When to go · United Kingdom
When to go to Inverness
When to go
What the averages say
No month in Inverness averages a high of 18°C or more; the warmest, July, averages 17°C.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): November to March.
- The warmest month is July (17°C) and the coolest January (4°C). The wettest is August (102 mm) and the driest April (56 mm); about 921 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCold
- FebCold
- MarCold
- AprCool
- MayCool
- JunCool
- JulCool
- AugCool
- SeptCool
- OctCool
- NovCold
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in Inverness
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | 0°C | 72 mm | 95% | 83% | 0.4 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | 4°C | 0°C | 61 mm | 93% | 81% | 1 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | 6°C | 1°C | 61 mm | 90% | 80% | 2 | 27°C | Cold |
| April | 10°C | 3°C | 56 mm | 86% | 78% | 3.4 | 31°C | Cool |
| May | 13°C | 5°C | 73 mm | 83% | 77% | 4.5 | 35°C | Cool |
| June | 15°C | 8°C | 84 mm | 84% | 85% | 4.4 | 37°C | Cool |
| July | 17°C | 10°C | 95 mm | 85% | 86% | 4.1 | 39°C | Cool |
| August | 16°C | 9°C | 102 mm | 87% | 84% | 3.3 | 39°C | Cool |
| September | 14°C | 8°C | 75 mm | 89% | 80% | 2.4 | 37°C | Cool |
| October | 10°C | 5°C | 95 mm | 92% | 78% | 1.3 | 34°C | Cool |
| November | 7°C | 2°C | 75 mm | 95% | 79% | 0.5 | 29°C | Cold |
| December | 4°C | 1°C | 72 mm | 95% | 80% | 0.3 | 25°C | Cold |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Aberdeen133 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Dundee135 kmGood for going: July
- Glasgow179 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Edinburgh181 kmGood for going: July
- Newcastle upon Tyne322 kmGood for going: July and August
- Londonderry335 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Belfast337 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Douglas371 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
Plan it
Plan a trip to Inverness
Tell us when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.