Cooling Degree Days in Colombia
Colombia: Cooling Degree Days was 4,608 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Colombia, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cooling degree days in Colombia is 4,608, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Colombia peaked at 4,608 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,331, in 1971.
Colombia ranks 80th 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 | 3,673 | 3,577 | 3,834 | 10 |
| 1970s | 3,587 | 3,331 | 3,740 | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,643 | 3,404 | 3,887 | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,681 | 3,437 | 3,935 | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,823 | 3,565 | 3,973 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,080 | 3,880 | 4,295 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,246 | 3,938 | 4,608 | 5 |
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More environment data for Colombia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 217.59 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.11 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 58.86 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.9621 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 12.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0649 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 94.67 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0398 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1875 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 22.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Colombia?
- Cooling degree days in Colombia was 4,608 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,608 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,331 in 1971.
- How does Colombia rank for cooling degree days?
- Colombia ranks 80th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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.