Edinburgh Airport

EGPH · Scotland, United Kingdom

Climate Edinburgh Airport 2021-2025

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Edinburgh Airport (EGPH) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 68.6 64 74 79 69 65
February 67.6 64 66 58 74 55
March 70.1 69 58 72 79 67
April 77.7 75 73 80 88
May 73.8 84 53 70 82 67
June 75.3 87 78 81 78
July 76.0 78 79 87 70
August 76.4 83 87 78 71
September 74.5 59 83 86 60
October 74.7 67 67 77 73
November 73.7 61 73 79 80
December 67.8 54 58 70 55
Average 73.6 72.5 69.3 74.4 79.7 70.1

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 92.1 91 92 97 97 87
February 93.0 97 87 94 96 91
March 91.7 93 88 91 94 94
April 92.1 88 94 93 97
May 89.7 95 70 86 95 89
June 91.7 97 97 96 95
July 93.3 95 95 99 86
August 91.6 99 97 92 89
September 92.3 76 94 95 90
October 93.1 92 83 94 94
November 93.1 95 94 93 99
December 92.7 93 94 86 83
Average 92.2 94.1 89.0 92.9 94.5 91.1

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.8 6.2 6.7 7.7 8.1 4.0
February 8.1 7.7 9.0 9.4 8.5 6.9
March 9.6 11.3 9.4 9.1 11.4 10.3
April 11.8 12.1 11.4 12.1 11.0
May 15.5 17.0 16.0 15.6 15.5 12.9
June 17.6 17.3 18.8 18.1 18.1
July 19.4 18.6 18.6 21.1 20.3
August 18.7 19.1 18.8 19.8 18.8
September 16.5 15.0 18.1 17.3 17.6
October 13.1 13.5 12.9 14.0 13.5
November 9.6 9.9 8.9 10.8 10.5
December 7.4 9.5 8.0 4.5 7.2
Average 12.6 10.6 13.0 13.1 13.7 12.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 1.1 0.1 1.3 1.6 2.5 -2.6
February 1.8 2.3 2.9 3.2 2.2 1.3
March 2.2 3.0 2.9 1.5 1.0 3.3
April 3.0 4.4 3.0 3.5 -1.6
May 6.5 5.7 9.5 6.5 7.9 4.5
June 9.6 8.9 10.5 9.4 9.5
July 11.1 10.5 10.9 11.8 12.4
August 10.9 11.1 11.5 10.9 11.0
September 8.6 8.1 9.8 8.8 9.6
October 6.4 6.5 6.5 7.9 7.2
November 3.3 3.1 2.5 4.5 3.7
December 1.9 4.0 2.9 -3.6 2.1
Average 5.3 2.8 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 13.7 12 14 19 7 25
February 20.3 16 20 13 26 32
March 15.5 5 25 19 10 11
April 11.4 22 12 10 9
May 11.2 4 17 7 14 20
June 11.8 12 10 9 5
July 13.1 11 16 9 9
August 13.4 13 6 13 11
September 12.1 11 16 11 8
October 19.0 13 24 22 27
November 15.4 4 16 22 9
December 21.0 21 30 13 22
Average 13.6 8.1 15.0 14.4 13.0 14.0

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.1 8 9 10 11 7
February 11.2 10 11 10 14 12
March 9.9 9 10 8 8 11
April 9.1 10 8 9 7
May 8.3 9 7 7 10 7
June 8.7 8 8 10 9
July 8.1 8 9 9 6
August 8.8 11 8 9 7
September 8.5 8 9 8 8
October 9.7 9 10 11 9
November 7.9 6 6 9 9
December 8.6 10 10 6 8
Average 8.9 9.0 8.8 8.4 9.3 8.0

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 241° 237° 239° 240° 249°
February 190° 242° 248° 245° 164°
March 254° 110° 231° 154° 239°
April 235° 065° 036° 341°
May 300° 056° 004° 242° 054°
June 256° 061° 230° 248°
July 249° 250° 252° 008°
August 235° 241° 252° 226°
September 036° 237° 309° 238°
October 227° 230° 227° 233°
November 245° 265° 210° 251°
December 249° 238° 232° 231°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.