While it is unlikely that there is one place that can be named the hottest ever, since the weather varies from year to year, there are places that generally see scorching temperatures reports World Economic Forum.
Hot places have some general characteristics that are in common such as being a desert with little soil moisture or vegetation making it easy for the sun to heats the ground.
Having said all that, here are a couple of the hottest places in Africa according to WEF
Dallol, Ethiopia Found in the in the Afar Depression of Ethiopia, a volcanically-active region, Dallol was once a mining settlement in the 1960s but now is largely a ghost town. Still, this place holds the record for having the highest average annual temperature ever recorded — between 1960-1966, the average temperature was 94 degrees Fahrenheit — with daytime temperatures rising above 100.
Wadi Halfa, Sudan Located on the border of Egypt, this Sudanese town has seen temperatures as high as 127 degrees Fahrenheit. The city sometimes has to endure violent dust storms, known as haboobs, caused when moist, unstable air forms thunderstorms in the heat of the afternoon.
Timbuktu, Mali Located at the crossroads of ancient Saharan trade routes, Timbuktu is threatened by desertification, as it is slowly being overtaken by the encroaching Sahara Desert. Temperatures have been recorded as high as 130 degrees Fahrenheit.
Ghadames, Libya The UNESCO World Heritage site of Ghadames is an oasis town in the middle of a desert. To survive the heat — temperatures that can reach as high as 131 degrees Fahrenheit — the town’s inhabitants live in houses with thick mud walls.
Kebili, Tunisia Inhabited for almost 200,000 years, Kebili is a desert oasis in Tunisia. Temperatures as high as 131 degrees Fahrenheit have been recorded here.
