Belgium vs France

Belgium vs France: Tropical nights

Tropical nights in 2014: 0.2 nights in Belgium and 3.1 nights in France, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in France, by 2.8 nights, or 13 times that in Belgium.

nights a year · CMIP6

Belgium vs France: Tropical nightsTropical nights in 2014: 0.2 nights in Belgium and 3.1 nights in France, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in France, by 2.8 nights, or 13 times that in Belgium.
BelgiumFranceCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

  • France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Belgium at 7.7 nights and France at 19.2 nights in 2100.

Every year

nights a year · CMIP6

YearBelgiumFrance
20140.23.1
20130.53.1
20120.52.9
20110.12.7
20100.63.9
20090.12.5
200802.4
200702.1
200602.6
20050.32.9
20040.12.7
20030.42.6
200201.8
200102.3
200001.8
19990.22.1
199801.5
199701.6
199601.5
199501.3
199401.5
199301.1
199201
199101.8
199001.9
198901.2
198801.2
198701.3
198600.9
198500.9
198401.1
198301.1
198201
198101.1
198001.2
197900.9
197801.3
197700.9
197600.8
197500.9
197401.2
197300.9
197200.9
197101
197000.9
196901
196800.9
196700.8
196600.8
196500.7
196401
196300.9
196201.1
196100.9
196001.1
195901.2
195801
195701
195601.2
195501.1
195401.3
195301
195201.3
195101.1
195001.2
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
YearBelgiumFrance
20150.10–3.43.61.5–8.6
20160.40–3.54.11.5–9.9
20170.30–4.53.51.3–10.2
20180.30–2.13.91.7–10.8
20190.40–34.51.6–9
20200.40–4.44.11.6–10.5
20210.30–3.84.51.3–13.2
20220.70–4.251.5–12.5
20230.60–4.84.81.6–12.5
20240.70–4.75.51.8–11.2
20251.30–5.85.81.5–12.1
20261.20–5.56.22.1–12.7
20270.80–3.65.41.7–11.2
20280.60–65.91.7–13.3
20291.10–4.66.31.9–12.6
20300.90–45.82.1–11.9
20310.70–45.92–11.8
20320.70–5.45.92.7–12.9
20330.90–572.5–13.6
20341.50–8.77.92.4–17.3
20351.20–7.36.92.4–14.4
20361.50–6.57.32.6–14.6
20371.60–7.17.32.6–13.3
20380.90–10.46.53–15.1
20390.90–5.56.92.6–14.3
204010–6.17.72.3–16
20411.80–7.28.12.6–15.2
20421.10–5.56.93–16
20431.80–67.92.8–15.6
20441.60.1–7.47.93.1–16.6
20452.10–7.49.23.2–19.6
20461.40.1–88.93.2–17.6
20472.50.1–8.49.74–19.2
20482.20–10.99.13.4–17
20492.70–9.210.13.7–20.8
20502.90.1–7.710.94.8–18.9
20511.70.1–6.59.23.5–18.4
20521.80–10.1103.4–21.2
20531.20–78.73.8–18
20542.40.3–9.69.74.4–19.2
20551.80–5.79.93.9–17.2
20563.50.1–10.1114.3–21.8
20572.70–9.410.94.2–19.8
20584.30.2–12.113.85.1–25.7
20592.70–11.711.23.3–25
20602.90.1–10.712.86.1–22
206130.2–11.512.64.7–23.2
20624.10.3–11.812.36.2–22.4
20632.30.2–11125.2–24.9
20642.10.3–8.1125.3–21.6
206530.1–14.112.53.9–30.8
20662.20–8.711.55.3–22.1
20676.60.7–16.418.38.1–33.3
20681.90–7.8135.4–23.4
20694.20.7–11.915.65.7–25.5
20703.90.1–13.113.55.2–29.1
20714.20.1–13.5154.4–30.2
20724.51.3–10.415.57.4–26
20733.70.1–15.113.96–29.1
207440.3–12.812.84.3–27.3
20753.60.2–1513.96.3–25.6
20765.10.2–15.2166.1–33.8
20774.40–14.713.25–29.8
20785.40.1–17.813.75.1–33.6
20793.10.3–13.412.95.3–28.4
20804.60.3–1214.45.4–27.9
20815.50.1–14.915.15.8–29.8
20824.60.3–18.716.46.1–33.9
20834.50.7–14.215.97.9–32
20843.10.3–1414.16.6–27.7
208540.3–16.316.57.3–30.2
20867.10.2–19.419.55.5–32.4
20877.30.2–23.2196.9–38
20886.61.2–19.718.47.7–35.2
20895.71.2–11.11910.6–29.3
20903.90–16.816.36.8–33.5
20917.60.2–16.119.77.6–32.3
20925.60.1–1517.36.1–32.7
20933.70.3–13.6156.5–29.8
209461.5–1718.68.5–32.8
20957.10.2–17.319.25.9–38.9
20966.70.1–18.319.37.6–35.5
20973.30.2–17.217.36.2–36.1
20985.90.4–17.218.16.9–36.3
20994.90.1–2220.37.4–34.6
21007.70.5–15.119.27–36.7

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Nights in a year when the temperature stays above 20 °C, averaged over the country.
  • Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
  • The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
  • Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.

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