Europe · City travel
Best time to visit Edinburgh
Early Jun, Late Jun–Early Sep is the best time to visit. During this period, the average daytime high is 18.9°C, with 3.5 rainy days per 10 days.
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Season calendar
Events & natural phenomena
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FestivalEdinburgh Festival Fringe
Usually Aug 6–Aug 30 (dates vary by year)
It runs for about three and a half weeks every August (6–30 August in 2027).
Source: Official source
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FestivalEdinburgh's Hogmanay
Usually Dec 29–Jan 1 (dates vary by year)
It runs from the torchlight procession to New Year's Day (29 December 2026 to 1 January 2027).
Source: Official source
Japan MOFA travel advice
No Japan MOFA travel advisory is in effect for this destination.
Climate and season score by month
| Month | Level | Daytime high | Rainy days (per 10 days) | Cloud cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Avoid | 7.3°C | 3.8 | 75.0% |
| February | Avoid | 8.3°C | 3.6 | 75.2% |
| March | Off-season | 10.0°C | 3.0 | 75.1% |
| April | Okay | 12.4°C | 2.8 | 74.4% |
| May | Good | 15.3°C | 3.2 | 74.2% |
| June | Best | 17.8°C | 3.4 | 80.2% |
| July | Best | 19.6°C | 3.8 | 77.2% |
| August | Best | 19.2°C | 3.4 | 76.5% |
| September | Great | 17.1°C | 3.2 | 74.7% |
| October | Fair | 13.6°C | 4.0 | 75.4% |
| November | Off-season | 9.9°C | 3.8 | 74.7% |
| December | Avoid | 7.6°C | 4.0 | 75.3% |
How the score works
The season score is a relative 0–100 measure of how suitable each time of year is for travel at this destination, grouped into seven levels. It combines climate-normal trends in temperature, rain, cloud cover, and other conditions.
Weather station: EDINBURGH: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDE（2 km）. Data: NASA POWER, NOAA GHCN-Daily, OISST, IBTrACS, and Natural Earth.
These are historical climate-normal trends, not a weather forecast.