CLIMATE · COOLING · EUROSTAT
Cooling degree days in Europe
Compare the theoretical climate-related cooling requirement across the 27 European Union countries. The higher the CDD value, the more temperatures exceeded Eurostat’s cooling threshold.
CDD · 2025
REGIONAL MAP · NUTS 2
Map of climate-related cooling needs
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Country ranking by cooling degree days
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| Rank | Country | Degree days | Gap vs EU-27 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Cyprus | 854.2 | +568.5 % | View detail → |
| #2 | Malta | 727.3 | +469.2 % | View detail → |
| #3 | Greece | 409.4 | +220.4 % | View detail → |
| #4 | Spain | 386.9 | +202.7 % | View detail → |
| #5 | Portugal | 297.8 | +133.0 % | View detail → |
| #6 | Italy | 287.4 | +124.9 % | View detail → |
| #7 | Bulgaria | 251.2 | +96.6 % | View detail → |
| #8 | Croatia | 178.9 | +40.0 % | View detail → |
| #9 | Romania | 144.3 | +12.9 % | View detail → |
| #10 | Hungary | 126.2 | -1.3 % | View detail → |
| #11 | France | 100.5 | -21.3 % | View detail → |
| #12 | Slovenia | 73.9 | -42.2 % | View detail → |
| #13 | Slovakia | 30.4 | -76.2 % | View detail → |
| #14 | Belgium | 26.3 | -79.4 % | View detail → |
| #15 | Austria | 25.4 | -80.1 % | View detail → |
| #16 | Luxembourg | 21.8 | -83.0 % | View detail → |
| #17 | Germany | 19.2 | -85.0 % | View detail → |
| #18 | Netherlands | 17.1 | -86.6 % | View detail → |
| #19 | Czechia | 13.0 | -89.8 % | View detail → |
| #20 | Poland | 6.8 | -94.7 % | View detail → |
| #21 | Finland | 4.9 | -96.1 % | View detail → |
| #22 | Estonia | 0.7 | -99.4 % | View detail → |
| #23 | Sweden | 0.2 | -99.8 % | View detail → |
| #24 | Latvia | 0.1 | -99.9 % | View detail → |
| #25 | Denmark | 0.1 | -100.0 % | View detail → |
| #26 | Ireland | 0.0 | -100.0 % | View detail → |
| #27 | Lithuania | 0.0 | -100.0 % | View detail → |
METHODOLOGY
How should CDD be read?
Cooling Degree Days describe potential climate pressure for cooling. They are neither actual electricity consumption nor a measure of air-conditioning ownership.
Eurostat · nrg_chddr2_a · CDD · NUTS 0/1/2/3.