Cooling Degree Days in Egypt
Egypt: Cooling Degree Days was 4,468 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Egypt, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 4,468 for cooling degree days in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Egypt peaked at 4,626 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3,158, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 88th 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 | 3,458 | 3,158 | 3,724 | 10 |
| 1970s | 3,391 | 3,172 | 3,709 | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,487 | 3,237 | 3,814 | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,743 | 3,517 | 4,005 | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,897 | 3,609 | 4,113 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,156 | 3,667 | 4,626 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,209 | 4,000 | 4,468 | 5 |
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More environment data for Egypt
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 386.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.32 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 13.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4584 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 20.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0674 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 57.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1169 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.5385 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 22.26 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Egypt?
- Cooling degree days in Egypt was 4,468 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 4,626 in 2010.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,158 in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for cooling degree days?
- Egypt ranks 88th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.