Average temperature in January is 5 °C
Average daytime temperature is 7.2 °C
Average night temperature is 3 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 12 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -2.4 °C
Number of sunny days: 5
Number of rainy days: 23
Number of snow days: 3
Precipitation sum: 67 mm
* Weather data for Edinburgh United Kingdom is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| January (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 5.3 | 4.6 | 11.1 | 12 | 10.6 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 12 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 7 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 8.4 |
| Apparent max temperature | 3 | 0.2 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 0.5 | -2 | -3.8 | -1.4 | -1.3 | 1 | -0.3 | 3 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| Mean temperature | 4 | 1.5 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 6 | 5.7 | 5 | 3.6 | -0.5 | -0.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 6 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -3.4 | -6.1 | -3.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | -1.5 | 0.7 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -1.4 | -2 | -0.3 | -4.3 | -3.8 | -7.6 | -7.3 | -6 | -5.8 | -5 | -4.6 | -1.2 | 2.3 | 4.5 | -0.2 | -1.2 | -4.5 | -0.3 | -2.3 | -2 | -2.4 |
| Minimum temperature | 0.7 | -1.1 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 1.7 | -2.4 | -1.9 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -0.9 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 2.5 | -0.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| Apparent min temperature | 0.7 | -3 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.9 | -0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | -0.9 | -1.3 | -5.3 | -5.8 | -4.3 | -4.1 | -2.8 | -2.2 | 0.7 | 4 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 0.8 | -0.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | -0.6 |
| January | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8 | 8 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5 | 4.6 | 6 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 7 | 7 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 6.1 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 5.9 | 0.5 | 7.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 6 | 1.8 | 15.6 | 2 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0 | 3.3 |
| Precipitation hours | 13 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 20 | 18.7 | 36.9 | 45.7 | 31.8 | 48.3 | 34 | 34 | 27.1 | 42.5 | 37.4 | 39.4 | 31 | 46.9 | 38.9 | 19.6 | 26.5 | 25.9 | 29.7 | 19.3 | 23.4 | 29.5 | 23.7 | 20.6 | 27.4 | 15.2 | 22.7 | 21.6 | 39.6 | 37.6 | 38 |
In January 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Edinburgh was 12°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -2.4°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during January in Edinburgh are 3°C and 7.2°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in January is about 67 mm.