Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree in Arauca
Arauca: Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree was 1,792 Degree days in 2025. ▲ Rising
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree in Arauca, 1950–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Degree days.
Analysis
In 2025, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas — cooling degree in Arauca stood at 1,792 Degree days.
That represents a change of down 18.8% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas — cooling degree in Arauca peaked at 2,206 Degree days in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,305 Degree days, in 1972.
That places Arauca 11th out of 1323 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 76 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,583 Degree days | 1,424 Degree days | 1,739 Degree days | 10 |
| 1960s | 1,563 Degree days | 1,443 Degree days | 1,733 Degree days | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,420 Degree days | 1,305 Degree days | 1,597 Degree days | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,476 Degree days | 1,359 Degree days | 1,601 Degree days | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,513 Degree days | 1,360 Degree days | 1,730 Degree days | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,596 Degree days | 1,483 Degree days | 1,698 Degree days | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,727 Degree days | 1,512 Degree days | 1,936 Degree days | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,895 Degree days | 1,664 Degree days | 2,206 Degree days | 6 |
More reference data data for Arauca
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling 258.08 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 0 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating 0 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 14.92 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation -11.72 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 8.1 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2019)
- Wind threats - Cities and FUAs — Exposure to wind threats 0 Percentage of area (2023)
- Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to 0 Percentage of built-up area (2022)
- Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed -53.7 Percentage of national value (2025)
- Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Uploading speed -39.3 Percentage of national value (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas — cooling degree in Arauca?
- Cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas — cooling degree in Arauca was 1,792 Degree days in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas — cooling degree recorded in Arauca?
- The highest recorded value was 2,206 Degree days in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas — cooling degree recorded in Arauca?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,305 Degree days in 1972.
- How does Arauca rank for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas — cooling degree?
- Arauca ranks 11th out of 1323 regions with data for 2025.
- Is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas — cooling degree rising or falling in Arauca?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Arauca data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
<p align="justify">This dataset provides indicators of Cooling and Heating Degree Days (CDDs and HDDs) for FUAs and cities. CDDs and HDDs are measurements used to estimate energy usage based on outdoor temperature. CDD measures the demand for cooling, while HDD measures the demand for heating, both calculated relative to a baseline temperature.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p align="justify"> The indicators use 0.1-degree resolution grids from the <a href=https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/ECMWF_ERA5_LAND_DAILY_AGGR>ERA5-Land dataset</a>. ERA5-Land is used as it provides harmonised, globally consistent coverage at fine spatial resolution (0.1 degree), enabling the production of comparable subnational indicators also where national meteorological data are not available at the required scale. Annual CDDs are the sum over a year of the differences between the daily mean outdoor air temperature and the threshold temperature when the outdoor temperature is above the threshold temperature. HDDs are the sum over a year of the differences between the threshold temperature and the daily mean outdoor air temperature when the outdoor temperature is below the threshold temperature. Threshold temperatures are set to 22°C for CDDs and 15°C for HDDs.</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> <p> The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in <a href=https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/cities_local_areas/fua_cities_sau_mapping.parquet>parquet </a> and <a href=https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/cities_local_areas/fua_cities_sau_mapping.csv>csv</a> format. </p> The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 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/1dj">Cooling and heating degree days - 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>