Cooling Degree Days in Peru
Peru: Cooling Degree Days was 2,914 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Peru, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
In 2024, cooling degree days in Peru stood at 2,914. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Peru peaked at 2,914 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,950, in 1975.
Peru ranks 118th 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 | 2,177 | 2,027 | 2,289 | 10 |
| 1970s | 2,132 | 1,950 | 2,324 | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,229 | 2,078 | 2,515 | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,289 | 2,142 | 2,526 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,346 | 2,205 | 2,455 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,456 | 2,343 | 2,641 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,642 | 2,429 | 2,914 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More environment data for Peru
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 103.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.03 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 14.34 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.8482 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.82 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0311 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 25.85 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0323 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1323 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 7.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Peru?
- Cooling degree days in Peru was 2,914 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 2,914 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,950 in 1975.
- How does Peru rank for cooling degree days?
- Peru ranks 118th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 65 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.