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 :)

  • deranger@sh.itjust.works
    47·
    2 months ago

    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

    • 200ok@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 months 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

    • Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml
      3·
      2 months 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