Less booze, more salads, maybe separate bedrooms: how to sleep better in hot weather 

Yes, it’s getting hotter and harder to keep the light out. But that doesn’t mean you have to resign yourself to broken nights. We get some expert tips.

Numerous studies have shown that our sleep changes for the worse when spring arrives.

The hotter months can make sleep feel impossible, with everything from sweltering temperatures and noisy late-night barbecues to rowdy birdsong and early sunrises to contend with. 

Numerous studies have shown that our sleep changes for the worse when spring arrives. Being stressed about it won’t help – though, of course, it is understandable to be concerned about the climate crisis that will see our temperatures reach extremes and make sleeping even harder.