Cooling Degree Days by country

A cooling degree day (CDD) is a measurement designed to track energy use. It is the number of degrees that a day's average temperature is above 18°C (65°F). Daily degree days are accumulated to obtain annual values.

Countries reporting
192
Highest
7,495
Mali
Lowest
0.06
Iceland
Median
3,903
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
12,480

What the numbers show

Cooling Degree Days is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 7,495 in Mali; the lowest is 0.06 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,903, and the mean is 3,512.

Over the past decade 176 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Andorra (up 2,466.7%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 93.1%).

Cooling Degree Days: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 7,495 2024 up 8.3% rising
2 Burkina Faso 7,214 2024 up 3.4% rising
3 South Sudan 7,171 2024 up 14.5% rising
4 Senegal 7,167 2024 up 3.8% rising
5 United Arab Emirates 7,064 2024 up 8.9% rising
6 Oman 6,918 2024 up 10.5% rising
7 Mauritania 6,780 2024 up 7.3% rising
8 Qatar 6,632 2024 up 7.7% rising
9 Gambia 6,596 2024 up 4.3% rising
10 Niger 6,594 2024 up 1.9% rising
11 Benin 6,589 2024 up 7.1% rising
12 Cambodia 6,572 2024 up 8.4% rising
13 Ghana 6,555 2024 up 8.9% rising
14 Nauru 6,546 2024 up 7.4% rising
15 Chad 6,485 2024 up 3.9% rising
16 Guinea-Bissau 6,478 2024 up 9.4% rising
17 Tuvalu 6,461 2024 up 5.7% rising
18 Maldives 6,399 2024 up 7.9% rising
19 Sudan 6,394 2024 up 3.6% rising
20 Kuwait 6,339 2024 up 2.3% rising
21 Togo 6,262 2024 up 9.3% rising
22 Micronesia (country) 6,251 2024 up 6.1% rising
23 Saudi Arabia 6,222 2024 up 7.9% rising
24 Palau 6,216 2024 up 7.3% rising
25 Nigeria 6,211 2024 up 7.7% rising
26 Singapore 6,200 2024 up 6.9% rising
27 Somalia 6,119 2024 up 10.9% rising
28 Marshall Islands 6,118 2024 up 4.0% rising
29 Saint Lucia 6,083 2024 up 12.5% rising
30 Eritrea 6,069 2024 up 7.1% rising
31 Grenada 6,055 2024 up 13.8% rising
32 Kiribati 6,036 2024 up 4.0% rising
33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5,990 2024 up 14.2% rising
34 Barbados 5,980 2024 up 14.6% rising
35 Thailand 5,968 2024 up 12.0% rising
36 Trinidad and Tobago 5,931 2024 up 11.9% rising
37 Brunei 5,905 2024 up 13.5% rising
38 Sri Lanka 5,897 2024 up 8.4% rising
39 Yemen 5,892 2024 up 14.7% rising
40 Antigua and Barbuda 5,846 2024 up 14.5% rising
41 Central African Republic 5,842 2024 up 15.3% rising
42 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5,830 2024 up 14.2% rising
43 Bahrain 5,815 2024 up 5.9% rising
44 Suriname 5,800 2024 up 13.5% rising
45 Cote d'Ivoire 5,798 2024 up 8.0% rising
46 Seychelles 5,736 2024 up 8.4% rising
47 Solomon Islands 5,688 2024 up 7.9% rising
48 Guinea 5,652 2024 up 13.0% rising
49 Sierra Leone 5,609 2024 up 17.2% rising
50 Dominica 5,584 2024 up 16.8% rising
51 El Salvador 5,561 2024 up 6.6% rising
52 Philippines 5,527 2024 up 10.7% rising
53 Venezuela 5,512 2024 up 10.6% rising
54 Jamaica 5,507 2024 up 10.3% rising
55 Belize 5,457 2024 up 13.6% rising
56 Algeria 5,410 2024 up 9.7% rising
57 Guyana 5,388 2024 up 18.4% rising
58 Sao Tome and Principe 5,347 2024 up 13.9% rising
59 Malaysia 5,335 2024 up 11.6% rising
60 Nicaragua 5,311 2024 up 12.0% rising
61 Kenya 5,191 2024 up 7.3% rising
62 Cuba 5,190 2024 up 9.0% rising
63 Liberia 5,190 2024 up 18.9% rising
64 Bangladesh 5,135 2024 up 7.4% rising
65 Haiti 5,108 2024 up 7.7% rising
66 India 5,108 2024 up 6.0% rising
67 Indonesia 5,094 2024 up 9.4% rising
68 Iraq 5,085 2024 up 5.5% rising
69 Samoa 5,079 2024 up 7.4% rising
70 Bahamas 5,060 2024 up 5.0% rising
71 Comoros 5,045 2024 up 7.7% rising
72 Paraguay 4,993 2024 up 17.2% rising
73 Brazil 4,988 2024 up 9.2% rising
74 Congo 4,939 2024 up 14.5% rising
75 Panama 4,887 2024 up 5.2% rising
76 Vanuatu 4,840 2024 up 9.2% rising
77 Democratic Republic of Congo 4,768 2024 up 19.2% rising
78 Cameroon 4,743 2024 up 14.9% rising
79 Gabon 4,722 2024 up 11.0% rising
80 Colombia 4,608 2024 up 13.2% rising
81 Tonga 4,594 2024 up 9.9% rising
82 Libya 4,555 2024 up 16.9% rising
83 Dominican Republic 4,550 2024 up 13.6% rising
84 East Timor 4,539 2024 up 10.2% rising
85 Pakistan 4,515 2024 up 9.3% rising
86 Vietnam 4,503 2024 up 11.2% rising
87 Fiji 4,477 2024 up 14.9% rising
88 Egypt 4,468 2024 up 8.8% rising
89 Mozambique 4,359 2024 up 20.0% rising
90 Honduras 4,335 2024 up 20.8% rising
91 Equatorial Guinea 4,319 2024 up 14.1% rising
92 Myanmar 4,247 2024 up 7.0% rising
93 Ethiopia 4,138 2024 up 13.3% rising
94 Papua New Guinea 4,052 2024 up 13.4% rising
95 Guatemala 3,991 2024 up 19.8% rising
96 Laos 3,967 2024 up 15.5% rising
97 Uganda 3,838 2024 up 15.9% rising
98 Australia 3,818 2024 up 3.0% rising
99 Mauritius 3,810 2024 down 1.4% rising
100 Botswana 3,715 2024 up 41.4% rising
101 Cape Verde 3,682 2024 up 28.5% rising
102 Costa Rica 3,673 2024 up 9.0% rising
103 Bolivia 3,606 2024 up 17.6% rising
104 Madagascar 3,484 2024 up 12.1% rising
105 Syria 3,385 2024 up 16.8% rising
106 Namibia 3,380 2024 up 38.0% rising
107 Iran 3,374 2024 up 6.8% rising
108 Tunisia 3,358 2024 up 9.4% rising
109 Tanzania 3,254 2024 up 6.0% rising
110 Zimbabwe 3,228 2024 up 34.1% rising
111 Jordan 3,150 2024 up 23.8% rising
112 Angola 3,114 2024 up 15.0% rising
113 Mexico 3,110 2024 up 18.2% rising
114 Ecuador 3,073 2024 up 17.7% rising
115 Israel 3,060 2024 up 24.4% rising
116 Malawi 3,023 2024 up 11.5% rising
117 Zambia 3,012 2024 up 13.2% rising
118 Peru 2,914 2024 up 21.3% rising
119 Turkmenistan 2,857 2024 down 3.7% rising
120 Cyprus 2,667 2024 up 22.7% rising
121 Morocco 2,426 2024 up 13.3% rising
122 Burundi 2,209 2024 up 39.2% rising
123 Uzbekistan 2,168 2024 down 1.7% rising
124 Malta 2,098 2024 up 22.1% rising
125 Afghanistan 2,055 2024 up 8.1% rising
126 Eswatini 1,989 2024 up 27.4% rising
127 South Africa 1,810 2024 up 29.7% rising
128 Rwanda 1,715 2024 up 57.8% rising
129 Nepal 1,685 2024 up 15.7% rising
130 Lebanon 1,660 2024 up 47.8% rising
131 Greece 1,611 2024 up 44.9% rising
132 South Korea 1,564 2024 up 52.5% rising
133 Argentina 1,523 2024 up 19.9% rising
134 Japan 1,330 2024 up 55.7% rising
135 San Marino 1,322 2024 up 70.6% rising
136 Uruguay 1,261 2024 up 1.0% rising
137 Azerbaijan 1,241 2024 down 11.0% rising
138 Turkey 1,217 2024 up 26.2% rising
139 United States 1,199 2024 up 23.3% rising
140 China 1,153 2024 up 27.7% rising
141 Croatia 1,150 2024 up 132.7% rising
142 Moldova 1,127 2024 up 58.6% rising
143 Albania 1,114 2024 up 113.6% rising
144 Serbia 1,107 2024 up 139.9% rising
145 Bulgaria 1,103 2024 up 97.5% rising
146 Italy 1,101 2024 up 58.5% rising
147 Hungary 1,063 2024 up 99.2% rising
148 Spain 1,054 2024 up 20.8% rising
149 Kazakhstan 1,020 2024 down 6.4% rising
150 North Macedonia 972.67 2024 up 84.5% rising
151 Romania 936.4 2024 up 103.1% rising
152 Monaco 922.24 2024 up 59.7% rising
153 Ukraine 921.25 2024 up 55.2% rising
154 North Korea 854.46 2024 up 56.7% rising
155 Portugal 842.87 2024 up 29.6% rising
156 Bosnia and Herzegovina 828.42 2024 up 237.3% rising
157 Montenegro 653.3 2024 up 186.5% rising
158 Slovenia 608.94 2024 up 163.2% rising
159 Slovakia 556.47 2024 up 130.8% rising
160 Tajikistan 546.82 2024 up 8.1% rising
161 Mongolia 501.21 2024 up 37.8% rising
162 Bhutan 471.76 2024 up 21.6% rising
163 Georgia 465.46 2024 down 8.1% rising
164 Poland 416.84 2024 up 49.0% rising
165 Belarus 403.84 2024 up 23.6% volatile
166 Czechia 401.26 2024 up 106.7% volatile
167 France 349.75 2024 up 37.6% rising
168 Austria 309.69 2024 up 177.5% volatile
169 Germany 280.08 2024 up 56.6% rising
170 Armenia 272.98 2024 down 4.6% rising
171 Lithuania 249.41 2024 up 0.5% volatile
172 Belgium 193.51 2024 up 83.5% volatile
173 Lesotho 191.99 2024 up 97.6% volatile
174 Netherlands 184.4 2024 up 34.6% volatile
175 Latvia 180.96 2024 down 18.6% volatile
176 Russia 178.88 2024 up 24.6% rising
177 Luxembourg 173.19 2024 up 55.6% volatile
178 Estonia 152.04 2024 down 30.5% volatile
179 Chile 140.08 2024 up 90.7% rising
180 Switzerland 129.6 2024 up 202.2% volatile
181 Kyrgyzstan 113.18 2024 down 1.8% rising
182 Canada 90.9 2024 up 54.0% rising
183 Finland 75.37 2024 down 47.4% volatile
184 Liechtenstein 67.61 2024 up 316.6% volatile
185 New Zealand 66.33 2024 up 108.3% rising
186 Denmark 54.97 2024 down 55.5% volatile
187 Andorra 38.5 2024 up 2,466.7% volatile
188 United Kingdom 28.37 2024 up 30.6% volatile
189 Sweden 25.13 2024 down 72.2% volatile
190 Norway 13.33 2024 down 62.0% volatile
191 Ireland 0.57 2024 down 93.1% volatile
192 Iceland 0.06 2021 down 25.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Cooling Degree Days
Source
World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
193 places, 12,480 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

A cooling degree day (CDD) is a measurement designed to track energy use. It is the number of degrees that a day's average temperature is above 18°C (65°F). Daily degree days are accumulated to obtain annual values.