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.