Best year time to visit Lerwick

General weather information about Lerwick

Average annual temperature is 8.4 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 20.5 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: -7.2 °C

Number of sunny days: 64 days

Number of rainy days: 292 days

Number of snow days: 9 days

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* Weather data for Lerwick United Kingdom is based on climate observations for 2026 year

Lerwick air temperature forecast for each month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C)	9.9	10.3	10.8	12.7	12.9	20.5	18.9	19.5	19.9	14.5	11.2	11.3
Average daytime temperature (°C)	6.6	8.0	5.4	8.6	10.6	15.2	15.1	15.3	14.6	10.2	7.6	5.8
Average temperature (°C)	5.1	6.2	3.4	6.5	8.9	12.8	13.0	13.3	12.6	8.6	5.9	4.2
Average night temperature (°C)	3.4	4.2	1.1	4.6	7.0	10.2	10.9	11.1	10.3	6.8	4.0	2.3
Absolute minimum temperature (°C)	-4.4	0.1	-7.2	0.2	2.7	4.0	7.9	6.8	5.0	3.4	1.0	-2.0

Lerwick monthly weather indicators

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Daylight maximum duration (h)	7.0	10.0	13.0	15.0	18.0	18.0	18.0	16.0	14.0	11.0	8.0	6.0
Daylight mean duration (h)	6.8	9.1	11.8	14.6	17.2	18.8	18.0	15.6	12.9	10.1	7.5	6.0
Daylight minimum duration (h)	5.0	7.0	10.0	13.0	15.0	18.0	16.0	14.0	11.0	8.0	6.0	5.0
Sunshine mean duration (h)	1.8	2.3	6.0	8.7	7.1	12.5	9.2	8.0	7.1	4.1	2.5	1.5
Precipitation (mm)	157	132	109	67	70	39	118	79	117	100	106	169
Sunny days	4	7	2	9	2	12	3	4	4	8	6	3
Rainy days	27	21	22	21	29	18	28	27	26	23	23	27
Snow days	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Lerwick - weather forecast by months

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Best time to visit Lerwick:

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

April — 8.7(h)
June — 12.5(h)
July — 9.2(h)
August — 8.0(h)

Months with the longest average daylight duration in Lerwick:

May — 17.2(h)
June — 18.8(h)
July — 18.0(h)
August — 15.6(h)

The largest precipitation sum in Lerwick is at

January — 157(mm)

December — 169(mm)

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