What is the correlation between weather and physical activity?

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The French Withings has just published a study presenting the correlations between weather and physical activity. They are drawn from the analysis of data from activity trackers marketed by the brand.

Withings has therefore partnered with a weather site, Accuweather, to analyze the habits of people in 24 cities according to the weather. Let's see what lessons emerge:

• Little activity with extreme temperatures

Extreme temperatures (very cold or very hot) greatly discourage physical activity. A temperature lower than -10 ° or greater than 30 ° causes a decrease of 600 steps on average compared to a day at milder temperatures! The ideal temperature for the activity would be between 15 ° and 20 °: this is where we are most active, with 6160 steps daily on average.

We would have suspected, but preferences in terms of temperatures change around the world. The inhabitants of Sao Paulo (Brazil) will prefer walking when it is more than 30 °, where Berliners are more temperate, and prefer a temperature between 15 ° and 20 °. Here are the preferred temperature ranges for physical activity, by city:

• The most active cities have a temperate climate

The hot cities (Sao Paulo, Las Vegas, Mexico City) are among the cities where we are the least active. Cold cities (Moscow, Toronto, Chicago) are not really the most active, showing that extreme temperatures do not encourage activity. London, Paris, New York: Here are the three cities where we move the most. All three have an oceanic climate, and a reasonable average temperature.

Some cities see their physical activity slow down significantly when the first drops in temperature occur. This is the case of Chicago and New York, but also Lyon, significantly more cautious than Paris.

• Who is the most chilly, women or men?

These are … Men, whose physical activity drops 6.9% in case of extreme cold, against 6% for these ladies! Nevertheless, men are more resistant to hot weather, which has less influence on their level of activity.

Find more information and statistics on the Withings's blog.

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