is humid heat or dry heat more dangerous?

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With my extremely limited knowledge of thermodynamics, it seems like high humidity would provide enough water to transfer some of the summer heat.

Is it enough to make a difference?

Prompted by my [r/unpopularopinion post](https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/ic8rd8/humid_heat_is_better_than_dry_heat/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)

Thanks so much for your responses! I had no idea that cooling came from the evaporation of sweat versus the just having water on you. I was going to reply to everyone, but the response seems to be the same across the board. I really appreciated everyone taking the time to educate little ole me 🙂

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It’s far easier to cool off in a dry heat.

I live in the tropics and have worked in 45c heat both dry and humid. Give me dry 45c vs 30c humid any day

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