Inverness weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Inverness is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 56/100), with August and June close behind. Inverness averages about 1,074 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 92 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,074
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 56/100
- Rain / year
- 873 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈24 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 16°C / 61°F
- Population
- 48k
- Elevation
- 7 m
When is the best time to visit Inverness?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Inverness is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 64 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Inverness?
Inverness isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,074 hours of sunshine a year. 56 Sunshine Score points separate July (56) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #47 of 48 destinations in United Kingdom for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,345 hours. The year's 873 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 | 64 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 58 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 2° / 36°F | 57 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
| April | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 55 mm | 2 | 8° / 46°F |
| May | 36 | 14° / 57°F | 7° / 45°F | 66 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| June | 52 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 85 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| July | 56 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 92 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| August | 55 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 102 mm | 3 | 15° / 59°F |
| September | 48 | 16° / 61°F | 9° / 48°F | 68 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| October | 23 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 89 mm | 1 | 11° / 52°F |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 4° / 39°F | 73 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 64 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
Sea temperature in Inverness by month
The sea off Inverness is warmest in July at around 16°C / 61°F, and coolest in January at 5°C / 41°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Aberdeen United Kingdom · 117 km · best in Jul · 1,300 h sun/yr
- Edinburgh United Kingdom · 182 km · best in Jul · 1,292 h sun/yr
- Glasgow United Kingdom · 187 km · best in Jul · 1,306 h sun/yr
- Glasgow United Kingdom · 229 km · best in Jul · 1,304 h sun/yr
- Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom · 314 km · best in Jul · 1,592 h sun/yr
- Belfast United Kingdom · 348 km · best in Jul · 1,263 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Wick United Kingdom · 116 km · 1,289 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Dundee United Kingdom · 136 km · 1,272 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Oban United Kingdom · 145 km · 1,046 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Stornoway United Kingdom · 154 km · 1,212 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kirkwall, Orkney Islands United Kingdom · 171 km · 1,293 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Inverness compares month by month: Inverness vs Glasgow · Inverness vs Edinburgh · Inverness vs Aberdeen · Inverness vs Reykjavík · all comparisons
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