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Coldest Countries with Exceptions

Most of the coldest countries in the world are in Europe. Try to guess the coldest countries (by average annual temperature) whose population is primarily not in Europe.
For the years 1991–2020. Source.
Russia is considered a European country
Average temperature over the entire country. Think mountains!
Quiz by cty
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Last updated: July 8, 2023
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First submittedOctober 14, 2016
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Country
-4.5
Canada
-0.7
Mongolia
2.6
Tajikistan
2.8
Kyrgyzstan
5.7
Bhutan
7.2
North Korea
7.3
Kazakhstan
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Country
7.9
China
8.0
Georgia
8.5
Armenia
9.3
Chile
9.3
United States
10.0
Nepal
11.0
New Zealand
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Country
11.8
Turkey
12.2
Lesotho
12.3
Japan
12.8
South Korea
13.0
Afghanistan
13.3
Azerbaijan
+7
Level 67
Nov 6, 2017
Turkey?
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Level 84
Jul 11, 2023
Turkey
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Level 86
Aug 22, 2023
Turkey???
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Level 72
Dec 13, 2023
Turkey!
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Level 67
Dec 13, 2023
Türkiye?
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Level 46
Dec 13, 2023
Türkiye
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Level 47
Dec 13, 2023
Turquia?
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Level 43
Dec 13, 2023
Turquia.
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Level 59
Jul 8, 2023
May i make a spanish translation?
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Level 36
Jul 9, 2023
coldest countries not in europe
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Level 76
Jul 8, 2023
Shoot I even said South Africa but not Lesotho
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Level 54
Dec 13, 2023
I did too but then remembered the high elevation of Lesotho. It was the last one I got.
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Level 63
Jul 10, 2023
I should have read the "majority of the population not in Europe" condition a bit more carefully, I didn't guess one of the answers because I thought it was European.
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Level 78
Jul 20, 2023
Isn't Cyprus...sorry, wrong quiz
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Level 69
Jul 23, 2023
Very surprised about Lesotho.
+6
Level 66
Aug 23, 2023
It's a mountainous country in the south of Africa. South Africa itself has low temperatures.
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Level 68
Sep 13, 2023
what's so suprising?
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Level 86
Aug 22, 2023
Turkey is very surprising, I don't understand.

On the other hand, Lesotho, being the country with the highest lowest point in the world (about 1400m!), is very mountainous and is the only African country I expected to find here.

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Level 80
Sep 21, 2023
Altitude. In many places, Turkey reaches 1000 m ASL just a few miles from the coast.
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Level 65
Dec 13, 2023
Turkey. I remember my flight being stuck in Diyarbakir once because of a freezing fog that coated everything in ice and grounded all the flights, a stormy winter day in Van and a bitter weekend in Istanbul.
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Level 60
Dec 13, 2023
I read the title as Coldest Countries with Expectations.
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Level 29
Dec 13, 2023
I suck, I got all but South Korea
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Level 42
Dec 13, 2023
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Turkiye are in Europe (partly)
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Level 28
Dec 13, 2023
But most of it's population lives in Asia.
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Level 49
Dec 15, 2023
Although socioculturally they are much closer to European society, however geographically they are considered part of the Asian continent.
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Level 56
Dec 13, 2023
Nepal is on average warmer than the USA?? How does that work?
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Level 49
Dec 15, 2023
I guess it's because their higher altitude (they do have Mount Everest, after all) that makes their overall temperature lower/colder than most other adjacent countries who are of lower altitude such as India.
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Level 50
Mar 5, 2024
The 25% of Nepal not covered by the Himalayas are super hot, and shares a very similar climate to neighboring India. Meanwhile the US has a large percentage of area in a temperate, but not hot, climate.

Note: Alaska is cold as hell

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Level 71
Mar 27, 2024
I always thought of hell as being very hot
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Level 49
Dec 15, 2023
Lesotho? Wow didn't expect that. What makes their temperature lower than their neighboring countries, e.g. South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini etc?
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Level 58
Feb 26, 2024
High elevation.
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Level 50
Mar 5, 2024
helps to know your latitudes and mountain ranges on this one!