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Asia Weather Report, 5 November 2026
Thursday, 5 November 2026 · Readings from 47 capital cities
Observed at 14:00 UTC (17:00 EAT), one snapshot for all 47 capitals, not daily highs or lows.
By Serrari Climate Desk · Published 6 November 2026, 12:21 EAT · Permanent link
Thursday stretched from desert heat in the Gulf to a deep freeze in Mongolia. All readings were taken at the same moment, so capitals in the far east were measured late at night while those in the west were measured in the late afternoon. The average temperature across the 47 capitals was 20.4°C.
The day at a glance
Hottest: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, reached 30.5°C despite a severe sandstorm. Jakarta (30.1°C) and Doha (29.9°C) were close behind.
Coldest: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, dropped to −13.2°C and felt like −16.8°C. Bishkek (2.8°C) and Astana (3.9°C) were the next coldest.
Windiest: Baku, Azerbaijan, recorded winds of 50.4 km/h, the strongest of any capital, which made 15.9°C feel like 6.8°C.
Most humid: Thimphu and Vientiane both recorded 91%.
Driest air: Sana'a and Riyadh, both at 16%.
Rain: Colombo was the wettest capital (2.49 mm). Thunderstorms were reported around Yerevan, with light rain in Bangkok and Tehran.
Haze and smog: reported in New Delhi, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Beijing, Ulaanbaatar and Jakarta.
Charts
Drawn from the table below. Values are printed on every bar.
Region by region
West Asia averaged 21.8°C. Gulf capitals were warm and clear at around 29–30°C, while further north it was much cooler: Ankara recorded 11.1°C and Tbilisi 10.5°C, and Tehran had light showers.
Central Asia averaged 12.3°C under mostly clear skies. The northern capitals were cold, with Astana at 3.9°C and Bishkek at 2.8°C, while Ashgabat stayed mild at 22.0°C.
South Asia was a region of contrasts. New Delhi (28.9°C) and Dhaka (27.0°C) were warm but hazy, the Himalayan capitals of Thimphu (7.0°C) and Kathmandu (12.2°C) were chilly, and Colombo and Malé had tropical showers.
East Asia was the coldest region at 7.4°C on average, partly because readings there were taken around 22:00–23:00. Beijing was hazy and dry at 10.3°C, Seoul recorded 14.1°C and Tokyo a misty 16.4°C.
Southeast Asia was the warmest and most humid region (27.3°C and 78% humidity). Phnom Penh recorded 29.1°C, Bangkok had light rain, and patchy rain hung around Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
Capital by capital
Download the table (CSV)Units are in the column headers. Click a header to sort within each sub-region; click again to reverse, a third time to restore the report's order. Scroll right to see every column.
| Capital | Country | Local time | Condition | Temp (°C) | Feels like (°C) | Humidity (%) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Asia · 18 capitals | |||||||
| Manama | Bahrain | 17:00 | Clear | 28.9 | 31.8 | 66 | 27.4 |
| Nicosia | Cyprus | 16:00 | Overcast | 21.3 | 20.5 | 50 | 5.4 |
| Tehran | Iran | 17:30 | Light rain shower | 17.2 | 13.6 | 47 | 13.7 |
| Baghdad | Iraq | 17:00 | Overcast | 27.0 | 27.0 | 42 | 3.6 |
| Jerusalem | Israel | 16:00 | Partly Cloudy | 19.7 | 17.0 | 53 | 13.3 |
| Amman | Jordan | 17:00 | Partly Cloudy | 19.0 | 15.9 | 44 | 11.9 |
| Kuwait City | Kuwait | 17:00 | Clear | 28.6 | 29.5 | 53 | 32.8 |
| Beirut | Lebanon | 16:00 | Patchy rain nearby | 21.1 | 20.5 | 64 | 10.1 |
| Muscat | Oman | 18:00 | Clear | 27.4 | 27.3 | 43 | 3.6 |
| Doha | Qatar | 17:00 | Clear | 29.9 | 30.6 | 48 | 14.4 |
| Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 17:00 | Severe sandstorm | 30.5 | 24.2 | 16 | 23.0 |
| Damascus | Syria | 17:00 | Clear | 20.2 | 15.5 | 39 | 19.4 |
| Ankara | Türkiye | 17:00 | Overcast | 11.1 | 7.9 | 51 | 16.2 |
| Abu Dhabi | UAE | 18:00 | Clear | 29.6 | 32.9 | 64 | 15.8 |
| Sana'a | Yemen | 17:00 | Sunny | 20.8 | 14.7 | 16 | 17.3 |
| Yerevan | Armenia | 18:00 | Moderate or heavy rain in area with thunder | 13.6 | 12.2 | 61 | 3.6 |
| Baku | Azerbaijan | 18:00 | Patchy rain nearby | 15.9 | 6.8 | 79 | 50.4 |
| Tbilisi | Georgia | 18:00 | Overcast | 10.5 | 6.6 | 77 | 27.0 |
| Central Asia · 5 capitals | |||||||
| Astana | Kazakhstan | 19:00 | Clear | 3.9 | 0.6 | 52 | 14.0 |
| Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | 20:00 | Clear | 2.8 | 0.6 | 68 | 7.9 |
| Dushanbe | Tajikistan | 19:00 | Clear | 14.9 | 12.6 | 46 | 4.7 |
| Ashgabat | Turkmenistan | 19:00 | Overcast | 22.0 | 18.5 | 26 | 9.4 |
| Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 19:00 | Overcast | 18.1 | 16.3 | 47 | 5.0 |
| South Asia · 8 capitals | |||||||
| Kabul | Afghanistan | 18:30 | Clear | 13.6 | 11.0 | 45 | 5.8 |
| Dhaka | Bangladesh | 20:00 | Smoky haze | 27.0 | 27.5 | 52 | 9.4 |
| Thimphu | Bhutan | 20:00 | Partly Cloudy | 7.0 | 5.8 | 91 | 6.8 |
| New Delhi | India | 19:30 | Haze | 28.9 | 27.4 | 22 | 3.6 |
| Malé | Maldives | 19:00 | Patchy rain nearby | 28.5 | 32.1 | 73 | 9.4 |
| Kathmandu | Nepal | 19:45 | Smoky haze | 12.2 | 12.1 | 86 | 3.6 |
| Islamabad | Pakistan | 19:00 | Clear | 23.2 | 19.9 | 30 | 11.2 |
| Colombo | Sri Lanka | 19:30 | Light rain shower | 27.9 | 31.4 | 77 | 8.3 |
| East Asia · 5 capitals | |||||||
| Beijing | China | 22:00 | Smoky haze | 10.3 | 7.3 | 18 | 14.0 |
| Tokyo | Japan | 23:00 | Mist | 16.4 | 16.3 | 75 | 3.6 |
| Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | 22:00 | Smoky haze | -13.2 | -16.8 | 81 | 5.4 |
| Pyongyang | North Korea | 23:00 | Clear | 9.5 | 5.6 | 51 | 29.5 |
| Seoul | South Korea | 23:00 | Clear | 14.1 | 9.7 | 71 | 21.2 |
| Southeast Asia · 11 capitals | |||||||
| Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei | 22:00 | Overcast | 28.0 | 32.2 | 81 | 9.7 |
| Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 21:00 | Overcast | 29.1 | 33.6 | 74 | 6.1 |
| Jakarta | Indonesia | 21:00 | Smog | 30.1 | 34.2 | 65 | 4.0 |
| Vientiane | Laos | 21:00 | Cloudy | 24.0 | 27.7 | 91 | 6.5 |
| Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 22:00 | Patchy rain nearby | 25.8 | 29.5 | 89 | 3.6 |
| Yangon | Myanmar | 20:15 | Overcast | 27.2 | 30.4 | 82 | 4.7 |
| Manila | Philippines | 22:00 | Clear | 25.7 | 26.0 | 69 | 18.0 |
| Singapore | Singapore | 22:00 | Patchy rain nearby | 28.6 | 32.5 | 74 | 11.5 |
| Bangkok | Thailand | 21:00 | Light rain | 27.6 | 31.6 | 83 | 11.5 |
| Dili | Timor-Leste | 23:00 | Clear | 27.4 | 29.5 | 69 | 11.5 |
| Hanoi | Vietnam | 21:00 | Clear | 26.6 | 28.7 | 77 | 11.9 |
47 capitals as listed in the desk's report; where a country has more than one capital city, the table shows the one the report names. The sun and moon marks show whether it was day or night on that capital’s clock.
About these readings
- Data source
- WeatherAPI.com, observed conditions for each capital city.
- Reading moment
- All 47 capitals were read at the same instant, 14:00 UTC on Thursday, 5 November 2026 (17:00 EAT). The table shows each capital's own clock at that moment, from 16:00 to 23:00.
- Units
- Temperature and feels-like in degrees Celsius; humidity as relative humidity in per cent; wind in kilometres per hour.
- What this is
- Observations at one moment, not daily highs or lows, not a forecast and not an official warning. Weather data from WeatherAPI.com, for general information only. Forecasts and observations can be wrong or out of date; don’t rely on them for decisions about safety, travel or money. For warnings, follow your national meteorological service.
- Byline and times
- Serrari Climate Desk. Published 6 November 2026, 12:21 EAT. All times are East Africa Time (Africa/Nairobi, UTC+3) unless stated.
- Download
- CSV of the table (one row per capital, with its sub-region).