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Edinburgh in October

Cool and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Edinburgh is cool: highs near 58°F, lows near 45°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 36 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Edinburgh is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 36 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
58°F14°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
10h 13mon average

Is October a good time to visit Edinburgh?

October sits outside Edinburgh's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain on about four days a week.

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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 58°F in October, against 45°F to 67°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in October, against 7°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in October, against 40% to 54% through the year.

Cloud cover

64% cover in October, against 57% to 69% through the year.

Daylight

10h 13m in October, against 7h 03m to 17h 30m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September63°17°low 49°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October58°14°low 45°low 7°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. November51°11°low 40°low 4°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Edinburgh sits, in October

Europe/London
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:42 AMsets 6:15 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October 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.