Edinburgh weather live forecast

Today's maximum temperature in Edinburgh is expected to be 8°C. Select a day from the live weather forecast for Edinburgh, Scotland, UK for more weather parameters.

• Sunday
  7th Dec
  8
  7
  
  0
  0
• Monday
  8th Dec
  8
  6
  
  2
  0
• Tuesday
  9th Dec
  13
  7
  
  2
  0
• Wednesday
  10th Dec
  9
  8
  
  4
  0
• Thursday
  11th Dec
  10
  8
  
  1
  0

5-day weather forecast updated at 04:01 on Sunday 7th December 2025 GMT

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The 5-day weather forecast for Scotland (Edinburgh) is provided by the Swiss meteorological agency, meteoblue. Find out more about our data sources.

Edinburgh weather forecast by day

Below are the detailed weather forecasts for Edinburgh for the next 5 days.

Edinburgh weather for Sunday 7th December 2025

Expect mostly cloudy with rain in Edinburgh, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 8°C and no hours of bright sunshine. There are 5-10 mm of rainfall expected with 93% chance of some rain and a moderate breeze of 26 kph from the west.

• 8
  °C maximum temperature
• 7
  °C minimum temperature
• 
  mostly cloudy with rain
• 0
  hours of sunshine
• 0
  UV index (None)
• 93
  % chance of some rain
• <10
  mm of rainfall expected
• 5
  °C wind chill
• 26
  kph wind from W

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Edinburgh weather for Monday 8th December 2025

Expect mostly cloudy with light rain in Edinburgh, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 8°C and 2 hours of bright sunshine. There are 0-2 mm of rainfall expected with 9% chance of some rain and a moderate breeze of 25 kph from the south-west.

• 8
  °C maximum temperature
• 6
  °C minimum temperature
• 
  mostly cloudy with light rain
• 2
  hours of sunshine
• 0
  UV index (None)
• 9
  % chance of some rain
• <2
  mm of rainfall expected
• 5
  °C wind chill
• 25
  kph wind from SW

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Edinburgh weather for Tuesday 9th December 2025

Expect mostly cloudy with rain in Edinburgh, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 13°C and 2 hours of bright sunshine. There are 5-10 mm of rainfall expected with 60% chance of some rain and a fresh breeze of 35 kph from the south-west.

• 13
  °C maximum temperature
• 7
  °C minimum temperature
• 
  mostly cloudy with rain
• 2
  hours of sunshine
• 0
  UV index (None)
• 60
  % chance of some rain
• <10
  mm of rainfall expected
• 13
  °C wind chill
• 35
  kph wind from SW

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Edinburgh weather for Wednesday 10th December 2025

Expect sunshine and showers in Edinburgh, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 9°C and 4 hours of bright sunshine. There are 2-5 mm of rainfall expected with 33% chance of some rain and a fresh breeze of 34 kph from the south-west.

• 9
  °C maximum temperature
• 8
  °C minimum temperature
• 
  sunshine and showers
• 4
  hours of sunshine
• 0
  UV index (None)
• 33
  % chance of some rain
• <5
  mm of rainfall expected
• 5
  °C wind chill
• 34
  kph wind from SW

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Edinburgh weather for Thursday 11th December 2025

Expect mostly cloudy with light rain in Edinburgh, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 10°C and 1 hour of bright sunshine. There are 0-2 mm of rainfall expected with 50% chance of some rain and a moderate breeze of 26 kph from the south-west.

• 10
  °C maximum temperature
• 8
  °C minimum temperature
• 
  mostly cloudy with light rain
• 1
  hour of sunshine
• 0
  UV index (None)
• 50
  % chance of some rain
• <2
  mm of rainfall expected
• 6
  °C wind chill
• 26
  kph wind from SW

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