--- title: Science: Springtime Is Sexy Time description: Scientific studies show that late spring and early summer is a perfect time to boost your sex life canonical: https://time.com/66642/science-confirms-it-springtime-is-sexy-time/ author: Kyle Chayka article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-17T15:41:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:54.117Z og:title: Science Confirms It: Springtime Is Sexy Time og:description: Scientific studies show that late spring and early summer is a perfect time to boost your sex life og:url: https://time.com/66642/science-confirms-it-springtime-is-sexy-time/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd0870cc1c025686/69868b2bcd68481f9609432e/168821256.jpg?branch=production&width=967&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 967 og:image:height: 544 og:image:alt: Spring. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Science Confirms It: Springtime Is Sexy Time twitter:description: Scientific studies show that late spring and early summer is a perfect time to boost your sex life twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd0870cc1c025686/69868b2bcd68481f9609432e/168821256.jpg?branch=production&width=967&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Science Confirms It: Springtime Is Sexy Time > Sponsored content. 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It’s not just the abundance of all that exposed skin outside; human fertility rates are actually impacted by changes in the seasons and weather, according to scientific study. As Jared Keller writes in [Pacific Standard](http://www.psmag.com/navigation/nature-and-technology/sex-springtime-temperature-hot-bothered-79372/), “the perfect time of year to conceive… is when the sun shines for about 12 hours and the temperature hovers between 50 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit.” In other words, right now. A 2002 study found that there are two seasonal peaks in adolescent sexual activity: the early summertime months and the winter holidays. What’s more, summertime sexy time was more likely to occur between partners who weren’t previously romantically involved. [Slate](http://www.slate.com/articles/life/explainer/2012/07/sex%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fsummertime%5Fdoes%5Fhot%5Fweather%5Fmake%5Fpeople%5Fmore%5Flikely%5Fto%5Fmake%5Flove%5F.html) discovered that those in hotter areas like Miami tend to have more sex than their cold-weather counterparts, though they explain that any pheromones getting released might be denatured by the heat. 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