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If I'm paying the bills the AC is set to 72 in the summer and the heat is set to 66 in the winter.

If I'm not paying the bills the AC is set to 66 when it's hot and the heat is set to 72 when it's cold.

64/78 year round. Occasionally knock it down to 74 in the summer when it's going to be really hot and the AC unit may not keep up.The house retains heat too well and bakes in the evening sun.

23-25 in the winter (depends on humidity), switched off in the summer.

21 during the day and at bedtime 15

Yes, 65F for the winter or lower, I hate the heater, and yes, 78F in summer, the heat pump struggles and it's plenty cool enough, feels cool compared to outside.

ETA I grew up in Florida without air conditioning. No central air until I was 24, sometimes window units. And at school no air conditioning till 7th grade and they kept it fucking FREEZING in that school so you would be going always from hot outside to so cold inside, it was worse than none.

People absolutely can adapt to the humidity and heat but buildings do not, they hold up so much better with the central air drying them out.

Grew up in a house with no AC in the summer. Would easily hit high 80s inside during the day and hover in the lower 80s or high 70s at night.

You learn how to deal with it. Use fans to bring cooler air in at night. Close up windows and curtains (especially south-facing blinds) during the day. Hydrate frequently. At night, strip down as far as comfortable, use just a sheet instead of a blanket, and have a fan to circulate air. AC is a relatively new invention, people have been living longer in hotter areas without it. 78 degrees should literally be "no sweat".

Usually around 18-19, 15-16 overnight

some people in my family have sensory things where they feel slightly hotter than others. 69f for most of the year, in winter we hardly use the heater since it doesn't freeze where we live, but my room doesn't have full insulation since the garage is below it, so I have a little bathroom heater in winter.

If it was up to me probs ~71.

I set it to 291⁰K.

Not sure what that is in feet-degrees or miles or whatever you guys use in Murca.

Edit: changed to CAPITAL K, you nerds.

I have mine at 20~22°C. Not sure what that is in non-standard units.. honestly I'd go lower, but then it becomes a hassle for other reasons

Here's January of this year. San Francisco, so pretty moderate weather

typically don't run heat during the day, and low 60s at night (if at all) during the winter. Large temperature gradient throughout house, typically.

South facing windows gives kitchen and living room a greenhouse effect, particularly in the winter, hence the large daily temperature swings:

Cheap Canadian here..

18C in cold months and down to 15C at night.

Warm months I have central air but don't turn it on and just live with whatever the temp is.

23 in winter and 22 in summer. Nights are set at 18 all year long.

Heat to 69 in the winter, cool to 74-76 in the summer.

Cool to 25, heat to 20 (Canberra, Australia)

23 in a lot of the winter (though I think the thermostat is wrong since that gets us to 20.x or 21 according to actual thermometers in the room) and usually 26 in 'dry' mode in the summer. Right now, we're going for days without using them at all but, if not the heat, then the humidity will put an end to that by late May or early June.

Dry climates will let you set the temp higher in the summer since your body will cool better.

I have solar/battery and heat pumps so I set my temp to whatever makes my SO happy.

72°F in summer / 64°F in winter

-40 so I don't have to specify which temperature scale I'm using.

69F (20.5C) year-round. Just for the memes.

AC only goes on when it's 90 out. Used it 5 times last year. People can adapt. It's like cutting sugar from your diet.

Short answer:

• 80 in summer
• 60 in winter

Long answer: It gets over 110f so we keep it at 80 in the summer. We have double pane windows, a newer ac as well. Somewhat new insulation. Otherwise the power bill is over 1000 a month. Our bill in the winter is around 100ish and mostly gas. We keep the house at 60.

PGE is terrible. It's a little more than 60c a kilowatt now...

No that's not a typo on the prices.

Usually off, but if on 18°C (291.15K).

Summer: 72-74 in the day, 68 for sleeping Winter: 65 in the day, 62 for sleeping. I love the cold

80 in summer during the day, 75 at night, 78 day and night in winter. We do not have heat, and 78 is required for the air conditioning to run periodically in winter to dehumidify the house.

Florida keys

70F, all year round. Cuz that's basically the perfect "room temperature."

Summer: 77-78 during the day, 75 at night.

Winter: 70

(Not so) pro tip: Buy a stand or desk fan. What actually makes 77 feel hot is because there’s no breeze. 77 in itself is not hot. What you need is air circulation. Keeping it at 77 with a fan to get a breeze going is comfortable enough. Your electric bill will also be lower.

I live in California’s San Joaquin valley. It gets hot in the summer. PG&E bill is high as hell. Having your place cooler than 78F is a total luxury. In my place keeping it at 78F would mean a couple $600 bills. I have since gotten solar but I’ve heard PG&E increased their prices twice since then. And they want to increase it even more.

On the other hand some places like Sacramento used to have super cheap rates and people could crank their ACs on.

I do 69 in winter because its close enough to what I want and funny. summer it depends on humidity. I often just keep it a bit below the temp outside because if you draw away humidity even low eighties is not bad.

I did some experimenting - I can't sleep above 67 at most, 65 comfortably.

Anything above 68 is too hot generally indoors and I begin to lose the ability to focus.

I don't have AC but my house is from the 1860s when people had fires running pretty much nonstop so is designed to keep cool, so even when it's 80+ outdoors the indoor temperature rarely goes above 70