Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Leicester
Leicester: Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs was 2,667 Degree days in 2025. ▼ Falling
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Leicester, 1950–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Degree days.
Analysis
Leicester recorded 2,667 Degree days for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in 2025.
The figure is up 35.2% on the previous year and up 32.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Leicester peaked at 2,763 Degree days in 1963 and was at its lowest, 1,842 Degree days, in 2022.
Leicester ranks 129th of 1314 regions on this measure, 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 Leicester, year by year
| Year | Degree days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 2,361 Degree days | — |
| 1951 | 2,415 Degree days | +2.3% |
| 1952 | 2,487 Degree days | +3.0% |
| 1953 | 2,257 Degree days | -9.2% |
| 1954 | 2,401 Degree days | +6.3% |
| 1955 | 2,588 Degree days | +7.8% |
| 1956 | 2,619 Degree days | +1.2% |
| 1957 | 2,184 Degree days | -16.6% |
| 1958 | 2,397 Degree days | +9.8% |
| 1959 | 2,112 Degree days | -11.9% |
| 1960 | 2,247 Degree days | +6.4% |
| 1961 | 2,131 Degree days | -5.1% |
| 1962 | 2,652 Degree days | +24.4% |
| 1963 | 2,763 Degree days | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 2,429 Degree days | -12.1% |
| 1965 | 2,475 Degree days | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 2,353 Degree days | -4.9% |
| 1967 | 2,260 Degree days | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 2,399 Degree days | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 2,631 Degree days | +9.7% |
| 1970 | 2,343 Degree days | -10.9% |
| 1971 | 2,242 Degree days | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 2,350 Degree days | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 2,362 Degree days | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 2,304 Degree days | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 2,312 Degree days | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 2,340 Degree days | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 2,347 Degree days | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 2,384 Degree days | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 2,602 Degree days | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 2,372 Degree days | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 2,471 Degree days | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 2,219 Degree days | -10.2% |
| 1983 | 2,261 Degree days | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 2,328 Degree days | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 2,524 Degree days | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 2,567 Degree days | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 2,477 Degree days | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 2,172 Degree days | -12.3% |
| 1989 | 2,042 Degree days | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 1,891 Degree days | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 2,322 Degree days | +22.8% |
| 1992 | 2,220 Degree days | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 2,299 Degree days | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 2,101 Degree days | -8.6% |
| 1995 | 2,150 Degree days | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 2,477 Degree days | +15.2% |
| 1997 | 2,057 Degree days | -17.0% |
| 1998 | 2,046 Degree days | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 2,001 Degree days | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 2,103 Degree days | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 2,284 Degree days | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 1,944 Degree days | -14.9% |
| 2003 | 2,077 Degree days | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 2,047 Degree days | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 2,052 Degree days | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,991 Degree days | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 1,942 Degree days | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 2,184 Degree days | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 2,157 Degree days | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 2,590 Degree days | +20.0% |
| 2011 | 1,853 Degree days | -28.4% |
| 2012 | 2,297 Degree days | +23.9% |
| 2013 | 2,398 Degree days | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 1,859 Degree days | -22.5% |
| 2015 | 2,009 Degree days | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 2,112 Degree days | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 1,938 Degree days | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 2,030 Degree days | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 2,047 Degree days | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,936 Degree days | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 2,073 Degree days | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 1,842 Degree days | -11.2% |
| 2023 | 2,023 Degree days | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 1,972 Degree days | -2.5% |
| 2025 | 2,667 Degree days | +35.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2,382 Degree days | 2,112 Degree days | 2,619 Degree days | 10 |
| 1960s | 2,434 Degree days | 2,131 Degree days | 2,763 Degree days | 10 |
| 1970s | 2,359 Degree days | 2,242 Degree days | 2,602 Degree days | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,344 Degree days | 2,042 Degree days | 2,567 Degree days | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,156 Degree days | 1,891 Degree days | 2,477 Degree days | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,078 Degree days | 1,942 Degree days | 2,284 Degree days | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,113 Degree days | 1,853 Degree days | 2,590 Degree days | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,085 Degree days | 1,842 Degree days | 2,667 Degree days | 6 |
More reference data data for Leicester
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 15.32 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling 2.35 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating 467.3 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating 305.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate 35.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling 184.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 11.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 1.25 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation -0.5335 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 17.5 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Leicester?
- Cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Leicester was 2,667 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 Leicester?
- The highest recorded value was 2,763 Degree days in 1963.
- What is the lowest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas recorded in Leicester?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,842 Degree days in 2022.
- How does Leicester rank for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas?
- Leicester ranks 129th out of 1314 regions with data for 2025.
- Is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas rising or falling in Leicester?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Leicester 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