What to wear by temperature
Dress for the feels-like temperature: short sleeves from 23°C, a light jacket at 12–16°C, a coat at 5–8°C, and a heavy coat or puffer below 5°C.
This chart is the table Gikae uses to pick a day’s outfit. It is the Minimal style, shown in whole degrees Celsius of feels-like temperature (22.6° counts as 23°), as of Gikae 1.0, November 2026. Other styles swap the pieces and keep the same layers: the same range always gets the same outer layer, or none.
Outfit by feels-like temperature
| Feels like | In short | Outer | Top | Bottoms | Extras |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28°C and above | Dress as light as you can | — | Short sleeves or sleeveless | Shorts or cotton trousers | — |
| 23–27°C | Short sleeves will do | — | Short sleeves or light shirt | Slacks or cotton trousers | — |
| 20–22°C | One long-sleeve layer is just right | — | Shirt or long sleeves | Slacks | — |
| 17–19°C | Throw on a cardigan | Cardigan | Light knit or long sleeves | Slacks | — |
| 12–16°C | Bring a light jacket | Blazer or jacket | Light knit or long sleeves | Jeans or slacks | — |
| 9–11°C | Wear a trench coat or a warm jacket | Trench coat or blazer | Knit | Slacks | — |
| 5–8°C | Coat weather | Coat | Knit | Slacks | Thermal top |
| Below 5°C | Wrap up in a heavy coat | Heavy coat or puffer | Knit or fleece-lined | Slacks | Thermal top, Scarf |
How to read it
- Use the feels-like temperature, not the air temperature: wind and humidity move it a few degrees either way.
- Use the hours you are out. Gikae reads 8 am to 8 pm by default, so a cold morning and a mild afternoon give one outfit with a layer you can take off by noon.
- Adjust for yourself. Gikae lets you set how much you feel the cold on a five-step scale, swaps to a heavier layer when you tap “Warmer”, and learns 0.5° at a time from how the day felt.
- Add rain, snow and wind separately. An umbrella or boots do not change the range.