Why can gases be cooler than liquids if gas molecules move faster?

[SteveManPhy076]

I was wondering how can a gas be a gas but at the same time be cold? I thought gas molecules moved faster than liquid ones do, and yet some gasses are cooler than some liquids. I thought kinetic energy averages dictated temperature??

 

[Bystander]

I thought kinetic energy averages dictated temperature?

Yes.

I thought gas molecules moved faster than liquid ones do, and yet some gasses are cooler than some liquids.

Yes.

"Gas/liquid" denotes "phase" which is unrelated to temperature.

 

[BvU]

In the gas phase, the density of molecules moving around at high speed is very small compared to the liquid phase.