Scotland weather by month in fahrenheit

Scotland's climate is cool and wet with extreme variations in daylight hours—from as little as five hours in mid-winter to 20 hours in mid-summer.

There's only about a 20-degree difference between average winter temperatures—in the low 40s Fahrenheit—and average summer temperatures, which are typically in the mid-60s F. Nights, year-round, are much colder than daylight hours.

Average temperatures are always about 10 degrees colder than London temperatures.

Scotland temperature by month

Though there is very little snow in Scotland's major cities, snow and fog in the Highlands and high mountains is not uncommon and can often catch hikers by surprise.

Scotland's coast is so profoundly indented that its climate is almost island-like.

Coast-to-coast at its narrowest point—between the Firth of Forth at Edinburgh and the Firth of Clyde at Glasgow—it's only 25 miles wide. No one is ever more than about 45 miles from the sea. The influence of the Atlantic Ocean and its Gulf Stream to the west and the North Sea to the east mod

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