Weather in Shetland Islands

Calculated from weather data of Sumburgh Airport (EGPB) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.9	6.2	7.2	8.0	5.0	8.1
February	6.8	6.7	8.0	6.7	5.7	6.7
March	7.1	7.5	5.7	8.0	7.5	7.5
April	8.4		8.5	8.0	7.4	8.9
May	10.4		10.1	11.0	9.1	10.0
June	13.1		14.1	13.4	12.8	13.5
July	14.3		14.9	13.9	14.6	13.5
August	14.7		14.9	14.4	14.6	14.8
September	13.4		14.3	13.6	14.0	12.8
October	11.1		10.5	12.0	11.5	10.6
November	9.0		8.3	10.5	9.1	10.1
December	7.4		6.9	6.2	7.4	7.9
Average	9.8	6.8	10.3	10.6	9.9	10.4

91st highest temperature of United Kingdom

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.9	4	5	5	2	6
February	3.8	4	5	3	4	4
March	3.9	5	2	5	5	4
April	4.5		5	4	3	5
May	6.6		7	8	5	6
June	9.4		10	10	9	9
July	11.1		11	11	12	10
August	11.1		11	11	12	11
September	9.9		10	10	11	9
October	8.0		7	10	8	8
November	5.9		5	9	6	7
December	4.4		3	3	5	5
Average	6.5	4.0	6.8	7.4	6.6	7.0

48th lowest temperature of United Kingdom

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	0	0	0	0
25 °C or warmer	0	0	0	0	0
20 °C or warmer	0	0	0	0	0
0 °C or colder	5	11	7	14	2

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	22.1	34	23	30	20	21
February	20.3	26	22	29	13	25
March	17.3	18	26	10	13	16
April	11.1		15	10	12	7
May	10.2		12	15	7	12
June	9.3		4	11	7	8
July	9.9		11	11	5	13
August	10.9		9	15	9	6
September	16.1		11	13	16	16
October	22.4		22	20	26	32
November	22.5		24	19	25	22
December	25.2		30	40	18	13
Average	15.6	24.4	15.1	15.4	12.1	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 (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	30.8	33	30	37	24	39
February	29.7	27	32	37	31	35
March	26.8	24	21	28	29	29
April	23.1		23	24	24	22
May	19.4		19	22	19	21
June	19.2		13	24	17	20
July	17.1		17	21	15	19
August	17.4		15	18	16	17
September	23.4		20	21	21	26
October	28.2		29	28	27	25
November	27.9		21	29	32	30
December	27.7		27	25	28	30
Average	23.3	27.1	20.6	24.5	22.0	24.0

4th highest wind speed of United Kingdom

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SW	W	W	NW	SW
February	SW	W	W	S	SW
March	SE	NE	S	W	SW
April		SE	NE	NW	W
May		SW	SW	NE	W
June		S	SW	SW	E
July		N	W	N	W
August		N	SW	N	SW
September		SW	NE	SW	SW
October		S	SW	SW	E
November		E	S	W	SW
December		S	N	SW	S

Prevailing wind direction

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

Shetland Islands weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Shetland Islands?

The warmest month is August with an average temperature of 15 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Shetland Islands?

The coldest month is February with an average daytime temperature of 7 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Shetland Islands?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 25.2 %.

Which month is the driest in Shetland Islands?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in June. The probability is about 9.3 %.