Hottest and Coldest Place Comparison || ESOL

Have you ever wonder what is the hottest and coldest place on earth. Around the world, every continent and country have a different temperature, even each region has a different temperature. Throughout my research, I have found out what is the hottest and coldest place on earth.

Dallol, Ethiopia

The Hottest Inhabited Place on Earth is Dallol Ethiopia with a daily maximum temperature of around 41℃. Dallol, Ethiopia has considered a ghost town because of Dallol is a cauldron of burning salt, volcanic rock and sulfuric acid. However, some tourist visit Dallo Ethiopia but some people went to Dallol Ethiopia to get minerals. In the past, several mining operations have been carried out in Dallol but it stopped in the 1960s. If some people want to visit Dallol Ethiopia, the only way to visit Dallol this day is via camel. 

Oymyakon Siberia

Surprisingly, the coldest inhabited place on Earth is in the area of Russia, it’s the Oymyakon in Siberia. So what’s the life in Oymyakon? Interestingly, there’s approximately 550 of the population that lives there. The coldest temperature that ever recorded was -71.2℃. Oymyakon’s school would be likely closed only when the temperature falls below 52℃. The residents would leave their vehicle running all day so the gas won’t freeze and be able to drivable. If you stayed outside for a long time you would likely get frostbite and your exposing skin would be frost and your eyelashes would likely be frozen and it will turn white because of the ice. Because of the weather in Oymyakon they cannot plant vegetables since the ground is cold, they only rely on animals, most of what they eat are frozen raw fish such as salmon, whitefish and they also eat horse livers.

The climate and temperature in Dallol, Ethiopia and Oymyakon, Siberia has a similarity and that is having extreme temperatures. These two places are also inhabited but nowadays Dallol is considered as a ghost town and also there’s an animal living in both places. However, if there’s a similarity there’s also a difference - the differences that they have is that the atmosphere they are feeling and surrounding they are seeing has a difference.