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Oura body temperature, read clearly

Your Oura Ring measures skin temperature every night as a deviation from your personal baseline. Vitra Health plots that trend, tells you when you're running warm or cool for you, and flags shifts worth noticing — in °C or °F, computed locally.

Temperature is one of Oura's most under-read signals. The number on its own (“+0.3”) means little; the trend against your baseline tells the story — the slow rise before you get sick, the dip on a deep-recovery night, the warm run after a hard or boozy day.

What Vitra shows

Metric
Nightly skin-temperature deviation from your personal baseline, as recorded by your Oura Ring.
Trend
Your deviation plotted over time with a normal-range band, so a notable shift stands out from noise.
Plain read
A one-sentence interpretation: running warm, in line, or cooler than usual — with the actual number.
Units
Display in °C or °F (a single toggle cascades across the app).
Early signal
Sustained upward shifts are surfaced calmly — useful as an early 'maybe ease off' nudge.
Local
Computed on your machine. No cloud, no account.

Context, not alarm

Vitra is deliberately calm about temperature: it shows the trend and a plain reading, not a red siren. A single warm night is usually nothing; a sustained climb above your baseline is the pattern worth seeing. Vitra is not a medical device — for health concerns, talk to a clinician.

Frequently asked

What does Oura body temperature actually measure?
Your Oura Ring measures skin temperature overnight and reports it as a deviation from your personal baseline, not an absolute clinical temperature. A reading of +0.4 means tonight ran 0.4° above your own normal.
Why does Vitra show deviation instead of a number in °C?
Because the signal is the change, not the absolute. Vitra plots your nightly deviation against your rolling baseline so you can see when you're running warm or cool for you — and lets you display it in °C or °F.
Can body temperature flag illness early?
A sustained jump above your baseline often precedes feeling unwell. Vitra surfaces notable upward shifts in plain English so you can ease off before it becomes a lost week — it is not a medical device or a fever thermometer.
Does this need an Oura subscription?
No. Vitra reads temperature from your Oura account through the public Oura API. Vitra is a one-time purchase with no subscription.
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See also
Oura HRV analysisOura readiness, explainedHow Vitra computes everything