I am from India,who has shifted to the UK. It’s been 3-4 years, however UK summers feel unbearable compared to Indian summers. My skin feels like it’s burning at 25° in the UK but 25° in India is so much more pleasant. I understand that it’s closer to the sun since the earth is slightly tilted, but make it make sense that my skin burns while in the UK, but I’m just really sweaty in India, without the burning sensation.
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The UK has much higher humidity than many parts of India, especially regions that have a dry season.
Humidity plays a significant role in how hot it feels. Higher humidity makes it feel hotter because it hampers the body’s ability to cool itself through sweating.
There could also be a case of acclimatization as the average temperatures in the UK are generally lower throughout the year.
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UK feels much hotter indoors as the houses are constructed to trap heat. And they have huge windows which causes a lot of greenhouse effect again trapping heat.
Outdoors it can be because the clothing bought in UK is again thicker knits to trap heat that causes heating. Or the high humidity. Could also be because UK closer to the poles the atmosphere is thinner, similar to the way the sun feels in the Himalayas.
Are temperature differences bigger? If so, that. It always takes some time getting used to changes in temperature, possibly up to week.
There are other reasons but i am ignorant of the details, i am sure you will find those answers in other comments.
Everything in the UK is built to retain heat in the winter, as that traditionally has been more important than dealing with 25C heat. Rising temperatures mean that the built environment isn’t suited for current needs.
Humidity increases thermal sensation. It’s an actual parameter you can find along with the absolute temperature in any app.
The sun stays longer in the sky at a lower angle the further north you get. It doesn’t really get actually hotter, but you’re exposed to direct sunlight for a longer period of time during the day. In India and other places closer to the equator the sun is mostly at a higher angle, meaning that buildings, hats, trees and other obstacles create more efficient shade.
A combination of higher moisture content in the air and air pollution scatter sunlight in Asia more than in Europe and Australia
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/129492/why-is-the-sun-brighter-in-australia-compared-to-parts-of-asia
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I don’t know if there’s much air conditioning in India, but in the UK there’s hardly any. It makes a huge difference to how hot a place feels if you can cool down or not.
I found south east Asia more comfortable compared to the UK for this reason, and it gets almost twice as hot.
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