Fahrenheit is used only by 5 countries


There are only 5 countries in the world that still use Fahrenheit to measure temperature, the Bahamas, Belize, the Cayman Islands, Palau, and the United States.

Once upon a time Fahrenheit was used by almost all English speaking countries, but in the 1960’s and 70’s most of these countries switched over to Celsius, with the United States being the exception.

Today, only five countries, including the United States, use the Fahrenheit scale. The Bahamas, Belize, the Cayman Islands, Palau, and the United States and associated territories (American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands) use the scale for every day applications, though the scientific community around the world uses either Celsius of Kelvin. 

Canada sometimes uses Fahrenheit, but the official temperature scale is Celsius.