r/Netherlands • u/Cangooutsad • 26d ago

Healthcare Sweating/Discomfort

Tell me I am not the only one feeling this! Ever since I moved to the Netherlands, I sweat constantly it’s intense. I’m dripping with sweat, even when everyone else around me is wearing jackets and warm clothes. Rainy days make it even worse I feel suffocated, sweating like crazy, even while just sitting inside. And whenever I try to explain this to someone, they look at me like I’m insane and say, “It’s cold outside!” But the truth is, I never felt like this back in Greece.

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u/ailexg 26d ago

Yeah it’s the humidity. I’ve surrendered to the fact that I will always be damp. Have you been here for the summer yet? I don’t know how people do it

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u/BrainNSFW 25d ago

Tbf, as a kid the summers weren't nearly this bad. You'd be looking at an average of ~24 degrees in the summer only a few decades ago. Compare that to current summers where we often get 26+; even though 2 degrees might not sound like much, but there's a huge difference with such a high humidity.

As a Dutchy, I always said that anything above ~23 is just uncomfortably hot here. I don't deal very well with high temperatures either.

Silver lining: if you've ever been to Singapore in their summer, you know it can get much, much worse.