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The Netherlands gets some warm days too, it'll be 33°C today and 34°C tomorrow.
From my own experience living there, temperatures in the mid 30Cs in The Netherlands is a lot harder than 40C in Portugal and Spain, because The Netherlands is more humid.
That's right, the sensation is very different. I hate it. I'm already prone to sweating, and now I go through 3 shirts a day just sitting at my desk ml.
I don't think its the humidity, it must have to do something with latitudes. I moved from Italy to Northern Europe and 27-28ish here is as unbearable as 33-35 back home.
It's also possible that it's to do with habit.
Having lived for many years in various countries, I noticed how after about one year living somewhere my body had adjusted to the local temperature average and my idea of "too hot" or "too cold" had changed, as reflected in my choice of clothing when I went back to a different country were the average temperature is different (like going back to Lisbon in Winter and being comfortable wearing just a t-shirt whilst everybody else had coats on and though it was "cold"),
The average temperature in, for example, Amsterdam, is around 5C lower than Lisbon, so it makes sense that one's perception of "too hot" and "too cold" is at a lower temperatures for those living in the former than those living in the latter.
I think the body mostly takes about two weeks to adjust. Most folks I've talked to have stories about sitting around for that amount of time "completely fucked" while doing everything they could to stay comfortable. My favorite so far has been the military chick who, and I'm totally quoting here, when transferred to the swamp "wrapped [her] legs around the chilled propane tank and put iced cans of bud between [her] bosoms while sitting underneath a fan for half [her] cycle and still drenched the floor with more sweat than that wap song." Which, really, puts all my complaints of the cold in perspective.
Yeah, this is also an option, but I have to say that I had friends over just a few weeks ago who brought sweaters when they saw the forecast at around 20C (against my recommendations), and they all were surprised by how warm it was despite the temperature (which in Italy is spring-like).