FIFA World Cup 26 · Jun 11 – Jul 19 · 104 matches · 16 cities
The Copa Caliente
Three host nations. A cup no one wants to win. Each match gets a temperature score, based on how much hotter the host city's game day high was than its 1961–1990 normal. Scores are averaged by match, so hosting more games gives no advantage.
The table
avg anomaly per match · played matches onlyThe grounds
tap a city for its fixturesCity heat, not pitch conditions — several venues are roofed and climate-controlled. Solid dots are played matches; rings are forecasts.
Tournament trend
daily average vs running averageFixtures & results
forecasts firm up ~16 days outThe world table
all 48 nations, scored at home · capitals sampled on matchdaysSame metric, taken global: each competing nation's capital, measured on the days that nation plays. Three to eight days each, so any single rank is mostly weather — the climate tell is the count below. With no warming, about half of all capitals would sit under their 1961–1990 normal.
Newsfeed
curated at build · links open the original articleReporting and research on heat, climate and this World Cup. The list is baked into the file — regenerating the file refreshes it.
Pre-season form
illustrative — to be computed from ERA5The warming is already on the books before a ball is kicked: each nation's host cities now run this much hotter, on average, than they did in 1961–1990. The tournament only decides the weather on top.