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Edinburgh in August

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Edinburgh is mild: highs near 67°F, lows near 53°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 2 hours 5 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Edinburgh is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 2 hours 5 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
67°F19°Caverage
Low
53°F12°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 54% of days
Daylight
14h 58mon average

Is August a good time to visit Edinburgh?

Yes. August is one of Edinburgh's best months (July to August).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 67°F in August, against 45°F to 67°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in August, against 7°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

54% of days in August, against 40% to 54% through the year.

Cloud cover

57% cover in August, against 57% to 69% through the year.

Daylight

14h 58m in August, against 7h 03m to 17h 30m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July67°19°low 52°low 11°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August67°19°low 53°low 12°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September63°17°low 49°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Edinburgh sits, in August

Europe/London
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:42 AMsets 8:53 PM
Above the sea
70 mlow-lying
Latitude
56.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Troon103 km south-west

The land around Edinburgh, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United Kingdom in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Edinburgh

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 6 km south of Edinburgh. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (70 m) against the climate model's (152 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (70 m) against the climate model's (152 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.