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

We don’t feel hot or cold. We feel the rate at which we lose or gain heat. Since the ceramic is better at absorbing heat than the wood, it will feel colder to us than the wood because it absorbs our heat faster.

This is also why humid days feel hotter, because we are losing less heat to the environment because our sweat can’t evaporate and carry heat away from our bodies as easily.