If you're planning anything outdoors in Edinburgh, the city's east coast Scottish position makes its weather genuinely different from Glasgow just 50 miles west — drier, sunnier, but more exposed to North Sea easterlies that can bring bitter cold in spring and haar fog in summer. Winters are colder than most of England but rainfall is moderate, and the city sits in something of a rain shadow from the hills to the west.
Check today's verdict in the app →If you're gardening in Edinburgh, the lower rainfall and drier east coast climate help — but the cold winters and shorter growing season set the tone, frost dates run later in spring than the south, and the easterly wind exposure means tender plants need real shelter.
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