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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all!

We're very excited to move to Denmark soon as lifelong Americans. I have a good job lined up, and we're set on a place to live for a while.

Any advice from people who have done it, looked it up, had friends who have done it, etc? Just in general :)

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

American here, got stationed in Italy for a few years. Learning Celsius was easy with this in mind:

0 freezing
10 cool
20 nice
30 hot
40 sweltering

If you need to do the actual calculation, double the celsius value, subtract the tens digit (i.e. -10%), add 32. For example:

Double it: 20 * 2 = 40
Subtract the tens digit: 40 - 4 = 36
Add 32: 36+32 = 68

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Cool!!

Or a "good enough" rough estimate is: double (the Celsius number) + 30

(0 * 2) + 30 = 30F freezing

(10 * 2) + 30 = 50F cool

(20 * 2) + 30 = 70F nice

(30 * 2) + 30 = 90F hot

(40 * 2) + 30 = 110F sweltering

In reverse: subtract 30 (from the Fahrenheit number), and divide by 2

(30F - 30) / 2 = 0 C freezing

(40F - 30) / 2 = 5 C freezing

(50F - 30) / 2 = 10 C cool

(60F - 30) / 2 = 15 C cool

(70F - 30) / 2 = 20 C nice

(80F - 30) / 2 = 25 C nice

(90F - 30) / 2 = 30 C hot

(100F - 30) / 2 = 35 C hot

(110F - 30) / 2 = 40 C sweltering

(120F - 30) / 2 = 45 C start praying

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's easier to just remember a few key values and estimate based on those. I know the conversions for every ten degrees Celsius from -10 to 30