At what temperature do the average people from your country or city wear things like t-shirts/shorts/sandals?
November 24, 2025
I mean, clothes associated with a hot weather. I'm from a hot city in Colombia and in my city 22°c is considered "cold".
Is it common to see people just wearing t-shirts and shorts at temperatures lower than 10°c in your place?
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T Shirts and long trousers probably around 15 degrees and sunny
Shorts and T Shirts probably starting from 20 degrees depending on the sun
I watch a Finn walk in shorts and hoodie and it is minus – 5 and I am in Sweden.
I see people in shorts as soon as we hit +5 and I have no clue why. It is cold but normal people wait to +18- 20 C.
17°C and above is T-shirt weather. Shorts in under 10°C is something a jogger might wear if they get really really hot, but otherwise that’s just something done for a laugh. However, when swimming in a hole in the ice or going to sauna in the winter, you might spend some time in -25°C wearing nothing at all, or a normal swimsuit.
My Greek mother-in-law once called a +25°C evening “slightly chilly”, and we still laugh about that with my husband. He’s adjusted to Finnish temperatures exceptionally well.
There is quite famous photo of 2 Russian guys standing in T-shirt and shorts, eating ice cream.
Thermometer shows -27°C😅
But jokes aside, I would say you’ll see quite many people wearing summer clothes at +15 and higher
No, of course not. You get sick when you wear these kind of clothing when its below 10C. I think around 20C its considered warm enough for tshirts. However, a lot depends on the wind and humidity. Sometimes it feels much colder or warmer. Thats probably one of the worst things living in my country, I never know if its warm or cold that day. Sometimes I think, I do some shopping in the city center, its warm so I wear a tshirt and thats it. An hour later is a bit cloudy, less sun, it feels much colder and I regret not wearing my jacket.
Most people start wearing t-shirts and shorts when it reaches about 17-20°C, even at lower temperatures if it’s sunny. Temperatures rarely go above the mid 20s here.
It’s not that unusual to see people, mostly younger men, wearing t-shirts and/or shorts even at significantly lower temperatures.
When the temperatures are in the 20s it’s a very easy way to tell if someone is Irish or not. A lot of foreign people are still in heavy clothes like jackets.
In the city I live in +15ºC is t-shirt/shorts weather. I’m sure some people change to t-shirt and shorts at lower temperatures here as well.
Depends. Some people go by temperature, some seem to go by calendar, as in “I don’t care if it’s snowing, I’m wearing shorts from April to September!”
Probably at about 20°C. There is some inertia in people’s behavior. In spring some might still have a hat on at this temperature, and in the fall they may have a t-shirt and bare legs at 15°C.
I mean, I just saw a guy yesterday in t-shirt and shorts at -2°C, but I guess they are anomalies or ‘tough guys’.
Generally you can reliably see it at 19°C+.
It’s not uncommon for a few people to wear a t-shirt and shorts here in the Nordic countries when it’s winter and the temperature is around -25 Celsius, I know some Swedes, Finns and Norwegians who have actually done it and still do it sometimes when they feel like it. But it’s not recommended because you can get really sick and in the absolute worst case scenario start to develop gangrene.
No, usually people don’t wear shorts and T-shirt below 10 degrees Celsius.
18 degrees would be T-Shirt weather for me. I usually don’t wear shorts, but if I do, it’s really hot.
20°C for most people here in central eastern germany
Posties aside (separate breed) I’d say the UK starts when the temp hits 20ish in the Spring but it’s very reluctant to recognise it’s getting cold so you’ll see shorts at 15 to even 10 in the Autumn but t shirts will be replaced with something heavier.
Newcastle girls are renowned for being winter -resistant
I typically never wear shorts unless the temperature goes above 30-35 C or so. T shirt weather from 21 C onwards. I‘m pretty much comfortable in jeans and a light flannel shirt at any temperature between 5 C and 20 C (ofc with a jacket in the lower half of that range). Temps in the Netherlands rarely really go down below -5 C and generally do not exceed 25 C for long either, and one can wear ‚normal clothing‘ for most of the year.
I wouldn’t wear shorts a full day in winter, but just walking to the gym and back I’ll do shorts down to like -15 or so. That’s a common mindset I think. For everyday wear it depends on the weather, not just temperature. A rainy 20 can feel colder than a dry 10
Temperature alone doesn’t say much, it can feel easily feel 10 degrees hotter or -10 degrees colder depending on direct sunshine or overcast weather, humidity and most importantly, wind.
Vienna is one of the windiest cities in the world, especially in spring, autumn and winter; summer is less windy (our average of five wind-free days per year all occur during summer). So while temperatures don’t drop much below zero in winter, it can still feel like -15 degrees due to wind chill.
So regarding your question, in summer with little wind even 17 degrees and sunshine can be T-shirts and shorts weather, while 23 degrees in spring or autumn might call for long trousers and a jacket due to high humidity, overcast sky and lots of wind.
Just saw someone in minus degrees on a bike in a t-shirt and shorts the other day. And it wasn’t even some “oh, it’s minus degrees but the nice sunshine somewhat offsets it” weather. It was during the night, it was windy, it was wet. Disclaimer: this is anything but normal. At all. I was freezing in my full on winter clothes. The average person here is more like me.
I’m American, but this question made me think of the “Pittsburgh Winter Uniform” of hoodie and shorts, regardless of the temperature… no *everyone* does it, but enough so that we’re known for it.
T-shirts from around 15 degrees, shorts around 20 degrees.
Personally I prefer around 22 degrees before I go bare legged.
Ah, common mistake. It’s not a temperature related, it’s dictated by the calendar. Shorts from March to October, then long pants.
Mmm, I’m just weird but I dress the same all year. It makes no difference. Though I switch to more long pants in winter so people don’t look at me funny. Spain.
We have no goddamn clue, if you go around you’ll meet ladies in underwear and dudes who look like they’re going on a trip to Antarctica. I personally use sweaters when temperatures go below 20 degrees Celsius.
I’ve worked in Aberdeen. Even in december with temperatures just above freezing you see men in shorts. Not many but quite a few.
Here in the netherlands the nuber of shorts goes down significantly when the temp drops below 18. I’ve got colleagues in their 20s that wear t-shirts year round
My teenager still goes in t-shirt outside. It was 0°C yesterday.
Have friends doing the same and did back in the days too.
From a Scottish perspective, 22C° is a hot summer’s day! Hot weather clothes are common from mid teens upwards. That said, you’ll see people wearing shorts in the spring and autumn too.
There will always be some guy still walking around in shorts until it freezes or if there is heavy rain, though from what I’ve seen they usually will wear something warmer than a t-shirt.
I do this depending on the date. And if i’m already aware the summer has started.
Saw a man in shorts and hoodie last week in -15°C. So… yeah…
Poland. Wearing shorts with a winter jacket in temperatures around freezing is commonplace. Although, of course, few people do. As a rule, in almost any weather, you’ll see the following: “Half the people are wearing shorts, and the other half are wearing fur coats.”
Depending on wind and humidity people will wear t-shirts at the lowest at 20°C while shorts at 22°C upwards, where I live that often happens when temperatures hit 24/25°.
For me, T-shirt: at least 12°C
Shorts: around 18°C? usually only wear them when I can’t stand long trousers
I tend to resist the cold pretty well and take off layers when I get hot due to walking so maybe the average person wouldn’t agree, idk. Today it was 7-8°C and my jacket was too much for walking in the sun.
If you wear a t-shirt + shorts + flip-flops below 20° I think you’re weird. I get wearing t-shirts and shorts if you’re doing some kind of exercise or physical activity but I cannot comprehend feeling like it’s too hot when it’s not even 20°.
I think I live in a region that has pretty nice weather and pleasant temperatures for the most part so I get people from colder countries finding it warm, but the other night I went out and it was 10° and there were foreigners in t-shirts and shorts. That to me just seems performative.
At 10C, t-shirt and shorts are definitely still a thing, especially if you’re running since that keeps you warm. Most people will probably switch to trousers and long-sleeve shirts at around 15C, though. Also in late spring or early autumn, the sun is much higher in the sky, so even if it’s 10C in the shade, the sun will feel quite warm. 10C in November or March on the other hand feels much colder because the sun is at such an angle.
It also depends on what you’re doing and how far you’re going. I’ve often gone to the communal laundromat or rubbish room (a few hundred meters away) in shorts and flip flops because I was too lazy to change, even though it was -15C outside. If you’re just staying outside for a minute or two it doesn’t really matter.
People quickly adapt to temperature.
I’m from Central Europe. I remember a winter about 15 years ago. At night it was -25°C, and during the day -18°C. And it stayed like that for 5 weeks straight. Was it a harsh frost? No. It was cold, but not dramatic. After two weeks, it even became bearable.
I once lived in the Caribbean for about a year. When I returned to southern France, I was wearing a thick wool sweater and dreaming of a warm hat. Meanwhile, women were sunbathing in bikinis. It was +22°C in the shade. But I was cold. I had gotten used to it being +30°C at night. After a few days, I got used to the new conditions.
In shorts? On a trek in the mountains when it’s above +12°C. For running, above +5°C. Normally, for walking, above +18°C. But I’ve seen people running in shorts when it’s 0°C. I’ve even seen people running barefoot in the snow at -5°C (in shorts and a T-shirt).
I think in Spain people dress more for the season than for the weather. So in spring people start wearing t-shirts. And shorts and sandals in the summer.
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T Shirts and long trousers probably around 15 degrees and sunny
Shorts and T Shirts probably starting from 20 degrees depending on the sun
I watch a Finn walk in shorts and hoodie and it is minus – 5 and I am in Sweden.
I see people in shorts as soon as we hit +5 and I have no clue why. It is cold but normal people wait to +18- 20 C.
17°C and above is T-shirt weather. Shorts in under 10°C is something a jogger might wear if they get really really hot, but otherwise that’s just something done for a laugh. However, when swimming in a hole in the ice or going to sauna in the winter, you might spend some time in -25°C wearing nothing at all, or a normal swimsuit.
My Greek mother-in-law once called a +25°C evening “slightly chilly”, and we still laugh about that with my husband. He’s adjusted to Finnish temperatures exceptionally well.
There is quite famous photo of 2 Russian guys standing in T-shirt and shorts, eating ice cream.
Thermometer shows -27°C😅
But jokes aside, I would say you’ll see quite many people wearing summer clothes at +15 and higher
No, of course not. You get sick when you wear these kind of clothing when its below 10C. I think around 20C its considered warm enough for tshirts. However, a lot depends on the wind and humidity. Sometimes it feels much colder or warmer. Thats probably one of the worst things living in my country, I never know if its warm or cold that day. Sometimes I think, I do some shopping in the city center, its warm so I wear a tshirt and thats it. An hour later is a bit cloudy, less sun, it feels much colder and I regret not wearing my jacket.
Most people start wearing t-shirts and shorts when it reaches about 17-20°C, even at lower temperatures if it’s sunny. Temperatures rarely go above the mid 20s here.
It’s not that unusual to see people, mostly younger men, wearing t-shirts and/or shorts even at significantly lower temperatures.
When the temperatures are in the 20s it’s a very easy way to tell if someone is Irish or not. A lot of foreign people are still in heavy clothes like jackets.
In the city I live in +15ºC is t-shirt/shorts weather. I’m sure some people change to t-shirt and shorts at lower temperatures here as well.
Depends. Some people go by temperature, some seem to go by calendar, as in “I don’t care if it’s snowing, I’m wearing shorts from April to September!”
Probably at about 20°C. There is some inertia in people’s behavior. In spring some might still have a hat on at this temperature, and in the fall they may have a t-shirt and bare legs at 15°C.
I mean, I just saw a guy yesterday in t-shirt and shorts at -2°C, but I guess they are anomalies or ‘tough guys’.
Generally you can reliably see it at 19°C+.
It’s not uncommon for a few people to wear a t-shirt and shorts here in the Nordic countries when it’s winter and the temperature is around -25 Celsius, I know some Swedes, Finns and Norwegians who have actually done it and still do it sometimes when they feel like it. But it’s not recommended because you can get really sick and in the absolute worst case scenario start to develop gangrene.
No, usually people don’t wear shorts and T-shirt below 10 degrees Celsius.
18 degrees would be T-Shirt weather for me. I usually don’t wear shorts, but if I do, it’s really hot.
20°C for most people here in central eastern germany
Posties aside (separate breed) I’d say the UK starts when the temp hits 20ish in the Spring but it’s very reluctant to recognise it’s getting cold so you’ll see shorts at 15 to even 10 in the Autumn but t shirts will be replaced with something heavier.
Newcastle girls are renowned for being winter -resistant
[https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/01/still-no-need-big-coat-newcastle-temperatures-reach-4c-8425100/](https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/01/still-no-need-big-coat-newcastle-temperatures-reach-4c-8425100/)
I typically never wear shorts unless the temperature goes above 30-35 C or so. T shirt weather from 21 C onwards. I‘m pretty much comfortable in jeans and a light flannel shirt at any temperature between 5 C and 20 C (ofc with a jacket in the lower half of that range). Temps in the Netherlands rarely really go down below -5 C and generally do not exceed 25 C for long either, and one can wear ‚normal clothing‘ for most of the year.
I wouldn’t wear shorts a full day in winter, but just walking to the gym and back I’ll do shorts down to like -15 or so. That’s a common mindset I think. For everyday wear it depends on the weather, not just temperature. A rainy 20 can feel colder than a dry 10
Temperature alone doesn’t say much, it can feel easily feel 10 degrees hotter or -10 degrees colder depending on direct sunshine or overcast weather, humidity and most importantly, wind.
Vienna is one of the windiest cities in the world, especially in spring, autumn and winter; summer is less windy (our average of five wind-free days per year all occur during summer). So while temperatures don’t drop much below zero in winter, it can still feel like -15 degrees due to wind chill.
So regarding your question, in summer with little wind even 17 degrees and sunshine can be T-shirts and shorts weather, while 23 degrees in spring or autumn might call for long trousers and a jacket due to high humidity, overcast sky and lots of wind.
Just saw someone in minus degrees on a bike in a t-shirt and shorts the other day. And it wasn’t even some “oh, it’s minus degrees but the nice sunshine somewhat offsets it” weather. It was during the night, it was windy, it was wet. Disclaimer: this is anything but normal. At all. I was freezing in my full on winter clothes. The average person here is more like me.
I’m American, but this question made me think of the “Pittsburgh Winter Uniform” of hoodie and shorts, regardless of the temperature… no *everyone* does it, but enough so that we’re known for it.
T-shirts from around 15 degrees, shorts around 20 degrees.
Personally I prefer around 22 degrees before I go bare legged.
Ah, common mistake. It’s not a temperature related, it’s dictated by the calendar. Shorts from March to October, then long pants.
Mmm, I’m just weird but I dress the same all year. It makes no difference. Though I switch to more long pants in winter so people don’t look at me funny. Spain.
We have no goddamn clue, if you go around you’ll meet ladies in underwear and dudes who look like they’re going on a trip to Antarctica. I personally use sweaters when temperatures go below 20 degrees Celsius.
I’ve worked in Aberdeen. Even in december with temperatures just above freezing you see men in shorts. Not many but quite a few.
Here in the netherlands the nuber of shorts goes down significantly when the temp drops below 18. I’ve got colleagues in their 20s that wear t-shirts year round
My teenager still goes in t-shirt outside. It was 0°C yesterday.
Have friends doing the same and did back in the days too.
From a Scottish perspective, 22C° is a hot summer’s day! Hot weather clothes are common from mid teens upwards. That said, you’ll see people wearing shorts in the spring and autumn too.
There will always be some guy still walking around in shorts until it freezes or if there is heavy rain, though from what I’ve seen they usually will wear something warmer than a t-shirt.
I do this depending on the date. And if i’m already aware the summer has started.
Saw a man in shorts and hoodie last week in -15°C. So… yeah…
Poland. Wearing shorts with a winter jacket in temperatures around freezing is commonplace. Although, of course, few people do. As a rule, in almost any weather, you’ll see the following: “Half the people are wearing shorts, and the other half are wearing fur coats.”
Depending on wind and humidity people will wear t-shirts at the lowest at 20°C while shorts at 22°C upwards, where I live that often happens when temperatures hit 24/25°.
For me, T-shirt: at least 12°C
Shorts: around 18°C? usually only wear them when I can’t stand long trousers
I tend to resist the cold pretty well and take off layers when I get hot due to walking so maybe the average person wouldn’t agree, idk. Today it was 7-8°C and my jacket was too much for walking in the sun.
If you wear a t-shirt + shorts + flip-flops below 20° I think you’re weird. I get wearing t-shirts and shorts if you’re doing some kind of exercise or physical activity but I cannot comprehend feeling like it’s too hot when it’s not even 20°.
I think I live in a region that has pretty nice weather and pleasant temperatures for the most part so I get people from colder countries finding it warm, but the other night I went out and it was 10° and there were foreigners in t-shirts and shorts. That to me just seems performative.
At 10C, t-shirt and shorts are definitely still a thing, especially if you’re running since that keeps you warm. Most people will probably switch to trousers and long-sleeve shirts at around 15C, though. Also in late spring or early autumn, the sun is much higher in the sky, so even if it’s 10C in the shade, the sun will feel quite warm. 10C in November or March on the other hand feels much colder because the sun is at such an angle.
It also depends on what you’re doing and how far you’re going. I’ve often gone to the communal laundromat or rubbish room (a few hundred meters away) in shorts and flip flops because I was too lazy to change, even though it was -15C outside. If you’re just staying outside for a minute or two it doesn’t really matter.
People quickly adapt to temperature.
I’m from Central Europe. I remember a winter about 15 years ago. At night it was -25°C, and during the day -18°C. And it stayed like that for 5 weeks straight. Was it a harsh frost? No. It was cold, but not dramatic. After two weeks, it even became bearable.
I once lived in the Caribbean for about a year. When I returned to southern France, I was wearing a thick wool sweater and dreaming of a warm hat. Meanwhile, women were sunbathing in bikinis. It was +22°C in the shade. But I was cold. I had gotten used to it being +30°C at night. After a few days, I got used to the new conditions.
In shorts? On a trek in the mountains when it’s above +12°C. For running, above +5°C. Normally, for walking, above +18°C. But I’ve seen people running in shorts when it’s 0°C. I’ve even seen people running barefoot in the snow at -5°C (in shorts and a T-shirt).
I think in Spain people dress more for the season than for the weather. So in spring people start wearing t-shirts. And shorts and sandals in the summer.
Can’t answer for my whole country, but for me:
T-shirt: from 20-22º
Shorts: from 27º
Sandals: situational