Cooling Degree Days in El Salvador
El Salvador: Cooling Degree Days was 5,561 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in El Salvador, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cooling degree days in El Salvador is 5,561, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in El Salvador peaked at 5,719 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,976, in 1960.
That places El Salvador 51st 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 | 4,414 | 3,976 | 4,679 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4,563 | 4,337 | 4,897 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,743 | 4,394 | 5,152 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,800 | 4,278 | 5,089 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,824 | 4,522 | 5,093 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,202 | 4,800 | 5,641 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,418 | 5,143 | 5,719 | 5 |
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More environment data for El Salvador
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 14.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.33 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0416 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0023 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0137 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0224 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.14 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in El Salvador?
- Cooling degree days in El Salvador was 5,561 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 5,719 in 2023.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,976 in 1960.
- How does El Salvador rank for cooling degree days?
- El Salvador ranks 51st out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.