Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Leipzig
Leipzig: Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs was 1,670 Degree days in 2025. βΌ Falling
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Leipzig, 1950β2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Degree days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Leipzig is 1,670 Degree days, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 76 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.6% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Leipzig peaked at 3,108 Degree days in 1956 and was at its lowest, 1,670 Degree days, in 2025.
That places Leipzig 585th out of 1323 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2,640 Degree days | 2,393 Degree days | 3,108 Degree days | 10 |
| 1960s | 2,673 Degree days | 2,276 Degree days | 3,050 Degree days | 10 |
| 1970s | 2,575 Degree days | 2,294 Degree days | 2,844 Degree days | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,562 Degree days | 2,113 Degree days | 2,936 Degree days | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,418 Degree days | 2,037 Degree days | 3,034 Degree days | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,286 Degree days | 2,037 Degree days | 2,484 Degree days | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,261 Degree days | 1,906 Degree days | 2,936 Degree days | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,016 Degree days | 1,670 Degree days | 2,410 Degree days | 6 |
More reference data data for Leipzig
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs β Change in heating -755.38 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs β Change in cooling -37.09 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs β Cooling degree 24.59 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs β Extreme precipitation days 1.55 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs β Change in extreme precipitation -0.3034 Days per year (2024)
- Assumptions for probability of dying by age, sex, type of projection 0.0002 (2100)
- Cooling and heating degree days by NUTS 2 regions - annual data 2,773 (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days by NUTS 2 regions - monthly data 453.36 (2025)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 29.3 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2025)
- Wind threats - Cities and FUAs β Exposure to wind threats 0 Percentage of area (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Leipzig?
- Cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Leipzig was 1,670 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 Leipzig?
- The highest recorded value was 3,108 Degree days in 1956.
- What is the lowest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas recorded in Leipzig?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,670 Degree days in 2025.
- How does Leipzig rank for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas?
- Leipzig ranks 585th out of 1323 regions with data for 2025.
- Is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas rising or falling in Leipzig?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Leipzig 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
<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 22Β°C for CDDs and 15Β°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> β 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> β 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>),Β <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>