Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Kars
Kars: Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs was 3,060 Degree days in 2025. ▼ Falling
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Kars, 1950–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Degree days.
Analysis
Kars recorded 3,060 Degree days for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 76 years on record.
The figure is down 14.3% on the previous year and down 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Kars peaked at 4,859 Degree days in 1992 and was at its lowest, 3,060 Degree days, in 2025.
That places Kars 59th out of 1314 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 76 years of available data.
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Kars, year by year
| Year | Degree days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 4,225 Degree days | — |
| 1951 | 4,090 Degree days | -3.2% |
| 1952 | 3,960 Degree days | -3.2% |
| 1953 | 4,424 Degree days | +11.7% |
| 1954 | 3,946 Degree days | -10.8% |
| 1955 | 3,747 Degree days | -5.0% |
| 1956 | 4,703 Degree days | +25.5% |
| 1957 | 4,061 Degree days | -13.6% |
| 1958 | 4,120 Degree days | +1.4% |
| 1959 | 4,461 Degree days | +8.3% |
| 1960 | 3,907 Degree days | -12.4% |
| 1961 | 4,165 Degree days | +6.6% |
| 1962 | 3,906 Degree days | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 4,112 Degree days | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 4,508 Degree days | +9.6% |
| 1965 | 4,406 Degree days | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 3,533 Degree days | -19.8% |
| 1967 | 4,472 Degree days | +26.6% |
| 1968 | 4,141 Degree days | -7.4% |
| 1969 | 4,407 Degree days | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 3,975 Degree days | -9.8% |
| 1971 | 4,216 Degree days | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 4,576 Degree days | +8.5% |
| 1973 | 4,538 Degree days | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 4,394 Degree days | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 4,391 Degree days | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 4,421 Degree days | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 4,377 Degree days | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 4,168 Degree days | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 3,950 Degree days | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 4,162 Degree days | +5.4% |
| 1981 | 4,048 Degree days | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 4,580 Degree days | +13.2% |
| 1983 | 4,266 Degree days | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 4,201 Degree days | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 4,261 Degree days | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 4,128 Degree days | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 4,299 Degree days | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 4,342 Degree days | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 4,188 Degree days | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 4,114 Degree days | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 4,123 Degree days | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 4,859 Degree days | +17.9% |
| 1993 | 4,570 Degree days | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 4,117 Degree days | -9.9% |
| 1995 | 4,100 Degree days | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 3,915 Degree days | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 4,297 Degree days | +9.8% |
| 1998 | 3,807 Degree days | -11.4% |
| 1999 | 3,708 Degree days | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 4,107 Degree days | +10.8% |
| 2001 | 3,800 Degree days | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 4,137 Degree days | +8.9% |
| 2003 | 4,173 Degree days | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 4,297 Degree days | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 4,076 Degree days | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 3,897 Degree days | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 4,217 Degree days | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 4,099 Degree days | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 4,073 Degree days | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 3,286 Degree days | -19.3% |
| 2011 | 4,179 Degree days | +27.1% |
| 2012 | 4,027 Degree days | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 3,928 Degree days | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 3,612 Degree days | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 3,711 Degree days | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 4,035 Degree days | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 3,952 Degree days | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 3,242 Degree days | -18.0% |
| 2019 | 3,598 Degree days | +11.0% |
| 2020 | 3,542 Degree days | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 3,568 Degree days | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 3,756 Degree days | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 3,543 Degree days | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 3,569 Degree days | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 3,060 Degree days | -14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4,174 Degree days | 3,747 Degree days | 4,703 Degree days | 10 |
| 1960s | 4,156 Degree days | 3,533 Degree days | 4,508 Degree days | 10 |
| 1970s | 4,300 Degree days | 3,950 Degree days | 4,576 Degree days | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,247 Degree days | 4,048 Degree days | 4,580 Degree days | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,161 Degree days | 3,708 Degree days | 4,859 Degree days | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,088 Degree days | 3,800 Degree days | 4,297 Degree days | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,757 Degree days | 3,242 Degree days | 4,179 Degree days | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,506 Degree days | 3,060 Degree days | 3,756 Degree days | 6 |
More reference data data for Kars
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree -77.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -192.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate -14.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -89.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -1,077 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -21.19 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 12.45 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 2.09 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation 0.8785 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 11.5 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Kars?
- Cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Kars was 3,060 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 Kars?
- The highest recorded value was 4,859 Degree days in 1992.
- What is the lowest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas recorded in Kars?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,060 Degree days in 2025.
- How does Kars rank for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas?
- Kars ranks 59th out of 1314 regions with data for 2025.
- Is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas rising or falling in Kars?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kars 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