Why does humidity make temperature feel hot, but restaurants use misters to cool the patrons?

Question

I live in a town with a lot of humidity in summer. I perspire a lot, but restaurants around here have misters outdoors to “cool things down”. How does that work? How can adding more humidity make the heat more tolerable?

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Answer 1

Think of air like a sponge, at 100 percent humidity, the sponge is filled with water and its hard to soak up more, meaning evaporation occurs much slower so our bodies can’t effectively cool down, meaning it feels hotter than it actually is