia 17.3
Iran 17.2
Syria 17.2
Saint Helena (UK) 16.8
Uruguay 16.7
South Africa 16.5
Greece 16.3
Bhutan 16.2
Lebanon 15.7
West Bank* 15.7
Holy See 15.6
Afghanistan 15.5
Argentina 14.9
Portugal 14.9
Spain 14.9
Turkmenistan 14.9
Monaco 14.8
Italy 14.0
Georgia 13.8
Japan 13.8
Albania 13.4
Lesotho 13.0
Uzbekistan 12.9
Azerbaijan 12.8
San Marino 12.8
Croatia 12.3
Turkey 12.3
Chile 12.1
South Korea 12.0
New Zealand 11.9
United States 11.5
Macedonia 11.3
Jersey (UK) 11.1
China 10.8
Tajikistan 10.7
Guernsey (UK) 10.6
France 10.4
Hungary 10.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.9
Liechtenstein 9.9
Armenia 9.7
Moldova 9.5
Netherlands 9.3
Isle of Man (UK) 9.0
Belgium 8.9
Ireland 8.9
United Kingdom 8.9
Bulgaria 8.6
Romania 8.6
Ukraine 8.4
Slovenia 8.2
Andorra 8.0
Kyrgyzstan 8.0
Luxembourg 7.9
Germany 7.8
North Korea 7.7
Denmark 7.4
Switzerland 7.0
Poland 6.9
Czech Republic 6.6
Austria 6.5
Lithuania 6.2
Belarus 6.0
Faroe Islands (DK) 6.0
Latvia 5.7
Kazakhstan 5.5
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (FR) 5.0
Estonia 4.7
Slovakia 4.7
Sweden 4.6
Falkland Islands (UK) 4.3
Iceland 3.4
Norway 3.3
Canada 3.1
Finland 2.6
Mongolia 0.5
Russia 0.1
Greenland (DK) -4.1
Svalbard (NO) -4.3

Alaska has an average of 0.4 which places it between Russia and Mongolia.. so if it were independent, it would be the 2nd coldest country in the world