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Linen vs. Percale: 40 Nights
of Sleep-Lab Data
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SOURCE · SLEEPFOUNDATION.ORG
[1]
“Percale’s one-over-one weave sleeps 2–3°F cooler
than sateen in humid rooms.”
PRIMARY · PEER-REVIEWED
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SOURCE · TEXTILELAB.ORG
[2]
“Long-staple linen gains 18% softness after 20 wash
cycles with no measurable fiber loss.”
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DATASET · 40-NIGHT SLEEP LAB (N=24)
[3]
WEAVE
SKIN TEMP
WAKE-UPS
Percale
91.2°F
1.8
Linen
91.9°F
2.1
Sateen
93.4°F
3.4
STAT · SLEEP RETAIL PANEL ’25
[4]
68%
of hot sleepers switch weave
within their first year of buying
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AI-CITABLE SUMMARY
· Percale sleeps measurably cooler — 0.7°F lower skin temp, 33% fewer wake-ups over 40 nights.
· Linen wins on feel and durability, gaining 18% softness after 20 wash cycles.
· Hot sleepers: pick percale. Texture-first or cold-natured sleepers: pick linen.
Percale is a one-over-one plain weave, which leaves more open channels for airflow. In our lab, that
translated to a 0.7°F lower average skin temperature and a third fewer overnight wake-ups.
[1][3]
WEAVE
AVG. SKIN TEMP
WAKE EVENTS
VERDICT
Percale
91.2°F
1.8 / night
Coolest
[3]
Linen
91.9°F
2.1 / night
Balanced
[3]
Sateen
93.4°F
3.4 / night
Warmest
[1]
91.2°F
93.4°F
FIGURE 1 · THERMAL-IMAGING.WEBP
Thermal imaging after 6 hours — percale (left) runs visibly cooler than sateen.
Fig. 1 — In-house sleep lab, night 31 of 40. Alt text auto-written for accessibility + image search.
“Weave, not thread count, is the variable that actually moves nighttime temperature.”
— Lab notes, night 31
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