Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in St. Gallen
St. Gallen: Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs was 1,901 Degree days in 2025. βΌ Falling
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in St. Gallen, 1950β2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Degree days.
Analysis
In 2025, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in St. Gallen stood at 1,901 Degree days. That is the lowest value across all 76 years on record.
The figure is down 25.6% on the previous year and down 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in St. Gallen peaked at 3,708 Degree days in 1956 and was at its lowest, 1,901 Degree days, in 2025.
St. Gallen ranks 448th 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3,279 Degree days | 3,083 Degree days | 3,708 Degree days | 10 |
| 1960s | 3,294 Degree days | 2,885 Degree days | 3,647 Degree days | 10 |
| 1970s | 3,274 Degree days | 3,082 Degree days | 3,436 Degree days | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,131 Degree days | 2,773 Degree days | 3,449 Degree days | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,948 Degree days | 2,598 Degree days | 3,281 Degree days | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,896 Degree days | 2,700 Degree days | 3,112 Degree days | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,789 Degree days | 2,431 Degree days | 3,238 Degree days | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,504 Degree days | 1,901 Degree days | 2,960 Degree days | 6 |
More reference data data for St. Gallen
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs β Change in heating -1,084 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs β Change in cooling -16 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs β Cooling degree 8.7 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs β Change in extreme precipitation -4.85 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs β Extreme precipitation days 11.75 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 - monthly data 499.24 (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days by NUTS 2 regions - annual data 2,996 (2025)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 26.9 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2023)
- 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 St. Gallen?
- Cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in St. Gallen was 1,901 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 St. Gallen?
- The highest recorded value was 3,708 Degree days in 1956.
- What is the lowest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas recorded in St. Gallen?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,901 Degree days in 2025.
- How does St. Gallen rank for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas?
- St. Gallen ranks 448th out of 1323 regions with data for 2025.
- Is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas rising or falling in St. Gallen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this St. Gallen 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>