12 Best Cooling Mattresses for Hot Sleepers [2025]

Waking up sticky with sweat isn’t just unpleasant; excessive heat at night can disrupt your rest and reduce REM sleep, meaning you may wake up feeling gross and groggy.¹ Whether you’re a hot sleeper or just love to curl up with a pile of blankets in a crisp bed, a cool mattress hits the spot. 

Choosing the right cooling mattress for your needs depends on several factors, including your unique sleep needs, personal preferences, and budget. Begin by looking for temperature-neutral mattresses that dissipate body heat. If you’re looking for specific recommendations, we’ve compiled a list of the 12 best cooling mattresses.

*Disclaimer: Thermal test and heat flux Study conducted by Purple on Purple Hybrid mattresses in 2023.

Our methodology:

We analyzed the top-reviewed cooling mattresses and assessed them based on mattress type, cooling materials, airflow, price point, and customer reviews to gauge each mattress’ cooling properties. We also considered mattress quality, pressure relief, and support to determine the best cooling mattress overall.

1. Best Cooling Mattress: Purple RestorePremier® Hybrid Mattress
2. Good for Side Sleepers: Helix Midnight Lux
3. Good for Back Sleepers: Leesa Legend Chill Hybrid Mattress
4. Best for Back Pain: Purple RestorePlus™ Hybrid Mattress
5. Most Personalized: Sleep Number® Climate360® Smart Bed
6. Best Luxury: Tempur-Pedic LUXEbreeze
7. Best All-Memory Foam: Winkbeds GravityLux
8. Best for Couples: Purple Rejuvenate™
9. Good for Seniors: Stearns & Foster® The Lux Hybrid
10. Longest Trial and Warranty: Nectar Luxe Hybrid
11. Softest Mattress: Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe
12. Most Affordable: Sealy Cocoon™ Chill Mattress

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A combination of innovative GelFlex® Grid and pocketed coils provide superior airflow, pressure relief, and full-body support.

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The best cooling mattress for your needs may vary based on your preferred mattress type, firmness, and brand. 

Learn how to choose a cooling mattress for yourself.

Best Cooling Mattress: Purple RestorePremier® Hybrid Mattress

Type	GelFlex Grid® hybrid
Price (twin)	$3,249
Price (king)	$3,999
Height	13”
Firmness	Medium-firm
Layers	SoftFlex cover, GelFlex Grid® with edge support foam, Ultra Comfort Foam, and edge-to-edge coils
Features	Made of hypoallergenic, non-toxic materials

The RestorePremier® Hybrid Mattress provides deep, restorative sleep with industry-leading temperature balance and superior pressure relief. Up to four times more effective at removing excess body heat than major competitors, you can count on cool sleep all night long.*

*Disclaimer: Thermal test and heat flux Study conducted by Purple on Purple Hybrid mattresses in 2023.

The moisture-wicking SoftFlex outer cover keeps your mattress fresh and flexes seamlessly with movement to ensure you feel the full benefits of the GelFlex Grid®. The Grid instantly adapts to your sleep position as you move, cradles your pressure points, and dissipates heat away from your body, making it the standard of cool comfort.

But don’t just take our word for it — the RestorePremier® also earned the Men’s Health Editor’s Choice award and Good Housekeeping’s overall pick for best cooling mattress in 2024.^2,3

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Benefits	Considerations
GelFlex Grid® dissipates heat, relieves pressure, and isolates motion	Fewer sizes available, but it comes in the most popular sizes
Extra edge support makes getting out of bed easier
Two firmness options
Hypoallergenic

Cooling Mattress for Side Sleepers: Helix Midnight Luxe

The Helix Midnight Luxe is a hybrid bed-in-a-box mattress that comes in one standard medium firmness level and features a pillow top cooling cover that softens the sleep experience without reducing support. Under the cover lies memory foam designed for pressure-relieving support. The third layer uses copper phase change material to regulate body temperature, as the element naturally draws out heat.

Good for Back Sleepers: Leesa Legend Chill Hybrid Mattress

The Leesa Legend Chill Hybrid’s dual-coil construction supports back and stomach sleepers with enough pressure relief to cradle joints. With gel-infused memory foam and a breathable spring design, this hybrid mattress may be suitable for a range of sleepers, including those with back pain.

Best Cooling Mattress for Back Pain: Purple RestorePlus® Hybrid Mattress

Looking for a pressure relief mattress to help soothe your back pain? The RestorePlus® Hybrid Mattress combines essential support with soothing pressure relief to promote spinal alignment and relieve painful joints.

With GelFlex Grid®, the RestorePlus® instantly adapts to your body, offering cradling comfort and relief that earned it Good Housekeeping’s award for best mattress for heavy people with back pain in 2024.⁵

The GelFlex Grid® features over 1,400 air channels for a breathable sleep surface to keep you cool, earning the RestorePlus® Mattress another award for best cooling mattress-in-a-box from Forbes in 2024.⁶

The RestorePlus® Mattress supports the natural curve of your spine with flexible coils and the GelFlex Grid® to reduce discomfort and help you sleep more comfortably every night.

Most Personalized Cooling Mattress: Sleep Number® Climate360® Smart Bed

The Sleep Number® Climate360® Smart Bed allows sleepers to customize their sleep experience with modular temperature control, firmness, and incline via its adjustable bed frame. Beyond that, you and your partner also have access to personalized sleep data, so you can learn more about your resting habits.

Want to stay cool without manually adjusting your mattress? If you're in the market for Sleep Number alternatives, the RestorePremier® Hybrid Mattress sleeps up to 4x* cooler than competitors with a moisture-wicking cover and superior pressure point relief.

*Disclaimer: Thermal test and heat flux Study conducted by Purple on Purple Hybrid mattresses in 2023.

Best Luxury Cooling Mattress: Tempur-Pedic LUXEbreeze

The Tempur-Pedic LuxeBreeze® is the coolest mattress that the brand sells with each layer of the bed featuring cooling technology. 

Only its medium-feel version comes as a hybrid mattress, and it features double-stacked innerspring coils. Tempur-Pedic does offer a ProBreeze® version, which comes in foam and hybrid options — both in a medium feel. However, the ProBreeze® doesn’t feature some of the cooling layers and only sleeps five degrees cooler.

Best Cooling Memory Foam Mattress: Winkbeds GravityLux

The WinkBeds GravityLux is an all-foam bed-in-a-box. Its top three layers aim to keep sleepers cool, while the bottom two layers provide support. Like other memory foam mattresses, it offers good motion isolation and responsiveness. 

The benefits of memory foam can be offset by their tendency to retain heat. So, while the WinkBed GravityLux is one of the cooler memory foam mattresses available due to its AirCell™ memory foam design, other mattresses on this list can achieve even cooler sleep.

Best Cooling Mattress for Couples: Purple Rejuvenate® Luxe Mattress

For superior motion isolation, cooling, and comfort, the Rejuvenate® Mattress provides an indulgent, supportive sleep experience whether you sleep alone or with a partner. In fact, CNET named the Rejuvenate® Mattress the best luxury mattress for couples in 2024.⁴

With High-Density GelFlex Grid® Plus, layers of Comfort Foam, 3 Zone Edge-to-Edge Coils, and an indulgent Quilted Euro Top, the Rejuvenate® Mattress not only maximizes core body support with cooling comfort but also cradles your pressure points and cushions your joints for your best sleep ever.

The best bed size for each couple may vary, but the Rejuvenate® Mattress is available in most standard sizes to accommodate your needs with luxurious comfort and support.

Good Cooling Mattress for Seniors: Stearns & Foster® The Lux Hybrid

The Stearns & Foster® Lux Hybrid is designed with hybrid innerspring technology that combines individual coils with memory foam. Its exterior features silver air vents to increase airflow to the coil layer, while a TENCEL™ cover uses phase change material that feels cool to the touch.

Longest Sleep Trial for a Cooling Mattress: Nectar Luxe Hybrid Mattress

The Nectar Luxe Hybrid Mattress features more pressure relief than the original hybrid mattress with thicker layers of memory foam and responsive foam. A cooling, moisture-wicking cover helps counteract the typical heat retention of memory foam, and a hybrid construction promotes more air flow than a mattress made entirely out of foam.

This foam mattress may not be firm enough for all sleepers, and even with the cooling top, memory foam tends to sleep hotter than other mattress materials.

Softest Cooling Mattress: Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe is a hybrid-mix mattress-in-a-box made of both high-density foam and coils. Like the Nectar Premier, it uses copper in its top comfort layer to regulate temperatures. The hybrid design and materials absorb and release heat as needed while offering pressure relief and support.

Most Affordable Cooling Mattress: Sealy Cocoon™ Chill Mattress

Sealy’s Cocoon™ Chill hybrid mattress rounds out the list of best cooling mattresses. It’s the most affordable option for budget shoppers seeking a commodity bed with cooling features. The cooling cover utilizes a blend of phase change materials to remove body heat, while the ventilated coil design offers support and breathability.

How To Choose a Cool Mattress

Choosing the best mattress can be time-consuming, but considering how much time we spend in bed, it can be a valuable, rewarding process. In addition to cooling features, you’ll want to consider the other aspects that make up your ideal bed — like pressure relief, support, and overall quality.

Here are a few considerations to remember throughout your search for the best cooling mattress:

• Mattress type: Traditional memory foam mattresses trap body heat while coil systems in hybrid mattresses typically allow for better airflow. Latex mattresses typically offer cooling properties as well.
• Cover materials: Look for cooling qualities, like moisture wicking, breathability, or infusions with cooling elements like gel, copper, or charcoal. 
• Trials: Many mattress retailers offer trials so you can verify that the mattress meets your needs and stays cool all night.
• Quality: High-quality mattresses are made of premium materials that help ensure lasting comfort over the years.

How To Make Your Bed Cooler

Before upgrading your mattress, try these hacks for cooler sleep:

• Keep your bedroom’s thermostat low: The best temperature for sleep is between 66°F and 68°F.
• Use a tower fan to circulate the air: If you don’t have central air conditioning, a fan will bring a cooling breeze as you sleep.
• Opt for breathable, cooling sheets: Look for blends of bamboo, cotton, and linen fabrics, like Purple SoftStretch® sheets. This goes for blankets as well.
• Sleep with a cooling pillow: Choosing a pillow that features similar materials as cooling mattresses can help keep your head and neck cool overnight.

The Purple Harmony™ cooling pillow is the perfect example, using the GelFlex Grid® to provide cool, supportive comfort for your head. 

Does a Cooling Mattress Actually Work?

The best cooling mattresses do work, but some are more effective than others. It’s not enough for a mattress to feel cool to the touch — it should work to stay cool throughout the night.

Latex and hybrid mattresses typically sleep the coolest. The mix of materials offers support, airflow, and balanced temperatures. Purple mattresses are proven to dissipate heat, so you can sleep peacefully and cool all night long.

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Every Purple mattress features the flexible GelFlex Grid®, which dissipates body heat, cradles pressure points, and supports spinal alignment.

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