Kuwait City has a hot desert climate (Köppen: ''BWh'') with extremely hot, very prolonged summers and mild, short winters. It is one of the hottest cities in summer on earth. Average summer high temperatures are above  for three months of the year, and during heat waves; the daytime temperature regularly exceeds  with nighttime lows often remaining above . In winter, nighttime temperatures frequently drop below . Considering its coastal position and relative distance to the equator in comparison with the hot desert climates in Africa and Saudi Arabia, the heat in the city is rather extreme - being surrounded in almost every direction by the hot desert. 