For hot sleepers, cooling sheets, like cooling mattresses, are a godsend. They stop heat and moisture from getting trapped between you and the sheets, allowing the air to circulate. This in turn helps to regulate your body temperature and keep you dry, ultimately resulting in better quality sleep.
But cooling sheets aren’t just for hot sleepers — they can help anyone. By effectively wicking away moisture, these sheets promote clearer skin and provide cooling relief for those in warmer climates or those sharing a smaller bed.
Tips to follow when shopping for cooling sheets:
- Choose the right material. Not all ‘natural fabrics’ are equally cool. Different materials excel in different climates. Bamboo and Tencel (lyocell) are best for humid climates. Linen is best for maximum airflow. And cotton will last the longest.
- Prioritise ‘percale’ over ‘sateen’. The weave of the fabric often matters more than the material itself. Percale uses a ‘one-over, one-under’ pattern. It’s crisp and highly breathable. Sateen uses a ‘three-over, one-under’ patter. While it feels silkier, it’s more dense and heavier, meaning it traps more heat.
- Ignore the ‘high thread count’ myth. When it comes to cooling, a higher thread count can often be worse, as the threads are packed tightly together which blocks airflow. Look for a thread count of between 200 and 400.
So, what are some of the best cooling sheets brands? We’ve listed a few of our favourites here. Some are budding Australian brands. Others are well-established. And one is a favourite of Oprah.
TOP COOLING SHEETS TO BUY THIS SUMMER:
- Best for durable cooling sheets: Cozy Earth
- Best for cooling bamboo sheets: Ettitude
- Best for cooling linen sheets: Cultiver
- Best for cooling sheet variety: Sheridan
- Best for cooling sheet sets: Temple and Webster
- Best for colourful cooling sheets: Sheet Society
- Best for affordable cooling sheets: Linenly
- Best for entire cooling sheet bedding range: Ecosa
- Best for sustainable materials: Koala
- Best for bedding set builders: Bonny
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Best cooling sheets for hot sleepers in 2026
1. Cozy Earth
Best for: Durable cooling sheets
If it’s good enough for Oprah, it’s good enough for us. The American talk show host is a fan of Cozy Earth, a brand founded in the US state of Utah in 2010 that focuses on ultra-soft bedding and loungewear. The brand has sheets in a bamboo fabric that are durable, machine-washable and temperature-regulating. Though they’re still based in the US, they ship to Australia for a small fee.
Bamboo Sheet Set (Queen)
$575 at Cozy Earth
Bamboo Jersey Fitted Sheet (Queen)
$220 at Cozy Earth
Bamboo Flat Sheet (King)
$255 at Cozy Earth
2. Ettitude
Best for: Cooling bamboo sheets
Melbourne-based brand Ettitude has patented the bamboo lyocell blend fabric for its sheets use: CleanBamboo. You can grab sheets in Signature Sateen and Sateen+ versions of the fabric. CleanBamboo is super-soft, naturally cooling and hypoallergenic. A test the brand ran found that their sheets surpassed cotton’s breathability by 17%.
Signature Bamboo Sheet Set (Queen)
$359 at Ettitude
Sateen+ Flat Sheet (Double)$74.50 $31.80 at Ettitude
Signature Bamboo Flat Sheet (Queen)$184 $110.40 at Ettitude
3. Cultiver
Best for: Cooling linen sheets
Cultiver is one of Australia’s most well-known bedding brands, launched in Sydney in 2012. Its founder, Nicolle Suillvan, was exposed to rich, beautiful textiles at a young age, thanks to her Eastern European family. All bedding is made with European flax linen, which uses flax only grown in Western Europe, and is pre-washed to give it a soft, lived-in feel. Linen is naturally breathable, moisture-wicking and allows for superior airflow.
Linen Sheet Set with Pillowcases (Queen)
$610 at Cultiver
Linen Fitted Sheet (Queen)
$240 at Cultiver
Linen Flat Sheet with Border (Queen)
$150 at Cultiver
4. Sheridan
Best for: Cooling sheet variety
Sheridan is an Australian heritage brand, started in 1946, so it’s safe to say they know their stuff. While they stock hundreds of items for the home, their sheets are standouts, namely for their extensive range. Helpfully, you can shop by thread count, choosing from options with 350 thread count to 1200. For cooling sheets, a thread count of between 200 and 400 is best, as this offers the best balance of softness and breathability, but still prevents trapped heat.
Bayley Washed Percale Sheet Set (Queen)$299.99 $160.99 at Sheridan
Egyptian Cotton Sateen Fitted Sheet (Queen)$179.99 $125.99 at Sheridan
Tencel Lyocell Fibre & Cotton Sheet Set (Queen)$359.99 $199.99 at Sheridan
5. Temple & Webster
Best for: Cooling sheet sets
Australian homewares and furniture brand Temple & Webster offers a few options for cooling sheets, made with bamboo blends, some with added microfibre that provides softness and durability. The brand started in 2011 by a group of entrepreneurs and is online-only — it has no physical stores. It sells products from its own range, as well as from other suppliers, including Linen House and Aldrin Home.
400TC Bamboo Sheet Set (Queen)
$129.99 at Temple & Webster
Bamboo & Cotton Deep Sheet Set (Queen)$119.99 $109.99 at Temple & Webster
Cooling Bamboo-Blend Sheet Set (Queen)$139 $59.99 at Temple & Webster
6. Sheet Society
Best for: Colourful cooling sheets
Sheet Society is a Melbourne-based company by Hayley Worley, a former fashion designer and her husband, Andy Worley. They started the brand in 2017 after realising that — as they saw it — the sleep industry had hit snooze. Their cooling sheets use kane bamboo and cotton percale. Percale offers a crisp, cool touch that’s great for hot sleepers.
Kane Bamboo Fitted Sheet (Queen)$130 $91 at Sheet Society
Eve Linen Murphy Stripe Flat Sheet (Queen)
$200 at Sheet Society
Eve Linen Oatmeal Fitted Sheet (Queen)
$180 at Sheet Society
7. Linenly
Best for: Affordable cooling sheets
Linenly isn’t as well-known as some of the other brands on this list, though it’s still more than deserving of a spot. It’s an Australian brand, founded by Luyang Jia in 2018 and offers sheets in fabrics like bamboo, long staple cotton, mulberry silk and 100% French flax linen. Their bamboo sheets are less likely to pill because they use only the best manufacturers with highest-quality materials and industry-best weaving and dyeing tech.
Bamboo Sheet Set (Queen)$240 $180 at Linenly
Bamboo Fitted Sheet (Queen)$130 $97.50 at Linenly
Bamboo Fitted Sheet Set (Queen)$185 $138.75 at Linenly
8. Ecosa
Best for: Entire cooling sheet bedding range
Ecosa has an entire bed range dedicated to hot sleepers: the Cooling Collection. The range includes mattresses, quilts, pillows and, of course, sheets, made from organic, sustainably-grown bamboo. They’re hypoallergenic, breathable and moisture-wicking, and, conveniently, can be used year-round. Ecosa also does free shipping if you spend over $70.
Bamboo Sheet Set (Queen)$240 $192 at Ecosa
Flax Linen Sheet Sets (Queen)$295 $236 at Ecosa
Cooling Quilt$260 $208 at Ecosa
9. Koala
Best for: Sustainable materials
Koala launched in 2015 with only one product: a mattress-in-a-box. The mattresses were affordable, sustainably-made and easy-to-ship. The brand has since expanded into furniture and homewares, all made with that same ethos. Its bedding includes duvet cover sets and balmy night duvets.
Duvet Cover Set (Queen)$195 $97 at Koala
Balmy Night Duvet (Queen)$185 $157 at Koala
Balmy Night Duvet (King)$195 $165 at Koala
10. Bonny
Best for: Bedding set builders
Bonny’s ethos is to create comfy bedding that’s easy to buy. It’s relatively new — only founded in 2022 by e-commerce entrepreneur David Zwier. It launched with an all-season doona and later expanded into sheets. Their sheets are made with 200-thread-count percale that’s crisp, breathable and hotel-bed cool.
Fitted Sheet (Queen)
$130 at Bonny
Flat Sheet (Queen)
$110 at Bonny
European Pillowcase (1z)
$40 at Bonny
Frequently asked questions:
Cooling sheets don’t actually generate cold — they aren’t like an electric blanket in reverse. Instead, they work by managing the microclimate between your body and the mattress. They use three scientific principles to keep your temperature from spiking.
The first is high breathability, also called airflow. The second is moisture-wicking. And the third is thermal conductivity or ‘cool-to-the-touch’. It matters for your sleep because your body must drop its core temperature by about 1 degree to enter deep, restorative sleep.
If your bedding traps heat, your brain stays in a more alert state, trying to cool you down, which prevents you from reaching the REM cycle. Cooling sheets remove the ‘thermal roadblocks’, so your body can do its job and stay asleep.
When choosing fabrics for cooling sheets, the ‘best’ one depends on your specific type of heat (dry vs. humid) and your texture preference. The consensus, though, is that natural, plant-based fibres are non-negotiable, while synthetics like polyester should be avoided entirely.
Look for fabrics like linen, bamboo lyocell and Tencel, cotton percale and mulberry silk.
To determine whether bamboo or linen is cooler, you have to look at how they handle heat. While both are better than cotton for hot sleepers, they work in completely different ways. In short: linen is the master of airflow, while bamboo is the master of moisture management.
Linen is better for people who radiate heat, and those living in dry, hot climates; while bamboo is great for people who suffer from night sweats or humidity, and those in ‘sticky’ climates.
In the debate between these two, percale is the undisputed winner for cooling. While both are common weaves for cotton, bamboo and Tencel, the way the threads are interlaced completely changes how the fabric breathes.
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