Sunny Hours / Sunshine by city / Edinburgh
Sunshine forecast for Edinburgh
The sun has set in Edinburgh for today. Tomorrow's best sun is from 2pm to 4pm. The sunniest day ahead is Saturday, with 9 sunny hours.
- Best sun todayNone left today
- Sunny hours today4
- Sunrise07:45
- Sunset18:09
- Daylight10h 24m
- Evening golden hour17:34 to 18:19
- High and low13° / 8°
Sunny hours in Edinburgh over the next 10 days
Each square is one daylight hour. Orange means the sun should be out, pale yellow means sunny spells, and grey means mostly cloud. The numbers across the top are the hour of the day.
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Day by day
| Day | Sunny hours | Best window | Sunrise | Sunset | High / low |
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| Today | 4 | 12pm to 2pm | 07:45 | 18:09 | 13° / 8° |
| Sat 17 Oct | 9 | 2pm to 4pm | 07:47 | 18:07 | 11° / 6° |
| Sun 18 Oct | 9 | 3pm to 5pm | 07:49 | 18:04 | 10° / 4° |
| Mon 19 Oct | 0 | 9am to 11am | 07:52 | 18:02 | 12° / 3° |
| Tue 20 Oct | 0 | No clear window | 07:54 | 17:59 | 13° / 8° |
| Wed 21 Oct | 0 | 1pm to 3pm | 07:56 | 17:57 | 12° / 9° |
| Thu 22 Oct | 8 | 11am to 1pm | 07:58 | 17:55 | 10° / 7° |
| Fri 23 Oct | 4 | 2pm to 4pm | 08:00 | 17:52 | 11° / 6° |
| Sat 24 Oct | 9 | 3pm to 5pm | 08:02 | 17:50 | 11° / 5° |
| Sun 25 Oct | 8 | 10am to 12pm | 08:04 | 17:47 | 11° / 7° |
How to read this forecast
Most forecasts give each hour one symbol. In broken cloud that hides a lot: an hour with twenty minutes of direct sun is still drawn as a cloud. This page uses a sun score from 0 to 100 for every daylight hour instead. It combines how many minutes of direct sunshine the weather model expects in that hour with how much of the sky is covered by cloud. A sunny hour here is one that scores above 66.
The best window is the one or two hours in a row with the most sun, marked down for rain risk and strong wind. Evening golden hour is the stretch around sunset when the light is low and warm, which photographers like.
This page says when the sun will be out, not how strong it is. For that, see the UV index in Edinburgh.
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Forecast for Edinburgh, Lothian. Updated 16 October at 22:50. Weather data by Open-Meteo.