I think it’s just quite windy where I am combined with a not particularly airtight building so opening the window just a crack results in a lot of air blowing in
Yeah I was thinking airtightness might be the difference. My flat seems to be bizarrely hermetic (when you turn on the kitchen extractor fan, it struggles if you don't have a window open somewhere).
So maybe a few leaky cracks are enough that when you open a window you get a bit of a through-draft.
So maybe a few leaky cracks are enough that when you open a window you get a bit of a through-draft.