One city which sees temperatures as high as 54C is forced to shut down for days when weather gets too hot.
Ahvaz in Iran was forced to shut down for two days in August last year after temperatures exceeded 50C, with all workers given the days off as extra holiday.
Government offices, schools and banks were all forced to close after Iran’s health ministry warned about an increase in cases of heat exhaustion.
The area is the third hottest on Earth – behind only Kebili in Tunisia and Furnace Creek in America’s Death Valley.
Ahvaz’s record temperature is 54C, which was measured at about 5pm local time on June 29, 2017.
As well as putting up with sweltering heat, city folk have also become used to sand and dust storms during the summer periods due to the city’s proximity to the desert.
But during the winter, temperatures in the city plummet as low as 5C, although there is no chance of seeing any snow.
In fact, the city barely sees any rain, with its average annual rainfall being just 230mm per year, about a sixth of what the UK sees during the average year.
Despite snow and ice being alien to the Middle Eastern city, temperatures have dropped below 0C on some occasions, with Ahvaz’s coldest winter seeing temperatures of -7C.
And it’s not just extreme weather folk living in Ahvaz have to endure, with the city ranked as the most polluted in the world by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2011.
This is due to the city’s oil industry and the resulting pollution can be very dangerous causing diseases and damage to plants and wildlife.
The city is the capital of the Khuzestan province of Iran and has a population of around 1.3 million people.
It dates back to the Achaemenid period and is famous for its nine bridges, in particular, its Black Bridge and White Bridge.
