Why does it feel colder inside in the winter even though the thermostat says the temperature is the same?

Question

Why does it feel colder inside in the winter even though the thermostat says the temperature is the same?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Your body doesn’t know what “cold” is, only that there’s a gradient that exists between your skin and the air, and heat is moving away from you.

Even though you’re in a somewhat insulated environment, there’s still a mass movement of heat from the environment inside to outside, and you’re aware that the gradient is “stronger” than normal, more heat is leaving the environment than when it was hot outside.