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Edinburgh in August
In August, Edinburgh averages a daytime high of 18 °C and a night-time low of 10 °C, with about 92 mm of rain over the month. Edinburgh has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here.
- Average high
- 18 °C
- Average low
- 10 °C
- Rain in the month
- 92 mm
- Daylight on 15 Aug
- 15 h
- Comfortable month
- No
- Places to stay
- 121
When to go
How August compares with the rest of the year in Edinburgh
August is tied for the warmest month in Edinburgh by average daytime high; across the year the highs run from 5 °C to 18 °C and the lows from 0 °C to 10 °C. By day, August is about the same as July, and September is 2 °C cooler than August.
August brings 92 mm of rain, more than the monthly average of 91 mm (1089 mm a year); it is the 5th wettest month.
On 15 August the sun is up for about 15 h, against 7 h at the shortest and 17 h 30 min at the longest point of the year (calculated from the latitude, sunrise to sunset).
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Comfortable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5 °C | 0 °C | 105 mm | |
| February | 6 °C | 0 °C | 86 mm | |
| March | 8 °C | 1 °C | 78 mm | |
| April | 11 °C | 3 °C | 63 mm | |
| May | 14 °C | 5 °C | 71 mm | |
| June | 17 °C | 8 °C | 79 mm | |
| July | 18 °C | 10 °C | 88 mm | |
| August | 18 °C | 10 °C | 92 mm | |
| September | 15 °C | 8 °C | 88 mm | |
| October | 12 °C | 5 °C | 121 mm | |
| November | 8 °C | 3 °C | 110 mm | |
| December | 6 °C | 1 °C | 110 mm |
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
When to go
Is August a good time to visit Edinburgh?
Not by the measure used here: the average high of 18 °C is below 18 °C and about 92 mm of rain is 80 mm or more. No month in Edinburgh meets it.
The measure is about weather for a city stay only; it says nothing about events, school holidays or prices.
When to go
Destinations near Edinburgh that are comfortable in August
Within 300 km, nearest first, by the same measure.
Where to stay
Where to stay in Edinburgh
This guide lists 121 places to stay in Edinburgh: 16 chain properties with their details and own websites, and 105 hotels recorded in Wikidata. By straight-line distance from the centre: under 1 km, 39; 1–3 km, 56; 3–10 km, 13; 10 km or more, 13.
Sources: climate from CRU TS v4.10 (Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia; Open Database License), 1991–2020 averages; day length calculated from the latitude; places to stay from each operator's own public pages and Wikidata. How this guide is made.