The Best Cooling Pillows of 2024

Not only does Brooklinen make our favorite sheets, they also make a darn good cooling pillow. Available in both standard and king sizes, the Marlow is filled with cooling materials and polyester fiber. Bonus: The firmness is customizable thanks to the zipper that allows you to add or remove cushioning. It comes in standard and king sizes.

If this pillow looks (or sounds) familiar, there’s a good chance you’ve seen it scrolling through Instagram or watching TikTok. In fact, the Allswell gel pillow has 92.1 million views on TikTok, with fans complimenting how well it helps you stay cool while you sleep. That’s due to a combination of breathable memory foam and a lightweight knit cover that doesn’t turn your scalp into a sweaty mess. The popular pillow comes in one standard size.

“I am a hot sleeper and I’ve tried many pillows. This is probably my sixth or seventh and this is the first pillow I’ve never had to flip in the middle of the night!,” says one of Coop’s Eden Pillow’s 3,000 reviewers. Many praise its cooling capabilities and customizable cushioning, along with the fact that the pillow is filled with hypoallergenic stuffing that’s tested to be free of potentially harmful chemicals. The pillow comes in queen and king sizes.

If you can’t decide between a cooling pillow and a regular pillow, well, you can get the best of both worlds with the Leesa hybrid pillow. Choose the gel side on hot nights and the quilted down side when you want something cozier. It also has a removable insert so you can adjust the firmness as you’d like. It comes in one queen/king size.

This pillow may be pricier than most, but thousands of people say it’s worth the splurge. After all, you can’t put a price on good sleep. Unlike other cooling technologies that use ventilation to maintain air flow, the memory foam of the Saatva pillow is infused with graphite that, according to the brand, pulls heat off and away from your body.

It also comes with an organic cotton cover that’s easy to remove and toss in the washing machine to clean. It’s available in queen and king sizes.

Nectar is famous for its uber comfortable mattresses—so it’s no surprise that the Nectar Memory Foam Pillow is just as good. It features a firm inner pillow covered in a cooling Tencel fabric and soft memory foam, the latter of which you can remove until you reach the perfect level of firmness (or softness) for you.

Even better: You get a 50-day trial to test the pillow. If you don’t like it, return it for free. It comes in one standard size.

Purple brings the same unique gel infusion it uses for its mattresses to a pillow, and it’s a hit with many sleepers. All the squares inside the grid allow air to easily pass through so you don’t get hot and stuffy overnight. The Purple Pillow is made with hypoallergenic and nontoxic materials and even comes with two boosters so you can customize the height of the pillow to your liking. It comes in one standard size.

With more than 34,000 rave reviews, this gel memory foam pillow is arguably the most popular cooling pillow on Amazon. Along with its well-ventilated design and cushy memory foam, people rave about its comfort. “It feels quite firm, but has just the right amount of give to comfortably cradle your head while providing sufficient support,” one person says. It comes in standard, queen, and king sizes.

You’ve heard of Tempur-Pedic mattresses but did you know that Tempur-Pedic pillows exist, too? Meet the Tempur-Cloud Breeze Dual Cooling Pillow, which is the brand’s cooling pillow and which has more than 3,200 reviews.

Made with two layers of ventilated gel memory foam, it’ll keep you from overheating no matter which side you sleep on. And it’s designed to be comfortable for any sleeping position: back sleepers, stomach sleepers, or side sleepers. It comes in queen and king sizes.

You don’t have to spend $50+ to get a quality cooling pillow. Take the Pharmedoc Cooling Memory Foam Pillow, for instance, which has more than 3,000 positive reviews on Amazon and costs just $23—a fraction of the price of many pillows on this list. Available in two soothing colors (lilac dreamer and blue galaxy), the breathable pillow is covered in tiny holes that allow air to circulate in and out as you sleep. It comes in one standard size.