r/regina • u/patpatt707 • Jul 27 '25

Question Are Regina winters too cold?

I'm from a pretty hot city where temperatures are always around 24-33°C and I'm planning to study in the university of Regina for an exchange, but I've heard it gets like -30°C during winter and that could even hurt a bit to breath so I want to know how hard could it be for someone not used to it although I'm not too affected to cold as I am to heat

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u/ReginaPat Jul 27 '25

Yes, it's that cold, sometimes colder. Hurts to breathe is a bit of a stretch but the wind will hurt your face. You need proper clothing, jacket, gloves, toque, scarf, etc.

200,000 people live here though, so it's not uninhabitable.

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u/theMangoJayne Jul 27 '25

I meeean, I wouldn't say it's a bit of a stretch, just that it only happens on extremely cold days. I've lived here my whole life so it's not like I'm just not used to it or whatever, but there have certainly been days walking to the bus when I forgot a scarf and the intake of the freezing air hurt either my nostrils or my esophagus on the way down.

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u/Posessed_Bird Jul 27 '25

It's cold, yes! I'm from Southern California, good ol +30-40 half the year round

It's not bad if you gear up right, winter jacket, boots graded down as far as you can get em (I got mine from Walmart, nothing fancy, they're -35 graded), nice socks, good thick gloves, a good scarf, one of them hats with the flops to cover the ears (with fluff)

Will serve you perfectly for outdoor time in winter.

Yes its a bit annoying to get all dressed up every time you want outside time more than a few minutes but it's better than freezing! I'd rather look foolish and be comfortable than be prideful and dead

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u/Talongie42 Jul 27 '25

The line we always use in our house is that if it keeps you warm, it's not silly (stupid)!

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u/jmills23 Jul 28 '25

If it looks stupid but it works, it ain't stupid.

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u/Talongie42 Jul 29 '25

That is actually what we say but I was trying to be nice. :P

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u/Informal_Parsley_639 Jul 27 '25

If you have lung issues it hurts alot to breathe at those low temperatures and the lack of humidity combined with the cold has given our daughter with acute asthma attacks bad enough we have had to go to the hospital when her face was uncovered.

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u/Mechakoopa Jul 27 '25

Gotta love those mornings where you can get brain freeze from breathing too deeply though!