Edinburgh weather live forecast

Today's maximum temperature in Edinburgh is expected to be 37°F. Select a day from the live weather forecast for Edinburgh, Scotland, UK for more weather parameters.

Wednesday
7th Jan
37

34

1

0
Thursday
8th Jan
36

30

1

0
Friday
9th Jan
37

34

0

0
Saturday
10th Jan
36

30

3

0
Sunday
11th Jan
37

30

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 37°F and 1 hour of bright sunshine. There are 0 mm of rainfall expected and a moderate breeze of 14 mph from the west.

37
°F maximum temperature
34
°F minimum temperature
broken clouds
1
hour of sunshine
0
UV index (None)
0
mm of rainfall expected
28
°F wind chill
14
mph wind from W

Edinburgh weather for Thursday 8th January 2026

Expect mostly cloudy with light rain in Edinburgh, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 36°F 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 4 mph from the south.

36
°F maximum temperature
30
°F 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
32
°F wind chill
4
mph wind from S

Edinburgh weather for Friday 9th January 2026

Expect cloudy with sleet or snow in Edinburgh, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 37°F 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 4 mph from the north.

37
°F maximum temperature
34
°F 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
32
°F wind chill
4
mph wind from N

Edinburgh weather for Saturday 10th January 2026

Expect cloudy with sleet or snow in Edinburgh, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 36°F 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 4 mph from the east.

36
°F maximum temperature
30
°F 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
32
°F wind chill
4
mph wind from E

Edinburgh weather for Sunday 11th January 2026

Expect cloudy with sleet or snow in Edinburgh, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 37°F 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 14 mph from the south-east.