Climate averages 1991–2020

Edinburgh weather
in February.

A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 6.4°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 1.8°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 61 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a cold month in Edinburgh: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 32 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, United Kingdom (59 km away). In February its highs average 6.1°C, about as warm as Edinburgh, with 59 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Edinburgh ranks joint 137th of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 106th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 7.4°C; Edinburgh is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 8.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 59 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Edinburgh climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Edinburgh, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	5.8°C1.9°C	1.9°C	74	14.0	7.78 h
February, selected	6.4°C1.8°C	1.8°C	61	11.9	9.510 h
March	8.1°C2.6°C	2.6°C	59	12.5	11.812 h
April	10.5°C4.1°C	4.1°C	54	11.6	14.114 h
May	13.3°C6.7°C	6.7°C	56	12.6	16.316 h
June	15.8°C9.7°C	9.7°C	64	13.1	17.517 h
July	17.7°C11.5°C	11.5°C	70	13.6	17.017 h
August	17.4°C11.4°C	11.4°C	75	13.2	15.115 h
September	15.2°C9.7°C	9.7°C	59	11.1	12.813 h
October	11.8°C7.1°C	7.1°C	80	13.0	10.510 h
November	8.4°C4.2°C	4.2°C	71	13.6	8.38 h
December	6.0°C2.1°C	2.1°C	76	13.4	7.17 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

February in nearby cities

Distance from Edinburgh

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Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Edinburgh) is explained once on the Edinburgh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.