Why does it feel warmer to walk barefoot over wooden floors than to walk over ceramic tiles even if both are side-by-side in the same room?

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Why does it feel warmer to walk barefoot over wooden floors than to walk over ceramic tiles even if both are side-by-side in the same room?

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Thermal conductivity.

The rate of which something transfers heat.

Wooden floors have a lower thermal conductivity than ceramic tiles.

It feels warmer to walk on a wooden floor because the wood is taking the heat from your feet at a slower rate than ceramic would.

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