Water feels colder sitting down in bath than standing up

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This is a personal question but I have noticed that whenever I take a bath with cold water and in a sitting position the water feels way colder than when I am standing up and taking a shower. Is there any scientific explanation for this? It’s possible that maybe I am using colder water and I don’t notice it.

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It’s the water cooling you down, right?

Well in a bath there’s like 50x more water touching you than the small drops hitting you in a shower. More water touching you = more ability to carry your heat away / cool you down. A given bath will always feel colder than shower water hitting you at the same temp.

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