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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Here is an answer that a meteorologist once told me in a bar because I had a simliar question
Building design – countries with higher average temperatures year round have buildings designed to cope with that climate. The UK’s properties and infrastructure (think typical lack of air con and fixed fans) are designed for colder weather.
Acclimitization – if you’re used to colder temperatures on average in a region, when a hotter temperature comes along it ‘feels’ hotter because of the contrast.
Urban heat island effects – London has a warmer climate than the surrounding countryside. Concrete soaks up heat and radiates it back for longer and the buildings over a large area act as wind breaks.
then there’s wind, humidity, cloud cover, day duration (summer days are longer in the UK than in India) etc Sometimes in weather apps you get the temperature and then the ‘feels like’ temperature based on some of those factors.
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