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How cold is too cold to be outdoors?

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Norway661 Posts
June 03 2026 07:33 GMT
#1
I ask this out of curiousity, and the reason I've become curious is based on a couple of articles I read. They are both in Norwegian and I'm uncertain to which extent others may access it from abroad, however at the very least my fellow Norwegians can check the sources.

Lise Lotte walks across South Korea during the winter to avoid winter depression: https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/gar-sor-korea-pa-tvers-for-a-unnga-vinterdepresjon-1.17854943

Greek researchers visiting Norwegian kindergarden in order to see if there's something useful to learn there, in order to counter growing child obesity in Greece: https://www.nrk.no/vestland/kan-norsk-leik-fa-ned-overvekt-i-hellas_-det-vil-greske-forskarar-finna-svar-pa-1.16388604

Two things in those articles made me wonder:
1. The girl traveling in South Korea claimed that South Koreans are stays well clear of the cold. I had to check how cold a Korean winter could be, but from what I googled it seemed like a rather mild Norwegian winter.

2. In the article about the Greek researchers visiting a Norwegian kindergarden, one claimed that there are parents in Greece who'll refuse their children to go outdoors if it's 12 degrees celcius because that would be too cold.

I do of course assume these are the extremes, and that even if a culture in general stays clear of the cold, there are many who embrace it. I mean, there's plenty of people who stay clear the winter in Norway too, and are just waiting for the summer to come back.

But how do you experience your own country's attitude? And for those in larger countries - how do you experience your part of the country's attitude?


How cold is too cold to be outdoors to play or work or just hang?

How cold do you consider too cold for children to be outdoors?
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Canada17579 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-06-03 15:21:23
June 03 2026 15:18 GMT
#2
From my limited experience playing hockey outside in northern Ontario I'd say an 8 year old handles extreme cold better than a 30+ year old.
Generally overall, active children use Brown fat more effectively than adults.
The biggest factor from age 8 to 40 isn't age. It is their overall general health and their outdoor activity levels. Sedentary indoor people are doomed in cold weather whether they are 8 or 40.

Strategically managed cold exposure is critical for optimizing one's health.
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CuddlyCuteKitten
Profile Joined January 2004
Sweden2811 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-06-03 15:31:46
June 03 2026 15:27 GMT
#3
Depends on wind, moisture levels, what you are doing and how fit you are and how much food you have. And of course which clothes you have.

I patrolled in -25-30 in full winter gear. Cold enough to freeze your water bottle before you go back in. Cold as fuck but not really a problem at 19 with good gear. We also ran at subzero temps (like a few degrees, obviously not -25) in shorts and t-shirt. Just run yourself warm.

So if you know what you are doing, have the gear, are healthy and move around you can handle a lot without any problems.

Edit: level of moisture and wind chill is critical. South of Sweden with high winds feels significantly colder at -5 than -20 does in the north inland. The wind cuts through you. But then again I usually don't layer up when I see -5. Regrett every time at the bus stopp.
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Switzerland12467 Posts
June 03 2026 16:36 GMT
#4
Switzerland doesn't get as cold as the Nordics, Google tells me the lowest we can get where I live is like -8, but I've never thought it was too cold to go outside. I'm not a huge fan of summer, I don't like the sun too much. Give me a 5° rainy day every time.

I should live in Ireland I guess.
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Fleetfeet
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Canada2741 Posts
June 03 2026 17:03 GMT
#5
-30 is my cutoff for unreasonably cold. Up until that point I'm still fine to walk to work, but for the rare times it pushes to -35 I consider other options. I'm sure -35 could be made bearable with more gear, but it really doesn't happen often enough for me to get/store such extreme weather gear. As-is, a layer of thermal, normal layer of clothes, good coat, and gloves/scarf/balaclava is plenty good to be outside and active for an hour.

'Too cold for kids' here is the same as it is for adults because we've all got access to cold weather gear - the hard part is convincing the kid they actually need to wear their winter coat and not just a spring jacket.

All that said it would still be true to say we 'avoid the cold' here. I'll see nowhere near as many people out and about if its -20c compared to +15c

Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7223 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-06-08 11:45:19
June 08 2026 11:39 GMT
#6
On June 04 2026 00:27 CuddlyCuteKitten wrote:
Depends on wind, moisture levels, what you are doing and how fit you are and how much food you have. And of course which clothes you have.

I patrolled in -25-30 in full winter gear. Cold enough to freeze your water bottle before you go back in. Cold as fuck but not really a problem at 19 with good gear. We also ran at subzero temps (like a few degrees, obviously not -25) in shorts and t-shirt. Just run yourself warm.

So if you know what you are doing, have the gear, are healthy and move around you can handle a lot without any problems.

Edit: level of moisture and wind chill is critical. South of Sweden with high winds feels significantly colder at -5 than -20 does in the north inland. The wind cuts through you. But then again I usually don't layer up when I see -5. Regrett every time at the bus stopp.


A sunny, calm day with -20 does feel a lot better than -2 rain/hailstorm everything is soaked and your face melts wind at BFT 10-12 kinda weather.

There is a phrase in Germany which says children need to play outside at bad/ cold weather to get their immunity up and running (better) .No idea if true or not

EDIT: Forgot to answer:
I've never seen temperatures lower than -20°C. Like it was said, depends more on other weather factors than just temperature
Children can and should go outside as much as possible given the right clothes
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