Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Zaragoza
Zaragoza: Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs was 1,035 Degree days in 2025. βΌ Falling
Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs in Zaragoza, 1950β2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Degree days.
Analysis
Zaragoza recorded 1,035 Degree days for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 76 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.2% on the previous year and down 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Zaragoza peaked at 1,778 Degree days in 1956 and was at its lowest, 1,035 Degree days, in 2025.
That places Zaragoza 875th 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 | 1,458 Degree days | 1,285 Degree days | 1,778 Degree days | 10 |
| 1960s | 1,494 Degree days | 1,205 Degree days | 1,726 Degree days | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,505 Degree days | 1,340 Degree days | 1,616 Degree days | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,390 Degree days | 1,172 Degree days | 1,579 Degree days | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,315 Degree days | 1,092 Degree days | 1,530 Degree days | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,316 Degree days | 1,152 Degree days | 1,523 Degree days | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,274 Degree days | 1,083 Degree days | 1,559 Degree days | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,123 Degree days | 1,035 Degree days | 1,210 Degree days | 6 |
More reference data data for Zaragoza
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs β Change in heating -304.87 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs β Change in cooling 92.28 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs β Cooling degree 457.9 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs β Change in extreme precipitation 1.75 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs β Extreme precipitation days 3.58 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 1,614 (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days by NUTS 2 regions - monthly data 322.89 (2025)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 34.4 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2022)
- 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 Zaragoza?
- Cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas in Zaragoza was 1,035 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 Zaragoza?
- The highest recorded value was 1,778 Degree days in 1956.
- What is the lowest cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas recorded in Zaragoza?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,035 Degree days in 2025.
- How does Zaragoza rank for cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas?
- Zaragoza ranks 875th out of 1323 regions with data for 2025.
- Is cooling and heating degree days - cities and fuas rising or falling in Zaragoza?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zaragoza 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>