Night sweats and feeling too hot and restless while you’re trying sleep really isn’t fun, and with temperatures rising things are only likely to get worse, but it doesn’t have to.
Cooling fans in the bedroom do of course help but the main culprit helping to exacerbate night sweats and feeling a little too hot tends to be the mattress.
Thankfully though, the materials used and technology have come a long way when it comes to the performance of your mattress, so there’s certainly no need for you to suffer whilst you try to get a good night’s sleep.
There are many options available that will help you to get a cool night’s sleep – from an air sprung to memory foam, or a combination of both. There’s also the hybrid mattresses which is a combination of layers consisting of memory foam for pressure relief, latex or gel for airflow and temperature control, including a spring system that will give you much needed support.
To help you find the perfect mattress, we have rounded up the best cooling mattresses that will help give you the best night’s sleep possible.
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Mattress types
- Memory Foam : A memory foam mattress combines a layer of memory foam with springs or support foam that uses your body heat to soften and mould to your shape. Once pressure is removed, memory foam will bounce back slowly and over time remembering your body shape and optimal sleeping position.
- ActiGel : An actigel mattress is combined with memory foam, being the most common type. It can also be combined with latex and pocket spring mattresses.
- Latex : A latex mattress combines latex foam with either springs or reflex foam to create a supportive and durable sleep surface.
- Hybrid : Includes a layer of coiled springs on the bottom and one to three layers of latex or memory foam on the top.
- Pocket sprung : A pocket sprung mattress is made from individual pocket springs, each enclosed within its own fabric pocket. The spring reacts only to the pressure applied to that area, they don’t move as a whole unit.
- Open coil spring : An open coil mattress is a supportive, sprung mattress that features coils of high tensile steel that has been wound into hundreds of springs and connected by a wire rod edge. They run from side-to-side and are available in a range of firmness ratings that include soft, medium or firm.
Best cooling mattresses to buy 2024
1. THE SIMBA Hybrid Luxe Mattress
The Hybrid Luxe Mattress includes a breathable, bamboo infused wool layer which offers unrivalled temperature and moisture control.
Its Simbatex foam layer is an ‘open cell’ foam, with thirty times the airflow of memory foam; it has also been infused with graphite, a natural mineral which draws heat away from the body.
This innovative foam is combined with the increased airflow offered by the doubled up Aerocoil spring layers which consists of 2500 springs each that gives you maximum support and comfort, and topped off by a layer of natural wool which works, together with our breathable sleep surface, to keep you warm or cool, depending on the season.
Buy now from Simba (from £1,289).
2. Cooling Open Coil Mattress
This cooling open coil mattress has been designed with a breathable knitted cool-touch cover that allows air to flow freely for a much cooler, air-conditioned sleep, as it regulates your core temperature and inhibits overheating whilst you sleep.
The mattress also features a premium spring system with tuft-tec technology which maximises comfort and support.
Buy now from Wayfair (£111.09).
3. Lola Cool Hybrid Mattress
The Lola Cool Hybrid Mattress encourages airflow through its layers by using the latest technology.
The two cooling comfort and support foam layers and contoured grooves pushes heat upwards and out allowing body heat and humidity to circulate away from you – resulting in a cool and comfortable sleep.
Buy now from Lola Sleep (from £899)
4. Silentnight Cool Gel Mattress
Combining functionality and the comfort of a memory foam mattress with the cooling and circulatory effects of gel, this unique mattress offers the ultimate in comfort for those that get too hot at night.
By including a Geltex comfort layer below the hand-stitched quilted surface, you can better regulate your temperature for a perfect night’s rest.
The Silentnight Cool Gel Mattress also comes with zoned foam support that provides much-needed comfort for the heaviest parts of your body. With tailor-made zone support, your body is supported appropriately and comfortably for the best night’s sleep.
Buy now from Amazon (from £319).
5. Cool Gel Foam 2,000 Pocket Sprung Hybrid Mattress
Enjoy a cooler night’s sleep with the Dusk Cool Gel Foam Mattress, which comes with a top layer of cool gel foam designed with an open cell structure to allow more airflow than memory foam.
It has been combined with a breathable, allergy-friendly 350-gsm stretch knit fabric outer layer that works to keep your body temperature regulated and stop you from overheating.
Buy now from Dusk (from £339).
6. Emma Premium Mattress
With doubled layers of temperature regulating Airgocell foam, you’ll be able to stay cooler at night with this Emma Premium Mattress.
Topped with the UltraDry Original Cover, the Emma Premium Mattress enhances airflow, evaporates moisture which keeps your body cool and dry, even on the hottest nights and makes the mattress last longer.
With a combination of 5 zone carbonflex springs and Emma HRX supreme it ensures the springs are strong and a bottom layer designed to last, which holds firm and prevents sagging.
Buy now from Emma Sleep (from £342.30).
7. Coolmax Superior Luxury Quilted Mattress
The Coolmax Superior Luxury Quilted Memory Foam Mattress comes with a Coolmax luxury quilted mattress cover.
Luxury Quilted is a smart fabric which uses your body heat to regulate your sleeping temperature, so your slumber isn’t disturbed because you’re too hot in the summer or too cold in the winter.
Buy now from Memory Foam Warehouse (£399.99).
8. Cool Blue Open Coil Mattress
This cool blue open coil mattress features a traditional coil spring system accommodated with cool blue memory foam that includes excellent heat reduction and breathable properties that allow the mattress to breathe and keep fresh.
It’s also hypo-allergenic, anti-bacterial, and has anti-dust mite qualities, providing you with a sleep environment that guarantees the best night’s sleep.
Buy it from Wayfair (£224.99).
9. SleepSoul Wish 3000 Series Pocket Cool Gel Mattress
The SleepSouil Cool Gle Mattress includes a cool gel memory foam layer helps regulate body temperature for a cooler, fresher, comfortable night’s sleep.
A medium to firm mattress with outstanding orthopaedic support and comfort that has individual pocket springs for minimal movement transference – so if your partner moves around on their side of the bed during the night, there’ll be less disturbance on your side.
The mattress comes vacuum-packed, rolled and boxed for easy transport and it also comes with a 10-year warranty for complete peace of mind.
Buy now from Mattress Next Day (£399), was £530
10. Nectar Hybrid Mattress
This Nectar hybrid mattress is made up of 6 layers – at the top the cooling layer which has been custom designed to draw heat away from the body and circulate fresh air with every movement while you sleep.
The second layer is the dynamic support layer which enhances airflow and regulates your body temperature while providing much needed support. The other 4 layers include a micro spring layer, pressure relieving memory foam, a 7-zone supportive base and a positioning base that keeps you mattress in place.
Buy now from Nectar(£625).
11. Memory Foam Mattress with Cooling Gel Infusion
This memory foam cool gel mattress works hard to regulate your body temperature as you sleep, due to the 2.5cm ventilated gel memory foam top layer.
Its 10cms of dense bamboo charcoal-infused support foam will also provide stability and full body support each and every night for a sound night’s sleep.
Buy now from Amazon (£144.99).
