There has been a lot going around about what the best temperature is for the workplace, and how the current one isn’t really built around women.
For example, right now, the average office temperature model is based on a 1960s workplace, one that was filled mostly with men.
However, now that more women are in the workplace, they feel quite literally frozen out—women’s metabolic rates are lower than men’s, which means they’re not constantly pumping out body heat in the same way men are.
This is just as true at home as it is at the workplace. If you’re a woman and you live with your male significant other, it may be difficult to find a temperature on the thermostat that works for both of you.
It’s especially difficult when going to sleep, when neither of you want to be either dying of heat or pulling out the extra blankets in July.
Good news: there’s a magic number for sleep temperature, and it’s lower than you think.
According to a National Sleep Foundation study, that number is 65 degrees.
That sounds pretty cold, especially if you’re naturally chilly, right?
There’s a reason for it.
Your body actually cools down even further when you sleep. Then, when it’s close to the end of your sleep cycle, it warms up again. So if your temperature is low, you’re just going along with your body’s natural temperature. If it’s too high, you may end up interrupting your sleep cycle.
Of course, 65 degrees is an estimate. If you like it slightly higher, then go for it. But keeping it low is best, since that’s what your body wants.
