Ethiopia has the world's second hottest settlement.
Dallol, Ethiopia . Dallol currently holds the official record for record high average temperature for an inhabited location on Earth , where an average annual temperature of 35 ° C ( 95 ° F ) was recorded between the years 1960 and 1966 . Ethiopia . It is a land of natural contrasts , with its vast fertile West , jungles , and numerous rivers , and the world 's hottest settlement of Dallol in its north .