Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Osaka

Osaka: Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs was 1,454 Degree days in 2025. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2025)
1,454 Degree days
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
705th
of 1323 regions
All-time high
1,960 Degree days
in 1984
All-time low
1,369 Degree days
in 1998
Years of data
76
1950–2025

Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Osaka, 1950–2025

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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 Osaka is 1,454 Degree days, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Osaka peaked at 1,960 Degree days in 1984 and was at its lowest, 1,369 Degree days, in 1998.

Osaka ranks 705th of 1323 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 76 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 1,615 Degree days 1,431 Degree days 1,788 Degree days 10
1960s 1,686 Degree days 1,582 Degree days 1,813 Degree days 10
1970s 1,655 Degree days 1,505 Degree days 1,781 Degree days 10
1980s 1,727 Degree days 1,489 Degree days 1,960 Degree days 10
1990s 1,550 Degree days 1,369 Degree days 1,720 Degree days 10
2000s 1,530 Degree days 1,405 Degree days 1,678 Degree days 10
2010s 1,536 Degree days 1,405 Degree days 1,713 Degree days 10
2020s 1,436 Degree days 1,376 Degree days 1,510 Degree days 6

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Frequently asked questions

What is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Osaka?
Cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Osaka was 1,454 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 Osaka?
The highest recorded value was 1,960 Degree days in 1984.
What is the lowest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas recorded in Osaka?
The lowest recorded value was 1,369 Degree days in 1998.
How does Osaka rank for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas?
Osaka ranks 705th out of 1323 regions with data for 2025.
Is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas rising or falling in Osaka?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Osaka 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

Indicator
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs
Unit
Degree days
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
1,325 places, 100,700 data points, 1950–2025
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<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> – 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>),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>