Humidity. Humidity is the difference. The more humid the air is, the more oppressive will the heat feel. From experience, it becomes more and more of a bitch the more you go towards south in europe.
To anyone who’se curious look up wet bulb temperature.
Can confirm. Humidity matters a lot.
When the sun sets in a desert town, the temperature drops from oppressive 45 °C to tolerable 35 °C. That’s when people take their children to the park, people go shopping etc. The whole town comes to life when it’s only 35 °C. That sort of dry heat is so much more pleasant than humid jungle heat.
From travelling through the UK in a former heatwave, my main takeaway was that buildings and infrastructure are not built for the heat. Not even talking about AC, just the passive features of buildings in the UK are about keeping the heat in, understandable given the historic climate, but hard to overhaul.
Our friends just arrived from Vietnam, and confirmed it. 35 in Saigon is less obnoxious than 30 in southern uk
That must make geometry pretty weird.
It's certainly different than 30 degrees in the US 🥶
Friendly reminder to take a functioning measurement system with you when traveling in the us
