Cooling Degree Days in Benin
Benin: Cooling Degree Days was 6,589 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Benin, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
Benin recorded 6,589 for cooling degree days in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Benin peaked at 6,589 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,157, in 1976.
Benin ranks 11th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,461 | 5,222 | 5,653 | 10 |
| 1970s | 5,455 | 5,157 | 5,824 | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,853 | 5,609 | 6,272 | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,880 | 5,617 | 6,210 | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,042 | 5,917 | 6,210 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,236 | 6,031 | 6,407 | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,409 | 6,098 | 6,589 | 5 |
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More environment data for Benin
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 17.77 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.23 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.77 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7055 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0019 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 7.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0384 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Benin?
- Cooling degree days in Benin was 6,589 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 6,589 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,157 in 1976.
- How does Benin rank for cooling degree days?
- Benin ranks 11th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org, published as part of Cooling Degree Days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.