Cooling Degree Days in Brazil
Brazil: Cooling Degree Days was 4,988 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Brazil, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 4,988 for cooling degree days in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Brazil peaked at 4,988 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,719, in 1974.
Brazil ranks 73rd of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,079 | 3,797 | 4,436 | 10 |
| 1970s | 3,960 | 3,719 | 4,161 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,143 | 3,924 | 4,455 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,300 | 4,168 | 4,703 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,431 | 4,158 | 4,583 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,657 | 4,412 | 4,890 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,647 | 4,357 | 4,988 | 5 |
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More environment data for Brazil
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1,299 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.13 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 471.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 4.06 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 33.69 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 2.37 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 621.19 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.3941 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.7906 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 107.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Brazil?
- Cooling degree days in Brazil was 4,988 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 4,988 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,719 in 1974.
- How does Brazil rank for cooling degree days?
- Brazil ranks 73rd out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.