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?

Question

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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Answer 1

Both are colder than your body temperature, but wood will cool your feet down slower than tile because wood is a better insulator and tile is a better heat conductor.

If the room was hotter than your body temperature, the effect would be the opposite (tiles would be super hot and wood would be more manageable, which is why saunas are made of wood).