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Edinburgh weather by month
Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast
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When is the best time to visit Edinburgh?
For a warm holiday, the best week has been 15–21 July (Weather Index 64). Favourable start dates for a 7-day trip run from 11 July to 21 July. July and August are warmest (19°C), May is driest and May and June have the most sun.
- Warmest
- July and August 19°C
- Coolest
- January 7°C
- Driest
- May 34% rain-day chance
- Wettest
- February, July and October 47% rain-day chance
- Sunniest
- May and June 11 hours a day
A rain day has 1 mm or more, snow included, so a short shower counts. Monthly averages below give the amounts.
Monthly averages in Edinburgh
Edinburgh historical monthly estimates, 2016–2025. Temperatures and sunshine are daily averages.
| Month | High (°C) | Low (°C) | Rain-day chance (%) | Expected rain days | Precipitation (mm/month) | Sunshine (hours/day) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9 | 2.7 | 38.1 | 11.8 | 66.5 | 3.6 |
| February | 7.9 | 3.2 | 47.1 | 13.2 | 69.6 | 5.2 |
| March | 9.6 | 3.6 | 44.2 | 13.7 | 65.8 | 7.0 |
| April | 11.7 | 4.7 | 35.7 | 10.7 | 46.3 | 9.5 |
| May | 15.4 | 7.9 | 34.2 | 10.6 | 50.1 | 10.8 |
| June | 17.5 | 10.6 | 40.3 | 12.1 | 62.1 | 10.8 |
| July | 19.1 | 12.4 | 46.8 | 14.5 | 71.4 | 10.0 |
| August | 18.6 | 12.2 | 44.5 | 13.8 | 71.2 | 9.4 |
| September | 16.6 | 10.3 | 41.7 | 12.5 | 65.3 | 7.5 |
| October | 13.2 | 8.0 | 47.1 | 14.6 | 89.8 | 5.2 |
| November | 9.4 | 4.7 | 45.0 | 13.5 | 73.2 | 4.1 |
| December | 7.8 | 3.6 | 46.5 | 14.4 | 80.4 | 2.6 |
Each month averages its own days. Precipitation includes snow. About the data
Sources
Open-Meteo · 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2025
- Open-Meteo Historical Weather API
- Local days, 2016–2025, every year weighted equally. Each weekly chart averages its own seven days, without smoothing.
- Shading shows the 10th–90th percentile of past days, not forecast confidence.
- A rain day has at least 1 mm, snow included. The last weekly period has eight days.
- Wind is the average daytime (10:00–18:00) maximum, not gusts. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Missing readings stay blank.
- Mugginess (dew point) comes from the original daily summaries, on UTC days.
- The live two-week forecast comes from the Open-Meteo Weather Forecast API. The Weather Index does not use it.