Edinburgh weather live forecast

Today's maximum temperature in Edinburgh is expected to be 3°C. Select a day from the live weather forecast for Edinburgh, Scotland, UK for more weather parameters.

Wednesday
7th Jan
3

1

1

0
Thursday
8th Jan
2

-1

1

0
Friday
9th Jan
3

1

0

0
Saturday
10th Jan
2

-1

3

0
Sunday
11th Jan
3

-1

0

0

5-day weather forecast updated at 04:01 on Wednesday 7th January 2026 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 Wednesday 7th January 2026

Expect broken clouds in Edinburgh, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 3°C and 1 hour of bright sunshine. There are 0 mm of rainfall expected and a moderate breeze of 22 kph from the west.

3
°C maximum temperature
1
°C minimum temperature
broken clouds
1
hour of sunshine
0
UV index (None)
0
mm of rainfall expected
-2
°C wind chill
22
kph wind from W

Edinburgh weather for Thursday 8th January 2026

Expect mostly cloudy with light rain in Edinburgh, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 2°C and 1 hour of bright sunshine. There are 0-2 mm of rainfall expected with 25% chance of some rain and little or no wind of 6 kph from the south.

2
°C maximum temperature
-1
°C minimum temperature
mostly cloudy with light rain
1
hour of sunshine
0
UV index (None)
25
% chance of some rain
<2
mm of rainfall expected
0
°C wind chill
6
kph wind from S

Edinburgh weather for Friday 9th January 2026

Expect cloudy with sleet or snow in Edinburgh, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 3°C and no hours of bright sunshine. There are 10-20 mm of sleet/snow expected with 53% chance of some sleet or snow and a light breeze of 7 kph from the north.

3
°C maximum temperature
1
°C minimum temperature
cloudy with sleet or snow
0
hours of sunshine
0
UV index (None)
53
% chance of some sleet or snow
<20
mm of sleet/snow expected
0
°C wind chill
7
kph wind from N

Edinburgh weather for Saturday 10th January 2026

Expect cloudy with sleet or snow in Edinburgh, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 2°C and 3 hours of bright sunshine. There are 2-5 mm of sleet/snow expected with 20% chance of some sleet or snow and a light breeze of 7 kph from the east.

2
°C maximum temperature
-1
°C minimum temperature
cloudy with sleet or snow
3
hours of sunshine
0
UV index (None)
20
% chance of some sleet or snow
<5
mm of sleet/snow expected
0
°C wind chill
7
kph wind from E

Edinburgh weather for Sunday 11th January 2026

Expect cloudy with sleet or snow in Edinburgh, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 3°C and no hours of bright sunshine. There are 0-2 mm of sleet/snow expected with 49% chance of some sleet or snow and a moderate breeze of 22 kph from the south-east.