Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land in Belfast
Belfast: Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land was 0.5103 Degrees celsius in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land in Belfast, 2018–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Degrees celsius.
Analysis
Belfast recorded 0.5103 Degrees celsius for land surface temperature - cities and fuas — nighttime winter land in 2024. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12,487.2% on the previous year and up 227.5% over ten years.
That places Belfast 678th out of 1386 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0482 Degrees celsius | -0.4003 Degrees celsius | 0.4967 Degrees celsius | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.1913 Degrees celsius | -0.3911 Degrees celsius | 0.5103 Degrees celsius | 5 |
More environment data for Belfast
- Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.2 Percentage change (2025)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste 0.03 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime summer land 19.7 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime winter land 4.02 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime yearly land 12.35 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime summer land 7.36 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime yearly land 4.73 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to nitrogen 38.94 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to ozone 96.07 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to PM10 31.53 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land surface temperature - cities and fuas — nighttime winter land in Belfast?
- Land surface temperature - cities and fuas — nighttime winter land in Belfast was 0.5103 Degrees celsius in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land surface temperature - cities and fuas — nighttime winter land recorded in Belfast?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5103 Degrees celsius in 2024.
- What is the lowest land surface temperature - cities and fuas — nighttime winter land recorded in Belfast?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.4003 Degrees celsius in 2018.
- How does Belfast rank for land surface temperature - cities and fuas — nighttime winter land?
- Belfast ranks 678th out of 1386 regions with data for 2024.
- Is land surface temperature - cities and fuas — nighttime winter land rising or falling in Belfast?
- Over the last ten years it is up 227.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belfast data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land surface temperature. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
<p style="text-align: justify;">This dataset provides sub-national indicators on land surface temperature in FUAs and Cities.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p style="text-align: justify;">Land surface temperature refers to the average temperature of the land surface within a local area, excluding water bodies. Data are available for both daytime and nighttime, as well as annually and by season (summer and winter). These temperatures are derived from MODIS Aqua and Terra satellite observations, which offer high-frequency measurements at a spatial resolution of 1 km.</p> <p align="justify"> These estimates may differ from official subnational climate statistics due to differences in methodological approaches, such as the use of reanalysis based top down modelling versus in situ observations, along with variations in input data sources, spatial resolution, and the models and algorithms used to generate temperature estimates. </p> <h3>Defining FUAs and cities</h3> <p align="justify">The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-definition-of-cities-and-functional-urban-areas.html">definition of functional urban areas</a> (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264174108-en>(OECD, 2012)</a>. FUAs consist of: <ol> <li><b>A city</b> – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city.</li> <li><b>A commuting zone</b> – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city.</li> </ol> The delineation process includes: <ul> <li>Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA.</li> <li>Excluding non-contiguous municipalities.</li> </ul> The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries.</p> <h3>Cite this dataset</h3> <p>OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (<a href=http://data-explorer.oecd.org/s/1ve>Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs</a>), <a href=http://oe.cd/geostats>http://oe.cd/geostats</a></p> <h3>Further information</h3> <ul> <li> <a href=https://localdataportal.oecd.org/>OECD Local Data Portal </a> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en.html/>OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance </a> </li> </ul> <p align="justify">For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:CitiesStat@oecd.org">CitiesStat@oecd.org</a>