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Destination

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Coordinates: 55.95206°N, 3.19648°W · Time zone: Europe/London · Corpus: launch-2026-08-30

Identity sources: GeoNames, IANA Time Zone Database, and Wikidata.

Edinburgh ranks #1 of 4 July escapes from London. See the full July ranking.

This page was generated from imported climate data with AI assistance — every number is sourced and labeled.

What summer feels like here

In July, Edinburgh typically feels like 15.4°C — well below London's 20.7°C — with highs around 19.1°C and lows near 11.2°C. Humidity is about 76.0% in the baseline. Typical July conditions are cool enough to keep heat stress uncommon.

  • Month: July — planning window
  • Destination: Edinburgh — Destination corpus (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Feels-like temperature in July: 15.4°C — Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT (version era5-heat-2026-07, recorded 2026-07-15)
  • Origin: London — Destination corpus (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Feels-like temperature in July: 20.7°C — Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT (version era5-heat-2026-07, recorded 2026-07-15)
  • Typical July high: 19.1°C — Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT (version era5-heat-2026-07, recorded 2026-07-15)
  • Typical July low: 11.2°C — Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT (version era5-heat-2026-07, recorded 2026-07-15)
  • Typical July humidity: 76.0% — Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT (version era5-heat-2026-07, recorded 2026-07-15)
  • July heat-stress context: Typical July conditions are cool enough to keep heat stress uncommon. — Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT (version era5-heat-2026-07, recorded 2026-07-15)

Climate baseline from Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (Copernicus Products Licence / CC BY 4.0; commercial use permitted). Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use made of the information.

  • Typical July high

    19.1°C

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical July low

    11.2°C

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical July mean

    15.1°C

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical July humidity

    76.0%

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical July dew point

    11.0°C

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical July feels-like

    15.4°C

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical July wet-bulb

    14.0°C

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical July UTCI

    16.5°C

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical July tropical nights

    0.0nights

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • July heat-stress context

    Typical July conditions are cool enough to keep heat stress uncommon.

  • Typical August high

    18.7°C

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical August low

    10.8°C

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical August mean

    14.8°C

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical August humidity

    78.0%

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical August dew point

    10.8°C

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical August feels-like

    15.1°C

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical August wet-bulb

    13.7°C

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical August UTCI

    16.1°C

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • Typical August tropical nights

    0.0nights

    Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT, recorded 2026-07-15 (era5-heat-2026-07)

  • August heat-stress context

    Typical August conditions are cool with little overnight heat in the baseline.

Why it's an escape

Edinburgh leads the July escape ranking: it typically feels like 15.4°C against London's 20.7°C, about 5.3°C cooler, and ranks #1 of 4 with a HeatNomad Score v1 of 100 — cooler than 100% of the month's options and faster to reach than 100% of them.

  • Destination: Edinburgh — Destination corpus (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Month: July — planning window
  • Feels-like temperature in July: 15.4°C — Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT (version era5-heat-2026-07, recorded 2026-07-15)
  • Origin: London — Destination corpus (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Feels-like temperature in July: 20.7°C — Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-HEAT (version era5-heat-2026-07, recorded 2026-07-15)
  • Relief vs London: 5.3°C — computed from imported climate rows (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Rank among July escapes: 1 — computed from imported climate and travel rows (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Escapes in the July ranking: 4 — computed from imported climate and travel rows (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • HeatNomad Score v1: 100 — computed from imported climate and travel rows (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Heat-relief percentile: 100 — computed from imported climate and travel rows (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Reachability percentile: 100 — computed from imported climate and travel rows (version launch-2026-08-30)

Getting there from London

From London, Edinburgh is about 2h 38m by air — within the 4-hour budget. The clock is a comparison estimate for ranking, not a booking promise.

  • Origin: London — Destination corpus (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Destination: Edinburgh — Destination corpus (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Typical travel time: 2h 38m by air — HeatNomad travel-time proxy (version travel-2026-08-30, recorded 2026-08-30)
  • Travel budget: 4 — Escape Search default

  • Typical air travel time: airborne plus airport buffers

    About 2h 38mby air

    Typical travel time for comparing destinations — an estimate, never a booking promise. Build travel-2026-08-30.

Travel estimate from HeatNomad travel-time proxy (build travel-2026-08-30; HeatNomad-derived data; no third-party raw data redistributed; commercial use permitted). HeatNomad travel-time proxy calculated from published launch constants. Typical travel time is a comparison estimate, never a booking promise or a specific itinerary. Air proxy: great-circle city distance / 850 km/h + 20 min origin access + 80 min airport process + 20 min destination egress; via-connection rows add 50 min.

What it typically costs

Price info being retrieved.

If Edinburgh does not fit your plans, Bergen, Copenhagen, and Oslo all stay cooler than London in July within the 4-hour budget.

  • Destination: Edinburgh — Destination corpus (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Related destination: Bergen — Destination corpus (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Related destination: Copenhagen — Destination corpus (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Related destination: Oslo — Destination corpus (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Origin: London — Destination corpus (version launch-2026-08-30)
  • Month: July — planning window
  • Travel budget: 4 — Escape Search default

  1. Bergen

    Norway

    Bergen is cooler than 67% of the July options and faster than 33% of them.

    Score 57/100

  2. Copenhagen

    Denmark

    Copenhagen is cooler than 33% of the July options and faster than 67% of them.

    Score 43/100

  3. Oslo

    Norway

    Oslo is cooler than 0% of the July options and faster than 0% of them.

    Score 0/100

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