Best year time to visit Shetland

General weather information about Shetland

Average annual temperature is 10.2 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 31.0 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: -21.1 °C

Number of sunny days: 148 days

Number of rainy days: 198 days

Number of snow days: 19 days

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* Weather data for Shetland Canada is based on climate observations for 2026 year

Shetland air temperature forecast for each month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C)	10.9	14.1	14.4	25.5	29.2	31.0	30.6	28.3	30.8	27.2	14.8	14.9
Average daytime temperature (°C)	3.4	5.3	6.0	14.6	20.4	24.5	26.4	24.6	22.7	15.8	8.5	6.7
Average temperature (°C)	0.2	-0.5	1.5	8.8	13.5	19.0	21.6	19.6	17.9	12.0	4.2	3.5
Average night temperature (°C)	-2.4	-4.5	-1.9	3.6	7.5	13.7	17.1	15.5	14.1	8.9	0.5	1.2
Absolute minimum temperature (°C)	-18.1	-21.1	-9.1	-4.5	0.3	8.4	12.5	8.5	7.7	-3.3	-7.2	-4.3

Shetland monthly weather indicators

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Daylight maximum duration (h)	9.0	11.0	12.0	14.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	14.0	13.0	11.0	10.0	9.0
Daylight mean duration (h)	9.5	10.5	11.9	13.4	14.6	15.3	15.0	13.9	12.5	11.1	9.8	9.1
Daylight minimum duration (h)	9.0	9.0	11.0	12.0	14.0	15.0	14.0	13.0	11.0	10.0	9.0	9.0
Sunshine mean duration (h)	2.9	6.5	6.1	8.1	11.3	11.6	11.6	9.9	9.0	4.9	5.6	3.4
Precipitation (mm)	69	65	95	108	35	79	155	115	42	76	46	70
Sunny days	9	13	11	12	23	14	2	12	15	8	17	12
Rainy days	17	12	14	17	8	16	29	19	15	23	11	17
Snow days	5	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Shetland - weather forecast by months

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Best time to visit Shetland:

The best time to visit Shetland during the most sunny months:

May — 11.3(h)
June — 11.6(h)
July — 11.6(h)
August — 9.9(h)

Months with the longest average daylight duration in Shetland:

June — 15.3(h)

The largest precipitation sum in Shetland is at

April — 108(mm)

July — 155(mm)

August — 115(mm)

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