Aberdeen climate

Name: Aberdeen
Address: GB

Aberdeen is warmest in August, with average highs of 16 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 3.0 °C. October is the wettest month (88 mm) and February the driest (53 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Aberdeen averages 774 mm of rain, 0 days above 25 °C and 11 days below freezing.

United Kingdom · population 198,590 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 16 °C
Coldest month February 3.0 °C
Driest month February 53 mm
Wettest month October 88 mm
Least cloud May 67 % cloud
Hottest on record July 26 °C
Coldest on record March -6.5 °C
Warmest sea August 13 °C

What to expectAberdeen through the year

Aberdeen has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 6.4 °C in February to 16 °C in August, a swing of 9.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 0 days a year reach 25 °C, 11 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 26 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 53 mm in February to 88 mm in October. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Aberdeen is warmest in August at 13 °C and coldest in March at 6.4 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	6.3 °C	64 mm	69 %
February	6.4 °C	53 mm	69 %
March	7.5 °C	55 mm	70 %
April	9.0 °C	55 mm	70 %
May	11.3 °C	54 mm	67 %
June	13.7 °C	65 mm	75 %
July	15.8 °C	66 mm	73 %
August	15.9 °C	72 mm	72 %
September	14.4 °C	61 mm	70 %
October	11.6 °C	88 mm	71 %
November	8.9 °C	76 mm	69 %
December	6.7 °C	65 mm	68 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days below 0 °C
January	6.3 °C	3.2 °C	4.8 °C	12.9 °C	-4.4 °C	2
February	6.4 °C	3.0 °C	4.7 °C	14.7 °C	-3.9 °C	3
March	7.5 °C	3.5 °C	5.5 °C	14.7 °C	-6.5 °C	2
April	9.0 °C	5.0 °C	7.0 °C	17.0 °C	-1.4 °C	0
May	11.3 °C	7.0 °C	9.3 °C	18.5 °C	-0.1 °C	0
June	13.7 °C	9.8 °C	11.8 °C	23.1 °C	4.2 °C	0
July	15.8 °C	11.8 °C	13.8 °C	25.8 °C	6.7 °C	0
August	15.9 °C	12.0 °C	14.0 °C	21.8 °C	6.7 °C	0
September	14.4 °C	10.7 °C	12.5 °C	21.1 °C	4.5 °C	0
October	11.6 °C	8.3 °C	10.0 °C	17.7 °C	1.3 °C	0
November	8.9 °C	5.7 °C	7.3 °C	14.8 °C	-2.1 °C	0
December	6.7 °C	3.7 °C	5.2 °C	13.5 °C	-4.8 °C	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	64 mm	13	7.4 h/day	69 %	82 %	29 km/h	7.4 °C
February	53 mm	11	9.4 h/day	69 %	80 %	28 km/h	6.5 °C
March	55 mm	12	12 h/day	70 %	79 %	26 km/h	6.4 °C
April	55 mm	12	14 h/day	70 %	80 %	23 km/h	6.9 °C
May	54 mm	12	17 h/day	67 %	79 %	21 km/h	8.4 °C
June	65 mm	12	18 h/day	75 %	81 %	21 km/h	10.5 °C
July	66 mm	13	17 h/day	73 %	82 %	20 km/h	12.6 °C
August	72 mm	14	15 h/day	72 %	82 %	21 km/h	13.3 °C
September	61 mm	11	13 h/day	70 %	81 %	23 km/h	12.8 °C
October	88 mm	14	10 h/day	71 %	81 %	26 km/h	11.9 °C
November	76 mm	14	8.1 h/day	69 %	82 %	28 km/h	10.5 °C
December	65 mm	12	6.7 h/day	68 %	82 %	27 km/h	8.9 °C

How Aberdeen compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Aberdeen	16 °C	3.0 °C	774 mm	0
Edinburgh · United Kingdom	18 °C	1.8 °C	817 mm	1
Glasgow · United Kingdom	18 °C	1.3 °C	1,164 mm	1
Newcastle upon Tyne · United Kingdom	19 °C	2.0 °C	684 mm	1

Where Aberdeen ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in August	5th of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in Europe in July	5th of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in Europe in June	6th of 50	14 °C
The coolest places in Europe in May	12th of 50	11 °C
The coolest places in the world in May	20th of 50	11 °C
The coolest places in the world in June	26th of 50	14 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Aberdeen.

QuestionsCommon questions about Aberdeen’s climate

When is the best time to visit Aberdeen?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Aberdeen get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 16 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 26 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.0 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 11 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Aberdeen?

October, averaging 88 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is February with 53 mm. The year as a whole averages 774 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Aberdeen rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 57.144°, -2.098° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.