Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Aberdeen
Aberdeen: Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs was 2,059 Degree days in 2025. ▼ Falling
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Aberdeen, 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 in Aberdeen stood at 2,059 Degree days. That is the lowest value across all 76 years on record.
The figure is down 15.8% on the previous year and down 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Aberdeen peaked at 2,966 Degree days in 1979 and was at its lowest, 2,059 Degree days, in 2025.
That places Aberdeen 356th out of 1314 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 76 years of available data.
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Aberdeen, year by year
| Year | Degree days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 2,636 Degree days | — |
| 1951 | 2,765 Degree days | +4.9% |
| 1952 | 2,853 Degree days | +3.2% |
| 1953 | 2,375 Degree days | -16.7% |
| 1954 | 2,728 Degree days | +14.9% |
| 1955 | 2,781 Degree days | +2.0% |
| 1956 | 2,782 Degree days | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 2,524 Degree days | -9.3% |
| 1958 | 2,743 Degree days | +8.7% |
| 1959 | 2,357 Degree days | -14.1% |
| 1960 | 2,590 Degree days | +9.9% |
| 1961 | 2,520 Degree days | -2.7% |
| 1962 | 2,865 Degree days | +13.7% |
| 1963 | 2,930 Degree days | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 2,623 Degree days | -10.5% |
| 1965 | 2,841 Degree days | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 2,786 Degree days | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 2,553 Degree days | -8.4% |
| 1968 | 2,772 Degree days | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 2,956 Degree days | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 2,770 Degree days | -6.3% |
| 1971 | 2,491 Degree days | -10.1% |
| 1972 | 2,640 Degree days | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 2,635 Degree days | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 2,616 Degree days | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 2,598 Degree days | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 2,621 Degree days | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 2,774 Degree days | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 2,760 Degree days | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 2,966 Degree days | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 2,732 Degree days | -7.9% |
| 1981 | 2,808 Degree days | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 2,665 Degree days | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 2,602 Degree days | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 2,619 Degree days | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 2,816 Degree days | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 2,896 Degree days | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 2,794 Degree days | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 2,518 Degree days | -9.9% |
| 1989 | 2,394 Degree days | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 2,262 Degree days | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 2,528 Degree days | +11.7% |
| 1992 | 2,567 Degree days | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 2,749 Degree days | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 2,584 Degree days | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 2,578 Degree days | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 2,706 Degree days | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 2,361 Degree days | -12.7% |
| 1998 | 2,490 Degree days | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 2,478 Degree days | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 2,517 Degree days | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 2,611 Degree days | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 2,344 Degree days | -10.2% |
| 2003 | 2,278 Degree days | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 2,353 Degree days | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 2,356 Degree days | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,341 Degree days | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 2,321 Degree days | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 2,524 Degree days | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 2,440 Degree days | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 2,834 Degree days | +16.1% |
| 2011 | 2,359 Degree days | -16.8% |
| 2012 | 2,679 Degree days | +13.6% |
| 2013 | 2,587 Degree days | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 2,235 Degree days | -13.6% |
| 2015 | 2,461 Degree days | +10.1% |
| 2016 | 2,451 Degree days | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 2,304 Degree days | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 2,417 Degree days | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 2,360 Degree days | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 2,344 Degree days | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 2,448 Degree days | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 2,206 Degree days | -9.9% |
| 2023 | 2,476 Degree days | +12.2% |
| 2024 | 2,445 Degree days | -1.3% |
| 2025 | 2,059 Degree days | -15.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2,654 Degree days | 2,357 Degree days | 2,853 Degree days | 10 |
| 1960s | 2,744 Degree days | 2,520 Degree days | 2,956 Degree days | 10 |
| 1970s | 2,687 Degree days | 2,491 Degree days | 2,966 Degree days | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,685 Degree days | 2,394 Degree days | 2,896 Degree days | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,530 Degree days | 2,262 Degree days | 2,749 Degree days | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,409 Degree days | 2,278 Degree days | 2,611 Degree days | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,469 Degree days | 2,235 Degree days | 2,834 Degree days | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,330 Degree days | 2,059 Degree days | 2,476 Degree days | 6 |
More reference data data for Aberdeen
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 0 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -0.0252 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -485.57 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -385.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate -15.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree -100 % change on previous year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 5.14 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation 2.03 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 25.5 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Aberdeen?
- Cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Aberdeen was 2,059 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 recorded in Aberdeen?
- The highest recorded value was 2,966 Degree days in 1979.
- What is the lowest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas recorded in Aberdeen?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,059 Degree days in 2025.
- How does Aberdeen rank for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas?
- Aberdeen ranks 356th out of 1314 regions with data for 2025.
- Is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas rising or falling in Aberdeen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Aberdeen 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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. Data sources and methodology The indicators use 0.1-degree resolution grids from the ERA5-Land dataset. 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. 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. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in parquet and csv format. The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org