Ottawa freezes its way to coldest capital city in the world

If you were out early Saturday morning and felt like you were in the coldest place on earth, you were right — at least when it comes to capital cities around the globe.

The temperature in Ottawa fell below every other national capital in the world on Saturday morning — and that doesn't include the wind chill.

Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, is on average the coldest capital city in the world, according to World Atlas.

But the temperature in Ottawa — which on average is ranked as the 7th coldest capital — dipped to –24 C, compared to –23 C in Ulan Bator.

With the windchill it felt like –36 C.

By comparison here are the temperatues in other capital cities that are colder than Ottawa on average:

• Astana –3 C

• Moscow –4 C

• Helsinki –2 C

• Reykjavik 1 C

• Tallinn –2 C

Ottawa also finds itself on the northern edge of a major snow storm passing through to the southwest of the city.