Cooling Degree Days in India
India: Cooling Degree Days was 5,108 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in India, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
India recorded 5,108 for cooling degree days in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in India peaked at 5,108 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,213, in 1971.
That places India 66th 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 | 4,521 | 4,315 | 4,816 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4,556 | 4,213 | 4,834 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,618 | 4,435 | 4,859 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,584 | 4,378 | 4,765 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,764 | 4,611 | 5,053 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,902 | 4,627 | 5,086 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,898 | 4,779 | 5,108 | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More environment data for India
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 4,371 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.01 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 572.27 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 37.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 108.11 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 4.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 861.61 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 1.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 2.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 135.23 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in India?
- Cooling degree days in India was 5,108 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 5,108 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,213 in 1971.
- How does India rank for cooling degree days?
- India ranks 66th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.