Climate averages 1991–2020

Edinburgh weather
in September.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 15.2°C Daytime mean, September

Average low 9.7°C Night-time mean, September

Rainfall 59 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

September is a mild month in Edinburgh: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, United Kingdom (59 km away). In September its highs average 15.1°C, about as warm as Edinburgh, with 61 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Edinburgh ranks 138th of 143 for the warmest September highs and joint 88th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 17.3°C; Edinburgh is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 80 mm.

The annual picture

September 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	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, selected	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

September 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.