This includes the Sahel region in Africa, Central America, France and Spain, according to an AFP analysis of data from the EU's Copernicus space programme. Around 33 countries recorded their warmest July since records began.
France is set to experience another heatwave this week, the fifth so far this summer, according to the country's meteorological institute. Temperatures are expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius in southeastern France. The country's first heatwave of the year came in May.
The heat and a very rainy summer have contributed to widespread forest fires, prolonged drought and new temperature records in France, with thousands of deaths from weather-related causes.
