Atlas · Climate and exposure
Dhaka's people live 2.1C hotter than its average land surface
Population-weighted minus areal mean daytime land surface temperature, March to May, 2020 to 2024
Highest district
Dhaka
2.1 Degrees Celsius
Lowest district
Cox's Bazar
-2.9 Degrees Celsius
Coverage
64 of 64 districts carry a value.
Unit
Degrees Celsius
Reading this plate
Positive means people are concentrated in the hotter parts of the district, the signature of an urban heat island. Negative means the opposite. The midpoint is zero, not the middle of the range.
Source
Derived in-repo from Google Earth Engine district aggregations; MODIS daytime LST over the March-May pre-monsoon season, 2020 to 2024, weighted by WorldPop 2020
Source: Derived in-repo from Google Earth Engine district aggregations; MODIS daytime LST over the March-May pre-monsoon season, 2020 to 2024, weighted by WorldPop 2020