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 running in Edinburgh, the moderate rainfall and east coast position give you more dry runs than Glasgow — but North Sea easterlies in spring make morning runs genuinely cold even when the temperature reads fine, and Arthur's Seat has its own wind regime.
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