CLIMATE · HEATING · HDD
Heating degree days in Germany
Track theoretical climate-related heating needs and compare the country’s NUTS 2 statistical regions.
2025 · Eurostat nrg_chddr2_a
1980 → 2025
Heating degree-day trend
Annual country history compared with EU-27.
GermanyEU-27
NUTS 2 · 2025
NUTS 2 regions ranked by HDD
The regional ranking uses the same year as the national value. NUTS 2 are European statistical units and do not always match current administrative regions.
| Rank | Statistical region | NUTS | Degree days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oberpfalz | DE23 |
3,199.0 | Region page → |
| #2 | Oberfranken | DE24 |
3,179.2 | Region page → |
| #3 | Schwaben | DE27 |
3,165.8 | Region page → |
| #4 | Chemnitz | DED4 |
3,165.7 | Region page → |
| #5 | Tübingen | DE14 |
3,160.4 | Region page → |
| #6 | Oberbayern | DE21 |
3,092.7 | Region page → |
| #7 | Niederbayern | DE22 |
3,081.8 | Region page → |
| #8 | Thüringen | DEG0 |
3,026.9 | Region page → |
| #9 | Mittelfranken | DE25 |
3,024.0 | Region page → |
| #10 | Kassel | DE73 |
2,987.2 | Region page → |
| #11 | Dresden | DED2 |
2,969.2 | Region page → |
| #12 | Gießen | DE72 |
2,885.9 | Region page → |
| #13 | Freiburg | DE13 |
2,883.4 | Region page → |
| #14 | Unterfranken | DE26 |
2,878.2 | Region page → |
| #15 | Braunschweig | DE91 |
2,857.6 | Region page → |
| #16 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | DE80 |
2,853.0 | Region page → |
| #17 | Stuttgart | DE11 |
2,845.7 | Region page → |
| #18 | Arnsberg | DEA5 |
2,835.2 | Region page → |
| #19 | Trier | DEB2 |
2,818.8 | Region page → |
| #20 | Brandenburg | DE40 |
2,817.4 | Region page → |
| #21 | Schleswig-Holstein | DEF0 |
2,802.2 | Region page → |
| #22 | Sachsen-Anhalt | DEE0 |
2,794.0 | Region page → |
| #23 | Leipzig | DED5 |
2,761.8 | Region page → |
| #24 | Lüneburg | DE93 |
2,761.4 | Region page → |
| #25 | Karlsruhe | DE12 |
2,722.7 | Region page → |
| #26 | Koblenz | DEB1 |
2,719.9 | Region page → |
| #27 | Hamburg | DE60 |
2,711.5 | Region page → |
| #28 | Detmold | DEA4 |
2,708.6 | Region page → |
| #29 | Bremen | DE50 |
2,676.8 | Region page → |
| #30 | Hannover | DE92 |
2,672.0 | Region page → |
| #31 | Berlin | DE30 |
2,666.7 | Region page → |
| #32 | Darmstadt | DE71 |
2,620.1 | Region page → |
| #33 | Weser-Ems | DE94 |
2,610.5 | Region page → |
| #34 | Saarland | DEC0 |
2,594.4 | Region page → |
| #35 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | DEB3 |
2,550.7 | Region page → |
| #36 | Köln | DEA2 |
2,536.0 | Region page → |
| #37 | Münster | DEA3 |
2,519.6 | Region page → |
| #38 | Düsseldorf | DEA1 |
2,372.2 | Region page → |
Regional names are those supplied by Eurostat.
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What does a high HDD mean?
A high Heating Degree Days level indicates a more demanding climate for heating during the year. On its own, it does not determine actual building energy consumption.
Eurostat · nrg_chddr2_a · HDD · 2025.