Cooling and heating degree days by country - annual data

In 2010, Portugal's cooling and heating degree days by country increased by 35.9% compared to 2009, reaching 260.9.

Portugal accounts for 279.3% of the EU-27 total of 93.4.

Portugal ranks 4th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 20.5% (from 216.6 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset nrg_chdd_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.