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Today's briefing

A chilly 15 degrees is greeting Edinburgh this morning, though it'll feel closer to 12 with the 19 kilometre per hour wind pushing through the Old Town and beyond, with a high of just 19 expected today and a 64 percent chance of rain keeping things unsettled. You'll want to layer up and grab a waterproof jacket before heading out, as those clouds aren't messing about. Into the weekend, don't expect much relief either, with Saturday and Sunday both looking wet and miserable at 18 and 17 degrees respectively, so those brollies and rainjackets are earning their keep this weekend, folks.

14°

Drizzle · feels like 14°

Today
18° / 14°
Humidity
95%
Wind
3 km/h S
UV index
0 · Low
Sunrise
4:36 am
Sunset
9:58 pm
Updated
12:01 am

Next 24 hours

  1. Now

    14°

    81%

  2. 1am

    14°

    67%

  3. 2am

    15°

    49%

  4. 3am

    15°

    28%

  5. 4am

    14°

    16%

  6. 5am

    14°

    19%

  7. 6am

    15°

    31%

  8. 7am

    15°

    43%

  9. 8am

    15°

    53%

  10. 9am

    16°

    63%

  11. 10am

    17°

    73%

  12. 11am

    18°

    83%

  13. 12pm

    17°

    93%

  14. 1pm

    17°

    100%

  15. 2pm

    18°

    100%

  16. 3pm

    17°

    100%

  17. 4pm

    17°

    100%

  18. 5pm

    17°

    93%

  19. 6pm

    17°

    82%

  20. 7pm

    17°

    69%

  21. 8pm

    16°

    51%

  22. 9pm

    16°

    29%

  23. 10pm

    15°

    14%

  24. 11pm

    15°

    9%

Live rain radar

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Animated rain radar via RainViewer (Bureau of Meteorology sources). Full BOM radar loop.

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Seven-day forecast

  1. Sat

    Drizzle

    18° 14°

    Rain 100%

  2. Sun

    Drizzle

    17° 14°

    Rain 96%

  3. Mon

    Overcast

    18° 15°

    Rain 78%

  4. Tue

    Overcast

    20° 15°

    Rain 34%

  5. Wed

    Overcast

    21° 15°

    Rain 0%

  6. Thu

    Overcast

    22° 17°

    Rain 16%

  7. Fri

    Partly cloudy

    20° 15°

    Rain 33%

Air quality

31

Good

US AQI

PM2.5
2
PM10
4
Ozone
48

Air quality by Open-Meteo (CAMS), in µg/m³.

Sun and moon

Sunrise
4:36 am
Sunset
9:58 pm
Daylight
17h 22m

Waning gibbous

82% lit

From the weather desk

Edinburgh weather, explained

How to read the Edinburgh forecast

A good forecast is really three views at once. The current panel tells you what it feels like outside right now, which is what matters before you head out the door. The hourly strip is for planning the next part of your day: when the rain band arrives, when the wind picks up, when it is warm enough to walk. The seven-day outlook is for the week ahead, and it is most reliable in the first three or four days. Read it from the top down and you will almost always have what you need for Edinburgh.

What the UV index actually means

The UV index rates the strength of the sun's ultraviolet radiation on a simple scale. Below 3 is low and you can be outside safely without protection. From 3 to 7 is moderate to high, the point at which sunburn becomes likely within an hour, so a hat and sunscreen earn their keep. Above 8 is very high to extreme, and skin can burn in minutes around the middle of the day. The index peaks at solar noon, not at the hottest part of the afternoon, so the safest habit is to check the number rather than judge by the temperature.

Why the overnight low matters as much as the high

Daytime maximums get the headlines, but the overnight minimum shapes how the day actually feels. A cold night means a slow, crisp start and, on clear evenings, the chance of fog or frost before dawn. A mild night means the warmth carries over and the morning is comfortable from the outset. Clear skies let heat escape and push the low down; cloud cover traps it and keeps the night warmer. That is why two days with the same maximum can feel completely different depending on the night that came before.

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