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How much rain fell in City of Edinburgh, Alba / Scotland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 4.1mm of rain forecast for the area around City of Edinburgh, heaviest in the hour to 18:00 (3.1mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 17:05 UK time. It is a forecast, not a measurement, and not a Met Office forecast. Weather data by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Daily totals for UK days from the same computer model; "dry" means under 0.2mm. Forecasts further ahead are less certain.
Chance of rain in City of Edinburgh
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm, more than 95% chance of more than 4 mm and 80% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Sat 24 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from City of Edinburgh. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torduff | 2.9km | 27.6mm | 40.6mm | 69.8mm | 6.0mm |
| Murray Burn | 3.1km | 28.2mm | 40.4mm | 79.6mm | 10.0mm |
| Comiston Rain Gauge | 3.7km | 30.0mm | 41.6mm | 68.4mm | 6.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 29.7mm.
12 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Torduff.
The rain gauges near City of Edinburgh do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 1990 (1,892 mm). Driest: 2003 (1,209 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
City of Edinburgh gets about 771 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 79 mm; driest April, 46 mm). That is drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
Monthly averages in mm. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.6 km from the town's gauge centre. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. UK comparison: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, 1991-2020, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of City of Edinburgh's monitored area.
29 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of City of Edinburgh's monitored area. None of the 25 with a live status is discharging right now, and 4 have no current status.
Event Duration Monitors show when an overflow may be spilling; they do not confirm it, and this is not advice on water quality. A live status older than two hours counts as no current status. Live status: © Scottish Water, near-real-time Overflow Map data, open licence for reuse. EDM monitors indicate overflows; they do not confirm them, and this is not advice on water quality.
Capital city of Scotland
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. It is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of 506,520 in 2020, making it the second-most-populous city in Scotland and the seventh-most-populous in the United Kingdom. The wider metropolitan area had a population of 912,490 in the same year.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
29.7mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of City of Edinburgh.
October so far: 73.3mm, from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of City of Edinburgh. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Torduff is the nearest rain gauge, 2.9km from the centre of City of Edinburgh's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
Rainfall data: SEPA rain gauges, synced every 15 minutes. Daily totals are computed overnight (UTC days); "today so far" is live. Gauge distances are straight-line from the centre of City of Edinburgh's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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