Best year time to visit Edinburgh

General weather information about Edinburgh

Average annual temperature is 9.8 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 24.9 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: -5.3 °C

Number of sunny days: 89 days

Number of rainy days: 270 days

Number of snow days: 6 days

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

Edinburgh air temperature forecast for each month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C)	12.0	11.9	14.4	14.4	17.7	24.4	23.8	22.5	24.9	19.1	12.6	12.3
Average daytime temperature (°C)	7.2	9.0	8.2	10.6	14.7	18.5	17.9	18.0	17.6	12.7	8.4	7.6
Average temperature (°C)	5.0	6.7	5.4	7.5	11.3	15.0	14.9	15.1	14.4	10.4	6.3	5.7
Average night temperature (°C)	3.0	4.0	2.6	4.1	7.7	10.9	11.9	12.2	11.2	8.1	4.0	3.5
Absolute minimum temperature (°C)	-2.4	-0.5	-4.5	-0.1	5.3	5.9	8.0	7.8	7.9	1.3	-2.1	-5.3

Edinburgh 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	17.0	17.0	16.0	13.0	11.0	9.0	7.0
Daylight mean duration (h)	7.7	9.6	11.9	14.2	16.3	17.5	16.9	15.0	12.8	10.4	8.3	7.1
Daylight minimum duration (h)	7.0	8.0	10.0	13.0	15.0	17.0	16.0	13.0	11.0	9.0	7.0	6.0
Sunshine mean duration (h)	3.5	3.7	5.8	8.2	9.6	12.2	10.8	10.4	7.7	4.5	4.0	1.8
Precipitation (mm)	66	41	103	68	47	49	142	70	114	177	101	148
Sunny days	5	12	3	10	10	15	0	4	9	8	7	6
Rainy days	23	16	26	20	21	15	31	27	21	23	23	24
Snow days	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Edinburgh - weather forecast by months

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Best time to visit Edinburgh:

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

May — 9.6(h)
June — 12.2(h)
July — 10.8(h)
August — 10.4(h)

Months with the longest average daylight duration in Edinburgh:

May — 16.3(h)
June — 17.5(h)
July — 16.9(h)

The largest precipitation sum in Edinburgh is at

July — 142(mm)

October — 177(mm)

December — 148(mm)

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