Poorer areas in Sweden have a higher median temperature during the summer than other areas, reports SVT Nyheter.
According to SVT’s mapping, there can be a difference of one to two degrees in the surface temperature between areas where there are socio-economic challenges and areas that do not have the same challenges.
What affects the surface temperature is, among other things, how dense the buildings are and how much greenery there is.
The median temperature during June, July and August was 27 degrees in most areas in the review. In areas with socio-economic challenges it was 28 and in areas with major socio-economic challenges 29 degrees.
At Selma Lagerlöfs square in Hisings Backa in Gothenburg, the median temperature was among the highest in the country, 34 degrees.
– Before there were trees and you could see children playing, now they build so much here – and that may have affected the area, it has become so hot. There is a big difference, says Meena Amiri, who lives in the area, to SVT.