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
EU-27 127.8 Degree days · 2025
Highest theoretical cooling need Cyprus 854.2
Lowest theoretical cooling need Ireland 0.0
Latest year 2025 27/27
REGIONAL MAP · NUTS 2

Map of climate-related cooling needs

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Eurostat dataset nrg_chddr2_a

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.