If you have spent the night tossed and turned in an overly hot bedroom (or cringing in an otherwise cold one), you know temperature plays a fairly big part in getting a good nights sleep. If your room temperature is too warm or cold, your body may have trouble reaching the perfect setpoint to fall asleep. The wrong temperature in your room, either too hot or too cold, can make getting enough sleep challenging.
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If your sleep environment is too warm or too cold, this may influence your body’s drop in core temperature, causing you to experience interrupted sleep. According to some studies, the best temperature in your bedroom to sleep is 60–68 degrees Fahrenheit, which is cooler. For most people, your bedroom should never exceed 72 degrees Fahrenheit at night, and for those who do best when they are sleeping in cooler bedrooms, that should be even lower. Infants might require slightly higher bedroom temperatures to sleep, but you will want to avoid turning the temperature dial more than a couple of additional degrees to keep their tiny bodies from getting too hot.
If you want to try sleeping with a temperature of 65 degrees, one simple technique is to directly change the temperature of your room. The ideal sleeping temperature is 65 degrees Fahrenheit, as this supports your…
