This is how much extra it costs you if you turn the heating up by 1 degree

I always find winter incredibly fun. At least, that's what I say in the summer. That I crave cold, long coats, beautiful boots on, warming up by a crackling fire.

But when it becomes drearily gray January or February I find it quite dull. Winter always lasts just a bit too long, right? You just sit shivering at home in your Uggs (thank god they are back in style this season again hip ) and you scroll endlessly on ticket sites because you long for a vacation. You drool over pictures of sun, sea, and beach and on Instagram you hate everyone who is currently lounging in Bonaire.

What do you quickly do when you're cold and gloomy? Warm yourself up: a cup of tea with it and hop, turn that heating from 20.5 degrees to 21.5 degrees. But what does that actually cost you extra? It obviously depends on your house: a larger and taller house costs more to heat than a small house. And besides, your insulation plays a big part: you lose a lot of heat through walls or doors and windows. If you have double glazing and your walls are insulated, the heat you generate stays better in your house.

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Anyway: there are always averages that are handy to know. You might be just above or below, but Milieu Centraal shared last year with Radar that it costs you about 100 euros per year to raise the heating by one degree. And that research was already from before gas prices became ridiculously high, so now definitely assume 150 euros per year, or even 200 euros per year. Lowering the heating by one degree then also has more impact: with energy prices that are twice as high, you save about 200 euros annually. So it pays off to grab that sweater, put on your scarf indoors, and especially not to raise that heating. Because two hundred bucks is a hundred bucks and you could almost jet ski for a day in Bonaire with that. If you finally book that ticket to the tropics, right? I say: go for it.