“Many people notice that the city seems hotter than the suburbs during a heat wave. This is not just imagination. In the city, the sunshine rapidly heats rooftops and blacktops, which in turn heat the air. Outside of the city, there is a lot more soil and vegetation. The sunshine encourages water to evaporate from the ground and the plants, and they do not heat up as quickly. Thus, the air remains a few degrees cooler.”
Accuweather says it’s true, it gets hotter in the city during a heatwave. In the country the air is heated more slowly — green is good.