Cooling Degree Days in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Cooling Degree Days was 3,682 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Cape Verde, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 3,682 for cooling degree days in 2024.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 28.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Cape Verde peaked at 3,802 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,483, in 1974.
That places Cape Verde 101st out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 2,952 | 2,706 | 3,376 | 10 |
| 1970s | 2,746 | 2,483 | 3,184 | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,960 | 2,609 | 3,352 | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,052 | 2,661 | 3,440 | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,199 | 3,028 | 3,488 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,132 | 2,657 | 3,740 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,464 | 3,156 | 3,802 | 5 |
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More environment data for Cape Verde
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.9126 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.74 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0723 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0241 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.1711 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0026 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0693 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Cape Verde?
- Cooling degree days in Cape Verde was 3,682 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 3,802 in 2023.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,483 in 1974.
- How does Cape Verde rank for cooling degree days?
- Cape Verde ranks 101st out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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.