Inside world’s hottest city where birds drop from the sky, the streets have air-con and even locals call it ‘unlivable’

WELCOME to the hottest city in the world where temperatures regularly soar past an unbearable 50C.

Dubbed “unlivable” by locals, Kuwait City has seen birds free falling from the sky due to the extreme heat and even air-cons placed on the street to cool things down.

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In the blistering hot summer days, temperatures of 50C and over are considered normal.

With the hottest day on record being a insane 54C – the third highest temperature recorded around the world.

Mitribah weather station stay on top of the ridiculous heat all year and have seen the numbers skyrocket up every May as Kuwait enters its hottest season.

And Kuwait City’s heat has constantly caused a sweat with the locals to the point where many people barely line the streets and instead stay in their rich luxury homes.

But for those who do venture outside – including thousands of people looking for work – the only saviour is the air-conned roads.

Air-con is seen as a must have in the world’s hottest site as homes, office blocks and shopping malls all come well equipped to battle the heat.

One area is even so hot that the community has developed a cool inside shopping street to combat the toasty issues.

Kuwait City has just over 3million people living in the sweltering sunshine making them only slightly smaller than Wales – a much chillier spot.

Famous for their ludicrous masses of oil reserves, the city has been suffering from not only the extreme heat but also a lack of rainfall each year.

This has caused a plethora of dust storms, all of which are getting stronger and stronger caking the city in a thick cloud of dirt.

Only making the heat more profound.

Locals have claimed they’ve witnessed birds suddenly dropping dead from the sky and even seahorses boiling by the waterside.

Pigeons can also be seen gathering in huge groups in an attempt to stay cooler as a pack.

And earlier this year the Kuwaiti government even issued an official order saying funerals can be conducted at night due to the temperatures during the day.

Kuwaiti architects have even said it is “almost as if the outdoors doesn’t exist,” in the city as the heat follows you around inside and out.

Average temperatures sit around 45C with May, June, July, August and September all making up the long, boiling summer.

And as darkness drops temperatures only fall to an astonishing 30C, meaning sleep can be near impossible.

Even in the winter months average temperatures sit at around 20C.

Scientists believe that humans can survive heat and humidity up to around 76C but 50C is the point where your body starts to drastically suffer.

But it isn’t just hot temperatures that locals have to battle with across the globe as deep in the Siberian desert sits the world’s coldest village.

In Yakutia minus 40C is considered a warm afternoon and a staggering minus 68C is deemed pretty bearable.

Sitting proudly in Russia the place is truly a thing of beauty even if for many of us just a couple of minutes there would make it feel like a nightmare.

Another Russian village – Oymyakon – is seen as the main competition for the worlds coldest village and it houses just 500 brave people.

Bone-cracking temperatures of minus 62C have shattered thermometers but people still happily cycle to work and go to fish markets.

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