Kirkwall, Orkney weather live forecast

Today's maximum temperature in Kirkwall, Orkney is expected to be 9°C. Select a day from the live weather forecast for Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK for more weather parameters.

Tuesday
24th Feb
9

5

2

0
Wednesday
25th Feb
8

6

0

0
Thursday
26th Feb
8

5

3

1
Friday
27th Feb
7

4

1

1
Saturday
28th Feb
7

3

1

1

5-day weather forecast updated at 04:01 on Tuesday 24th February 2026 GMT

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

Kirkwall, Orkney weather forecast by day

Below are the detailed weather forecasts for Kirkwall, Orkney for the next 5 days.

Kirkwall, Orkney weather for Tuesday 24th February 2026

Expect mostly cloudy with light rain in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 9°C and 2 hours of bright sunshine. There are 2-5 mm of rainfall expected with 73% chance of some rain and a moderate breeze of 24 kph from the south.

9
°C maximum temperature
5
°C minimum temperature
mostly cloudy with light rain
2
hours of sunshine
0
UV index (None)
73
% chance of some rain
<5
mm of rainfall expected
5
°C wind chill
24
kph wind from S

Kirkwall, Orkney weather for Wednesday 25th February 2026

Expect cloudy with some rain in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 8°C and no hours of bright sunshine. There are 10-20 mm of rainfall expected with 76% chance of some rain and a gentle breeze of 18 kph from the south.

8
°C maximum temperature
6
°C minimum temperature
cloudy with some rain
0
hours of sunshine
0
UV index (None)
76
% chance of some rain
<20
mm of rainfall expected
5
°C wind chill
18
kph wind from S

Kirkwall, Orkney weather for Thursday 26th February 2026

Expect mostly cloudy with light rain in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 8°C, maximum UV of 1 (Low) and 3 hours of bright sunshine. There are 2-5 mm of rainfall expected with 66% chance of some rain and a moderate breeze of 28 kph from the south-west.

8
°C maximum temperature
5
°C minimum temperature
mostly cloudy with light rain
3
hours of sunshine
1
UV index (Low)
66
% chance of some rain
<5
mm of rainfall expected
4
°C wind chill
28
kph wind from SW

Kirkwall, Orkney weather for Friday 27th February 2026

Expect mostly cloudy with rain in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 7°C, maximum UV of 1 (Low) and 1 hour of bright sunshine. There are 5-10 mm of rainfall expected with 67% chance of some rain and a moderate breeze of 25 kph from the north-west.

7
°C maximum temperature
4
°C minimum temperature
mostly cloudy with rain
1
hour of sunshine
1
UV index (Low)
67
% chance of some rain
<10
mm of rainfall expected
3
°C wind chill
25
kph wind from NW

Kirkwall, Orkney weather for Saturday 28th February 2026

Expect broken clouds in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland with a maximum temperature of 7°C, maximum UV of 1 (Low) and 1 hour of bright sunshine. There are 0 mm of rainfall expected and a moderate breeze of 28 kph from the south.