Does hanging wet clothes in a hot room cool down the room? If I hang wet clothes (which are at room temperature) in a hot (~28C) room and let them dry (alone or assisted with a standard fan), will the room cool down due to evaporative cooling when the windows are left open?
Obviously the amount of energy in a closed system has to remain constant, however if the windows are open would this evaporation help reduce the heat in the room by any significant level?
 A: Most probably you will feel it is warmer inside due to higher humidity, but what will happen to actual temperature will depend on many factors, such as temperature of the wet clothes and whether it is windy outside etc. 
A: If this question is still current. It does cool your room, yes.
This is called evaporative cooling. 
It raises the humidity and cools the room. If you have very dry air inside you won't need to open your window either.
It works due to water having a high index of 'heat of vaporization'. It basically means that as the temperature rises water molecules become more and more likely to grab heat from their neighbors, and take off as a gas. So when your hot indoor air hits your wet clothes, it'll pick up some hot molecules of water and cool the wet fabric, (which in turn cools the air).
The hot molecules in the air cannot heat up your body or anything they come in contact with until they hit something cool enough to condense back into water.
When water condenses on a cool metal sheet, it does raise the temperature of the sheet of metal slightly, but the metal needs to be cool enough for the water to be able to condense to do that.
A: No. Evaporation will cause a slight temperature drop at the surface of the clothing but the heat energy is carried away by the water molecules into the room.
The additional water vapor will raise the room temperature so slightly, but more effectively you will feel warmer because it will be more difficult for your sweat to evaporate and cool you down - with the added water vapor in the room!
I used to live in Palm Springs. And in the summer the electric bill was so high, rather than run the air conditioner at night I would lay down on a futon to sleep and cover my chest with a wet towel. In this case the evaporating water carried the heat away from my body as it evaporated and this did cool me down.
