Aberdeen weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Aberdeen is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 57/100), with August and June close behind. Aberdeen averages about 1,300 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 95 mm of rain in July.
Jump to: month-by-month table · sea temperature · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 1,300
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 57/100
- Rain / year
- 945 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈23 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 14°C / 57°F
- Population
- 199k
- Elevation
- 60 m
When is the best time to visit Aberdeen?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Aberdeen is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 77 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Aberdeen?
Aberdeen isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,300 hours of sunshine a year. 57 Sunshine Score points separate July (57) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #30 of 48 destinations in United Kingdom for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,345 hours. The year's 945 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 77 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 63 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| March | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 2° / 36°F | 64 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| April | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 57 mm | 2 | 8° / 46°F |
| May | 31 | 13° / 55°F | 6° / 43°F | 63 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| June | 47 | 16° / 61°F | 9° / 48°F | 87 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| July | 57 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 95 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| August | 51 | 17° / 63°F | 11° / 52°F | 101 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| September | 43 | 15° / 59°F | 9° / 48°F | 62 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| October | 22 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 109 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 4° / 39°F | 92 mm | 0 | 11° / 52°F |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 75 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
Sea temperature in Aberdeen by month
The sea off Aberdeen is warmest in July at around 14°C / 57°F, and coolest in February at 6°C / 43°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
See Aberdeen on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Inverness United Kingdom · 117 km · best in Jul · 1,074 h sun/yr
- Edinburgh United Kingdom · 157 km · best in Jul · 1,292 h sun/yr
- Glasgow United Kingdom · 202 km · best in Jul · 1,306 h sun/yr
- Glasgow United Kingdom · 239 km · best in Jul · 1,304 h sun/yr
- Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom · 243 km · best in Jul · 1,592 h sun/yr
- Leeds United Kingdom · 372 km · best in Jul · 1,444 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Dundee United Kingdom · 97 km · 1,272 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Wick United Kingdom · 149 km · 1,289 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kirkwall, Orkney Islands United Kingdom · 200 km · 1,293 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Aberdeen compares month by month: Aberdeen vs Glasgow · Aberdeen vs Edinburgh · Aberdeen vs Inverness · Aberdeen vs Vágar · all comparisons
Put the Aberdeen sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Aberdeen's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: