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Ideal Room Temperature for Optimal Sleep

TL;DR The ideal room temperature for optimal sleep is generally between 60°F to 67°F (15.6°C to 19.4°C), but individual preferences may vary.

Scientific Consensus on Temperature Range

Many discussions agree that the optimal room temperature for sleep falls between 60°F and 67°F [1][2]. This range is based on scientific studies that suggest cooler environments help regulate circadian rhythms, which are temperature-sensitive [1:2]. Cooler temperatures signal your body that it's time to sleep, aligning with natural nighttime conditions.

Personal Preferences and Adjustments

While the general recommendation is helpful, personal comfort plays a significant role in determining the exact temperature. Some individuals prefer slightly warmer settings, like 68°F to 70°F [3:3], while others find themselves comfortable at even lower temperatures, such as 64°F [5:2]. Adjusting bedding and clothing can also help achieve personal comfort without altering the room temperature significantly [2:4].

Impact of Bedding and Clothing

It's important to consider not only the room temperature but also the type of bedding and clothing used. Heavy comforters or warm pajamas can make a cool room feel warmer, potentially disrupting sleep [3:3]. Conversely, lighter bedding can help maintain a cooler environment conducive to sleep [2].

Temperature Variation and Adaptation

Daily temperature variations mean that maintaining an optimal sleep environment might require adjustments. Some people check the temperature before bed and adjust their cooling systems accordingly [2:3][2:4]. Using fans or air conditioning units on timers can help manage these fluctuations [2:4].

Extreme Preferences

A few comments suggested extreme temperatures, ranging from 50°F [5:1] to 32°F [5:7], though these are likely outliers and not recommended for most people. It's essential to find a balance that ensures comfort and aligns with your body's needs.

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Room Temperature for Sleeping

Posted by bk845 · in r/sleep · 4 years ago
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I've read that the ideal room temperature for sleeping is 60 to 67 degrees Fahrenheit, and for a slightly underweight skinny guy like me, that's damned cold, but I'm giving it a shot. Any advice on making this more bearable? I'd use extra blankets, but it seems like that would defeat the purpose?

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dream0fEl3ctricSh33p · 4 years ago

Your circaidan rythm is temperature based. It makes sense that in the evening when it get colds it's synced up with going to sleep. So all the science is there, but maybe just start with a temperature that is relatively cool but not cold.

It may also be more about a signal so what I do is start with a flat sheet, to allow your body to cool and then after 10min or so pull over a blanket.

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Every1lovesBette916 · 4 years ago

I put the ac on at 64 degrees F for optimal coolness! My poor bf and dog are so cold! Lol. But I’m a hot sleeper and have been dealin w insane insomnia so whatever to make me sleep better is what I’ll do! ��

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awesomeroy · 4 years ago

i find that after slowing down/ getting initially cold, as long as my head is cool, its easier to stay asleep.

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im getting older so i always have a bathroom run in the middle of the night and the room being cool, getting back under the blankets. its much easier to fall back to sleep.

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spaspartan · 4 years ago

Hey I'm 25 and fiancé is 47. We usually sleep at about 18C and anything about 20 will usually end up getting too hot in our room/bed overnight. So we lower the room temp to sleep through the night well. In the summer we use a fan or our one room A/C unit and this works for us. I need no noise more than anything so all gets turned off and window closed before bed.

But we both spending the evening downstairs where it doesn't cool off as much. Even if the window is open on the main floor it's just not the same air flow so there's a breeze that signals to our body that sleep is coming, but doesn't cool us off (annoyingly). So when we go to bed, we're both on the too skinny side currently and we get cold, but have each other to warm up. Before him I used to tuck a fleece blanket into bed like a person or over me on one side of the bed and then roll to the other when I got too hot.

In the winter, we have our ecobee programed to heat the house less in the late evening and overnight and kick on before we wake up. We just don't have ac to do the same in the summer so it's manual windows and fans.

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Temperature makes a massive difference for falling asleep

Posted by d8gfdu89fdgfdu32432 · in r/sleep · 4 months ago

The ideal temprature for sleep is 60°F to 65°F (15.6°C to 18.3°C), so it needs to be cool (not cold) to fall asleep. If it feels warm or hot, it's too hot, which can keep you up all night. The inconvenient part is temperature varies daily, so you can't assume that the same setup will work every day. The only solution I've found to this is checking the temperature daily. Note that when I say temperature I mean room and body temperature. Being in a cold room with hot clothing and bedding will pose the same problem. It should feel cool.

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Different-Ear-2583 · 4 months ago

Absolutely. I can’t fall asleep unless it’s 60-65.

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VenusVega123 · 4 months ago

Me neither. I can’t sleep in hotels that don’t let you adjust the room temperature - inevitably too hot.

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reigningnovice · 4 months ago

Yeah I get my best sleep in hotels that have AC.

Also with their curtains being super blackout I can actually get proper sleep.

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That_Kale_1999 · 4 months ago

Do you check the temperatures a couple of hours before bed and then adjust the cooling accordingly? I struggle to change my indoor temp based on the daily temp outside, I usually just keep it at 64 degrees.

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d8gfdu89fdgfdu32432 · OP · 4 months ago

Only in Summer when it's very hot. I have the fan on a timer since it gets colder midsleep. Otherwise, I just check the temperature right before going to bed and adjust accordingly.

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shillyshally · 4 months ago

Try living with hot flashes every thirty minutes. I could not sleep for years but, after fifty years, they are finally on the wan.

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EyeSea7923 · 4 months ago

That's a little on the low end for me, but I think it depends a bit on your climatizatoon and conditioning.

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aninjacould · 4 months ago

Yup. I fall asleep best in cool temps around 10 pm. Then I wake up around 2 am and need to get warm to fall back to sleep.

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How much does your bedroom temperature affect your quality of sleep?

Posted by Plastic-Escape-3264 · in r/Bedding · 3 months ago
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hmmwrites · 3 months ago

Too warm, and I have no chance at all of getting any sleep.

I have yet to find myself too cold to fall asleep, so long as I have a comforter.

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Varna16 · 3 months ago

I’m in Northern California and we don’t have AC. 68-70F feels best for sleep with spring/summer/fall silk duvet insert. When I use light weight down comforter, I get sweaty at times. I feel like for down comforter room temperature needs to be lower that 68F or one need to be a cold sleeper.

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noriobobo · 3 months ago

The optimal temp identified was 68 degrees Fahrenheit

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Varna16 · 3 months ago

Is there a research on this. Just curious. I agree simply based on my experience:)

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jojointheflesh · 3 months ago

64-68 is definitely an ideal range for me

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binoculops · 3 months ago

For me personally if it’s too warm it does make sleeping much more difficult

I wanna say there some research out there that says sleeping in a cooler room improves sleep quality. I’m guessing ‘cooler’ is probably subjective

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What do you think is the optimal room temperature when you sleep?

Posted by zztop610 · in r/AskReddit · 1 month ago
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Feeling_Pen_2611 · 1 month ago

Around 65–68°F (18–20°C) cool, but comfortable for deep sleep.

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KittyPitty · 1 month ago

19-20 degrees Celcius

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flatulent-poodle · 1 month ago

18C

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SpicyLatina213 · 1 month ago

74

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i_am_not_a_sissy · 1 month ago

I like it to be around 65 degrees Fahrenheit for sleeping.

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What is the ideal room temperature for the best sleep?

Posted by duckiest_duck_around · in r/AskReddit · 6 years ago
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JamesSyncHD · 6 years ago

64° F

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[deleted] · 6 years ago

Between -10C and 10 C

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FronTL1ne · 6 years ago

So... 0?

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[deleted] · 6 years ago

Yeah 0C is the perfect temperature, not too cold and not too hot

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_Silly_Wizard_ · 6 years ago

Came to say 32F.

I'll allow it.

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InspiredAlpaca1 · 6 years ago

22.6734 degrees Celsius

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[deleted] · 6 years ago

15 degrees Celsius

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[deleted] · 6 years ago

50F

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What is the perfect sleeping temperature?

Posted by Wood-lily · in r/AskReddit · 3 years ago
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[deleted] · 3 years ago

waking up too early and going back to sleep temperature

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dararie · 3 years ago

65 F.

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MenschIsBritish69420 · 3 years ago

20°C

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Qwertyuiop122333 · 3 years ago

-273.15 C

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professormike98 · 3 years ago

For me like 55° F (~13° C). Its nice when the room is a bit chilly and you can rely on body warmth under the covers. My room at school would get a bit chilly like that cause the insulation was utter shit

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What do you consider a comfortable ‘room’ temperature?

Posted by vancitygirl_88 · in r/AskReddit · 3 years ago
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JustAnotherAviatrix · 3 years ago

75 to 78 F (24 - 26 C). I live in a hot place, so I’m acclaimed to warm temperatures. I can and have tolerated an indoor temperature of 72 F, but I can’t stand any lower than that.

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vancitygirl_88 · OP · 3 years ago

I am constantly being told I am nuts because I like to sleep at 18 degrees Celsius/64F. Or even colder if I can. But especially while travelling this seems impossible. I walked into a hotel room today and it was set at 24 degrees. How can anyone sleep like that? Up past midnight waiting for the room to cool down a little. But the thermostat doesn’t go down past 20. Feel like I’ll be sweating all night. Just wondering if I am the only one.

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Zytharros · 3 years ago

Gosh, I feel like I’m melting at anything above 19 C.

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Eriol_89 · 3 years ago

18ºC/64ºF.

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Envy_The_King · 3 years ago

63°F is perfect

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Sufficient_Trade9184 · 3 years ago

No, most people set it to 70; demanding anything higher than 80 makes someone an asshole.

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What is the optimal temperature to sleep in?

Posted by Low_Papaya_9709 · in r/AskReddit · 9 months ago
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Damien__ · 9 months ago

I love it cold. Winter here gets in the 20's and 30's F often and sometimes in the teens. I keep my thermostats on 52˚F mainly because that's as low as they go. But I think that's a good temp for me, I sleep in long thermal pajamas and sox. Also under several blankets and I LOVE it that way!

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Low_Papaya_9709 · OP · 9 months ago

I also love it cold try to keep it at 49F when I sleep

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dustomatic75 · 9 months ago

66ish. The minute you get warm under the blankets, you’re out!

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Due_Supermarket_6178 · 9 months ago

Somewhere between cold and warm.

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Unlikely-Occasion778 · 9 months ago

68 f

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[deleted] · 9 months ago

69F. Sexual.

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What's your "perfect" room temperature?

Posted by FlipMineArseDad · in r/AskReddit · 3 years ago
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MooMoo_Juic3 · 3 years ago

68°F

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IceClimbers_Main · 3 years ago

What is that in real degrees?

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mancala33 · 3 years ago

293 kelvin

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horacewaver · 3 years ago

68

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Nostalgia4life · 3 years ago

During the day I don’t really mind what it is but at night especially in winter I prefer sleeping in a cold room like 68-69ish degrees. The colder it is, the better I sleep.

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solidsumbitch · 3 years ago

Same here, but 68 would still feel pretty chilly to me at night unless I had a lot of blankets.

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FlipMineArseDad · OP · 3 years ago

Interesting, 68-69 is quite warm to me, that's what I heat my house to in the winter lol

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StrongFaithlessness5 · 3 years ago

25°C

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YorkieLon · 3 years ago

18/19

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Pagalingling40 · 3 years ago

Celcius, right?

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DisguisedAccount · 3 years ago

18 in the bedroom, 19,5 in the living room.

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Vertical_shelf · 3 years ago

That’s the right answer

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What's your perfect room temperature for sleep?

Posted by 3rdeyeseeker · in r/AskReddit · 3 years ago
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AdminWhore · 3 years ago

68 F

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callsevery1asshole · 3 years ago

This asshole has the correct answer people, let's pack it up and get outa here.

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ZenaBox · 3 years ago

65 degrees, i always say that if its 65 outside I'd throw a mattress into my yard and sleep. Somehow its cozy af

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wickedblight · 3 years ago

Very cold. I wanna be a snug lil cocoon of blankets.

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aprimrico · 3 years ago

Mid 60s or anything colder <3

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monsieurfatcock · 3 years ago

67 Fahrenheit. Any higher and I’m waking up drenched in all the wrong areas

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What is the ideal room temperature for optimal sleep

Key Considerations for Ideal Sleep Temperature:

  1. Optimal Range: The ideal room temperature for sleep is generally between 60°F to 67°F (15°C to 19°C). This range helps facilitate the body's natural drop in core temperature, which is essential for sleep.

  2. Personal Preference: Individual comfort can vary, so it's important to adjust within this range based on your personal preference. Some people may sleep better slightly warmer or cooler.

  3. Bedding and Sleepwear: The type of bedding and sleepwear you use can affect your comfort. Lightweight, breathable fabrics can help regulate body temperature.

  4. Humidity Levels: High humidity can make a room feel warmer, while low humidity can lead to dryness. Aim for a humidity level of around 40% to 60% for optimal comfort.

  5. Seasonal Adjustments: Be mindful of seasonal changes. You may need to adjust your thermostat or use fans or heaters to maintain the ideal temperature throughout the year.

Recommendation: If you find it difficult to maintain a consistent temperature, consider using a programmable thermostat or a fan to help regulate airflow. Additionally, investing in a quality mattress and breathable bedding can significantly enhance your sleep quality.

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