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Urban heat adaptation will gain in importance as climate change progresses. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have analyzed how sociodemographic factors (nationality, age, and rent) correlate with heat exposure throughout Germany. The clearest correlation involves nationality: In 84.2% of the analyzed cities, the air was significantly warmer at night in areas with a higher share of residents without German citizenship. The data show clear spatial differences in intra-city temperature , but allow no conclusions to be drawn about their causes. The results have been published in Environmental Research Letters. (DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae929e)