Category: Coldest Cities

Known as “The Icebox of the Nation,” International Falls has an average low temperature of around minus 7 degrees (minus 22 Celsius) in January. The city, which is connected to Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada by an international toll bridge, has been called the...

The capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories has lows of minus 26 degrees (minus 32 Celsius) in January. Yellowknife is home to around 20,000 people and boasts a prime view of the aurora borealis, also called the Northern Lights.

Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, is home to 1 million people out of the country’s population of 2.8 million people. The city’s temperature spans from summer highs of 102 degrees to winter lows of minus 44 degrees (39 to minus 42...

Oymyakon, Russia is widely believed to be thecoldest inhabitedplace on the planet. The town is home to 500 people, who withstand an average winter temperature of minus 58 degrees (minus 50 Celsius). The Washington Postreported last year that most...

The U.S., particularly the Midwest, is feeling the effects of a historic cold front, which is being described as the chilliest air to hit the country in a generation. Experts predict that Chicago and Minneapolis could see lows ofminus...