Weather for Edinburgh

Best time to visit:

The best time to visit Edinburgh depends very much on what you want to do while you are there. August is Festival month; the city is crammed with people from all over the world and the atmosphere is vibrant and exciting. The same is true at Hogmanay, when the city centre is full of New Year revellers. If you want peace and quiet to explore Edinburgh's sights, these times of year are best avoided. May and June are always nice months to visit Scotland, with long hours of daylight and often less rain than at other times of year.

Day

	Weather (day)		Temp (max day)	Rain (mm)	Wind (mph)	Humidity Pressure Visibility
Fri	Overcast	Overcast skies	3 °C	0.5mm	8 s	91% 1,034mb Good
Sat	Partly Cloudy Day	Partly cloudy skies	7 °C	0.1mm	8 wsw	91% 1,034mb Good
Sun	Sunny	Sunny skies	6 °C	0mm	5 w	81% 1,034mb Good
Mon	Partly Cloudy Day	Partly cloudy skies	6 °C	0mm	16 wnw	81% 1,029mb Good
Tue	Partly Cloudy Day	Partly cloudy skies	6 °C	0mm	11 nnw	71% 1,034mb Good
Wed	Sunny	Sunny skies	7 °C	0mm	11 w	82% 1,031mb Good
Thu	Cloudy	Cloudy skies	8 °C	0.1mm	15 wsw	86% 1,026mb Good
Fri	Mod Sleet	Light sleet	5 °C	0.6mm	3 ese	81% 1,021mb Moderate
Sat	Iso Rain Swrs Day	Light rain shower	6 °C	0.8mm	18 wsw	79% 1,013mb Good
Sun	Occ Light Rain	Patchy light rain	6 °C	0.5mm	17 wsw	82% 1,003mb Moderate

Night

	Weather (night)		Temp (min night)	Rain (mm)	Wind (mph)	Humidity Pressure Visibility
Fri	Overcast	Overcast skies	1 °C	0mm	8 ssw	93% 1,033mb Good
Sat	Mist	Mist	0 °C	0mm	1 wsw	95% 1,035mb Poor
Sun	Partly Cloudy Night	Partly cloudy skies	1 °C	0mm	10 wsw	91% 1,031mb Good
Mon	Clear	Clear skies	0 °C	0mm	13 nw	86% 1,030mb Good
Tue	Clear	Clear skies	1 °C	0mm	9 w	92% 1,032mb Good
Wed	Clear	Clear skies	6 °C	0mm	9 w	94% 1,029mb Good
Thu	Cloudy	Cloudy skies	0 °C	0mm	17 sw	95% 1,020mb Good
Fri	Iso Rain Swrs Day	Patchy light drizzle	1 °C	0mm	12 sw	91% 1,011mb Moderate
Sat	Occ Light Rain	Patchy light rain	2 °C	0mm	15 s	93% 998mb Moderate

Last updated at 08:05, Friday 10 February

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Last updated: We update the weather data for Edinburgh from our weather partner every four hours. The time the last update was received is detailed here.

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Symbols indicate the predominant weather for the day in question, calculated based on a weighting of different types of weather. So if a day is forecast to be sunny with the possibility of a brief shower, then we will see a sunny or partly cloudy symbol rather than a rain cloud. For the purpose of this forecast, 'day' is the entire 24 our period 00:00 to 23:59

The maximum temperature is the highest temperature forecast between dawn and dusk, and the minimum temperature is the lowest temperature expected from dusk on the day in question to dawn the next day. The temperature is in °C, or Celsius.

Wind speed and direction are the conditions expected at midday. Wind direction is based on a 16 point compass. W, SW, SSW, etc. The wind direction states where the wind originates. Wind speed is listed in MPH or miles per hour.

Humidity levels indicates how much water vapour the air contains compared to the maximum it could contain at that temperature. As a general guide:

0 to 30 is very low
31 to 50 is low
51 to 70 is moderate to low
71 to 80 is moderate
81 to 90 is moderate to high
91 to 100 is high

Pressure is measured in millibars (mb)

Visibility based on whether the human eye can see the following distances:

Very poor - less than 1km
Poor - between 1km and 4km
Moderate - between 4km and 10km
Good - between 10km and 20km
Very good - between 20km and 40km
Excellent - more than 40km

Temperature in Edinburgh

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