Edinburgh sunset forecast

Today · Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom · Europe/London

A quiet evening for the horizon.

36/100

Poor

Upper cloud 88%. Too heavy. Low cloud on the horizon. Visibility 29 km.

Golden-hour window
15:06 – 16:35
Sunset
16:06
Illustrative sky, not a live view or a prediction.

Evening light

14:0615:0616:0617:06

Seven-day outlook

Why this score

Upper cloud 88%. Too heavy. Low cloud on the horizon. Visibility 29 km.

Horizon clarity
0% · mixed
Visibility
29 km
Photography details

Golden hour

15:06 – 16:35

Low, warm light before and just after sunset.

Blue hour

16:35 – 16:51

Cooler twilight after the warm light fades.

High cloud
100%
colour canvas
Low cloud
60%
horizon block
Visibility
29.3 km
atmospheric reach
Rain chance
1%
during the window

Light windows are astronomical estimates. Clouds, hills and buildings can change what you see. Understand the light windows

Forecasts are estimates. All times are local to Europe/London.

Edinburgh sunset outlook

On in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, sunset is at 16:06. Skying rates the conditions 36/100 (Poor). Upper cloud 88%. Too heavy. Low cloud on the horizon. Visibility 29 km.

Weather data retrieved . All times are local to Europe/London. Longer-range forecasts are less certain.

Seven-day sunset and photography outlook · Europe/London
DateSunsetQualityGolden hourBlue hour
16:0636/100 · Poor15:06 – 16:3516:35 – 16:51
16:0429/100 · Poor15:04 – 16:3316:33 – 16:49
16:0379/100 · Excellent15:01 – 16:3216:32 – 16:48
16:010/100 · Poor14:59 – 16:3016:30 – 16:46
16:0037/100 · Poor14:57 – 16:2916:29 – 16:45
15:5889/100 · Excellent14:55 – 16:2716:27 – 16:43
15:5784/100 · Excellent14:53 – 16:2616:26 – 16:42

Golden hour uses a solar altitude of +6° to −4°; blue hour uses −4° to −6°. These are astronomical estimates, not guarantees of colour. “No complete interval” means the sun does not cross both limits for this evening.

Forecasts describe conditions near Edinburgh (55.953, -3.188). Buildings, hills and local weather can change what you see. A high score is not a probability or a promise.

Weather: Open-Meteo. Place search: OpenStreetMap contributors via Photon. How Skying calculates the score · Understanding golden hour