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                       Health<\/p>\n<p>                          Health news<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Hot nights are stealing people\u2019s sleep, researchers say<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/87\/26\/1536x864_cmsv2_ffb74b3e-ee29-512a-b64c-3b5a7fd2c6e2-9838726.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"FILE: A woman uses a fan to cool off next to a man lying down in a park in Madrid, Spain.\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              FILE: A woman uses a fan to cool off next to a man lying down in a park in Madrid, Spain.<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo\/Paul White<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\/Paul White\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspMarta Iraola Iribarren\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1784123882\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-07-15 15:58:02 +02:00\">15\/07\/2026 &#8211; 15:58 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span 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src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Globally, the average person lost nearly 56 hours of sleep \u2014 equivalent to nearly seven nights\u2019 worth of sleep \u2014 per year due to high temperatures during the 2020-2025 period, according to a new study by Climate Central.<\/p>\n<p>Across nearly every city out of over 1,300 analysed, the amount of temperature-related sleep loss linked to climate change has at least doubled since the early 1970s. The highest level of sleep loss was in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, where people lost an average of between 55 and 91 hours per year. <\/p>\n<p>In the early 1970s, people living in an average city of 500,000 residents lost about 46 hours of sleep per year due to night-time heat; by the 2020s, that rose to about 50 hours. Between 2020 and 2025, that number rose to 56, and climate change accounts for a larger share of that burden, the analysis found.<\/p>\n<h2>Where in Europe are people losing the most sleep?<\/h2>\n<p>While extremely warm nights are affecting all cities across the world, the burden is not the same for everyone, and big differences can be seen across continents and within them. <\/p>\n<p>In Europe, the highest sleep losses were seen in the south. People in Naples, Italy, lost 51 hours every year due to heat over the last five years. <\/p>\n<p>In Greece\u2019s capital, Athens, the loss was 45 hours annually, 42 for Valencia in Spain, and 40 in Lisbon, Portugal, and in the French city of Marseille. <\/p>\n<p>However, even in the northernmost countries, while to a lesser extent, people are also suffering from sleep loss due to heat. <\/p>\n<p>People in Edinburgh, Scotland, lost 21 hours, while Stockholm and Helsinki lost 20 hours each. The lowest impact was in Oslo, at 18 hours. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Why extreme heat makes people angrier and how our brain reacts to heatwaves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The importance of a good night&#8217;s sleep<\/h2>\n<p>Sleep plays a major role in the correct functioning of the body during the day.<\/p>\n<p>Night-time is when the body is supposed to recover, but when temperatures fail to cool, this recovery does not happen and the body remains under strain.<\/p>\n<p>Poor sleep has been linked to impacts on mood, cognitive performance, productivity, and cardiovascular and immune health, the authors noted. <\/p>\n<p>While many factors influence sleep, night-time heat is becoming an increasingly important environmental risk as temperatures rise globally and as more people move to urban heat islands, which further amplify heat at night.<\/p>\n<p>Because sleep loss can accumulate over repeated nights, even modest reductions can become harmful over the course of a hot season. <\/p>\n<p>A recent study found that warmer nights affect sleep more than twice as much in adults over 65 as in middle-aged adults, and nearly three times as much in lower-middle-income countries as in high-income countries.<\/p>\n<p>Women and people already living in hotter climates were also more affected \u2014 a gap likely to widen as temperatures continue to rise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span 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drugs cut weight but don\u2019t improve life quality, study finds<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">As tropical and hot nights \u2014 when the overnight temperature does not fall below 20\u00b0C \u2014\u00a0 become more frequent worldwide, people\u2019s sleep is paying the price.Globally, the average person lost nearly 56 hours of sleep \u2014 equivalent to nearly seven nights\u2019 worth of sleep \u2014 per year due to high temperatures during the 2020-2025 period, according to a new study by Climate Central.Across nearly every city out of over 1,300 analysed, the amount of temperature-related sleep loss linked to climate change has at least doubled since the early 1970s. The highest level of sleep loss was in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, where people lost an average of between 55 and 91 hours per year.\u00a0In the early 1970s, people living in an average city of 500,000 residents lost about 46 hours of sleep per year due to night-time heat; by the 2020s, that rose to about 50 hours. Between 2020 and 2025, that number rose to 56, and climate change accounts for a larger share of that burden, the analysis found.Where in Europe are people losing the most sleep?\u00a0While extremely warm nights are affecting all cities across the world, the burden is not the same for everyone, and big differences can be seen across continents and within them.\u00a0In Europe, the highest sleep losses were seen in the south. People in Naples, Italy,\u00a0 lost 51 hours every year due to heat over the last five years.\u00a0In Greece\u2019s capital, Athens, the loss was 45 hours annually, 42 for Valencia in Spain, and 40 in Lisbon, Portugal, and in the French city of Marseille.\u00a0However, even in the northernmost countries, while to a lesser extent, people are also suffering from sleep loss due to heat.\u00a0People in Edinburgh, Scotland, lost 21 hours, while Stockholm and Helsinki lost 20 hours each. The lowest impact was in Oslo, at 18 hours.\u00a0The importance of a good night&#8217;s sleep\u00a0Sleep plays a major role in the correct functioning of the body during the day.Night-time is when the body is supposed to recover, but when temperatures fail to cool, this recovery does not happen and the body remains under strain.Poor sleep has been linked to impacts on mood, cognitive performance, productivity, and cardiovascular and immune health, the authors noted.\u00a0While many factors influence sleep, night-time heat is becoming an increasingly important environmental risk as temperatures rise globally and as more people move to urban heat islands, which further amplify heat at night.Because sleep loss can accumulate over repeated nights, even modest reductions can become harmful over the course of a hot season.\u00a0A recent study found that warmer nights affect sleep more than twice as much in adults over 65 as in middle-aged adults, and nearly three times as much in lower-middle-income countries as in high-income countries.Women and people already living in hotter climates were also more affected \u2014 a gap likely to widen as temperatures continue to rise.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2026\/07\/15\/hot-nights-are-stealing-peoples-sleep-researchers-say&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/87\/26\/1200x675_cmsv2_ffb74b3e-ee29-512a-b64c-3b5a7fd2c6e2-9838726.jpg&#8221;] Grand Voyager Grand Voyager | Exploring Budapest In partnership with Media City No Comment Italy: melting ice statues protest heatwave conditions in Rome USA Trump urges ICE to continue traffic stops after fatal shootings Voices from Central Asia The rise of Kazakh skater Mikhail Shaidorov In partnership with MDQ Grand Voyager Grand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-2044976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2044976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2044976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2044976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2044976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}