Best year time to visit Kirkwall

General weather information about Kirkwall

Average annual temperature is 9.1 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 24.2 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: -4.5 °C

Number of sunny days: 71 days

Number of rainy days: 289 days

Number of snow days: 5 days

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

Kirkwall air temperature forecast for each month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C)	11.4	11.4	13.5	13.5	15.5	23.0	21.8	19.8	24.2	15.7	11.6	12.3
Average daytime temperature (°C)	7.0	8.5	6.4	9.7	11.7	16.8	15.2	16.1	15.6	11.1	8.3	6.8
Average temperature (°C)	5.5	6.6	4.4	7.2	9.7	13.8	13.2	13.9	13.5	9.7	6.3	5.1
Average night temperature (°C)	3.5	4.5	2.1	4.5	7.7	10.4	11.1	11.8	11.1	8.1	4.2	3.1
Absolute minimum temperature (°C)	-2.0	0.2	-4.5	1.1	4.3	4.2	8.5	8.6	6.6	4.1	0.9	-2.6

Kirkwall monthly weather indicators

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Daylight maximum duration (h)	8.0	10.0	13.0	15.0	17.0	18.0	18.0	16.0	14.0	11.0	8.0	6.0
Daylight mean duration (h)	7.1	9.3	11.8	14.5	16.9	18.4	17.7	15.4	12.8	10.2	7.8	6.3
Daylight minimum duration (h)	6.0	8.0	10.0	13.0	15.0	17.0	16.0	14.0	11.0	8.0	6.0	6.0
Sunshine mean duration (h)	1.7	3.0	5.2	9.4	6.5	12.0	9.0	9.1	7.6	4.4	3.1	1.9
Precipitation (mm)	131	104	59	58	56	65	101	116	131	123	65	169
Sunny days	2	9	4	12	6	12	1	3	3	5	8	6
Rainy days	29	19	22	18	25	18	30	28	27	26	22	25
Snow days	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kirkwall - weather forecast by months

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Best time to visit Kirkwall:

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

April — 9.4(h)
June — 12.0(h)
July — 9.0(h)
August — 9.1(h)

Months with the longest average daylight duration in Kirkwall:

May — 16.9(h)
June — 18.4(h)
July — 17.7(h)

The largest precipitation sum in Kirkwall is at

January — 131(mm)

September — 131(mm)

December — 169(mm)

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