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Hungary in the world’s top concerning best outdoor workouts
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Recent reports predict that the demand for outdoor exercise will soar in 2023, and with searches for “outdoor fitness classes near me” rising by 200%* — it is the perfect opportunity to start thinking about moving our workouts outdoors. Hungary ranks tenth with a final score of 65.5/100. Contributing to Hungary’s score is 1107.72 sunshine hours per month. This is nearly double the sunshine hours the United Kingdom has per month (623.60).
With this in mind, the experts at Live Rugby Tickets were keen to discover which European countries are the best for an outdoor workout. To do this, they created a points-based index system evaluating several factors in 28 European countries, including average temperature, wind speed, pollen count, humidity level and sunshine hours. Each country was then ranked out of 100 for its suitability for an outdoor workout this summer.
Key Findings:
- Hungary rank as the tenth best country for an outdoors workout
- Spain is the ultimate European country for outdoor workouts, ranking highly for its average temperature and low pollen count.
- Greece has the highest average temperature in the top 10 but only manages to rank 5th overall.
- Germany has the highest number of hiking trails of all the countries analysed however only ranks 4th overall.
- Fitness expert Carley Mellors-Blair offers key advice and comments on the impacts exercising outdoors can have on a person’s workout.
The best European countries for an outdoor workout:
| Rank | Country | Average Temperature (°C) | Average relative humidity % | Average wind speed (metres per second) | Total sunshine duration (h) | Average pollen count label | Number of hiking trails | Outdoor workout suitability score / 100 | |||||||||
| 1 | Spain | 21.71 | 49.67 | 0.33 | 1289.33 | Low | 14,818 | 96.6 | |||||||||
| 2 | France | 18.94 | 65.78 | 0.65 | 986.39 | Medium | 16,955 | 93.1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Italy | 20.96 | 64.30 | 0.28 | 1197.63 | Medium | 11,028 | 89.7 | |||||||||
| 4 | Germany | 17.87 | 68.51 | 0.82 | 862.52 | High | 35,092 | 86.2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Greece | 22.73 | 55.07 | 0.60 | 1253.80 | Low | 2,367 | 82.8 | |||||||||
| 6 | Switzerland | 13.76 | 75.64 | 0.16 | 902.36 | Low | 10,302 | 79.3 | |||||||||
| 7 | Netherlands | 17.66 | 72.66 | 1.19 | 823.19 | High | 5,784 | 75.9 | |||||||||
| 8 | Croatia | 20.93 | 65.41 | 0.49 | 1134.87 | Low | 2,848 | 72.4 | |||||||||
| 9 | United Kingdom | 14.36 | 78.63 | 1.34 | 623.60 | High | 23,683 | 69 | |||||||||
| 10 | Hungary | 21.35 | 62.47 | 0.58 | 1107.72 | High | 2,233 | 65.5 |
Hungary rank tenth for best outdoor workouts
Hungary ranks tenth with a final score of 65.5/100. Contributing to Hungary’s score is 1107.72 sunshine hours per month. This is nearly double the sunshine hours the United Kingdom has per month (623.60). Spain is the ultimate country for an outdoor workout, with a suitability score of 96.6/100. Spain has the second highest average temperature of the top ten countries analysed (21.71°C), only behind Greece (22.73°C). As working out in high humidity can lead to dehydration, low humidity levels in Spain (49.67%) makes it one of the ultimate locations for outdoors exercise. This is 36% lower than the United Kingdom, which has the highest humidity level in the top ten (78.63%).
Fitness expert, founder of Altered Health Solutions, Carley Mellors-Blair explains why these conditions are key for an outdoor workout. “Exercising in high humidity can increase body temperature, which has positive and negative impacts. The negative part is that it can reduce endurance, cause muscles to fatigue quicker, and can also cause dehydration. It’s possible to lose more calories, but if you go too hard for too long, it can cause more problems than positive effects.”