Crap Towns / Edinburgh / Weather

How often does it rain in Edinburgh?

It rains in Edinburgh on 132 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), about the same as the typical town's 127. That makes it the 416th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 765 mm a year, about the same as the typical town's 766. It gets 1,413 hours of sunshine a year, 8% lower than the typical town's 1,532: joint 202nd gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)132127
Rainfall (mm)765766
Hours of sunshine1,4131,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Penicuik11.2 km155
Bonnyrigg9.8 km145
Burntisland13.9 km144
Loanhead7.5 km144
South Queensferry12.2 km143
Mayfield12.8 km142
Dalkeith11.0 km141
Kirkliston11.9 km140
Dalgety Bay13.9 km139
Edinburgh–132
Musselburgh10.4 km129
The typical town–127