Extreme heat in Dhaka

One of the world’s densest cities, where heat costs workdays and fills tin-roofed homes.

Heat type. Mostly humid heat.

Heat action plan Parts in place, no full plan found

Dhaka North City Corporation appointed Asia’s first Chief Heat Officer in 2023. No city heat action plan found yet.

Vicious cycles the evidence ties to Dhaka

Cycle	Why here	One action that breaks it
The poverty–heat trap	Heat-related illness cost Bangladesh 250 million workdays in 2024, worth up to US$1.78 billion.	Heat-safe work
The energy-poverty trap	Tin-roofed informal settlements trap heat for people who can’t afford to cool.	Free care for heat illness
The displacement loop	Migrants land in settlements on the edges of the city, often in heat-trapping housing.	Income protection in heatwaves
The lost-schooling loop	Bangladesh closed schools for about 33 million children in its April 2024 heatwave.	Keep children in school

Dhaka acts before the heat peaks (Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2023 onwards)

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Official warnings: Bangladesh Meteorological Department · Today’s heat and the week ahead: beattheheat.asia/#city-dhaka