Leith Sea Temperature in May

Looking to find out what the average sea water temperature in Leith is for May? Find out what the lowest, highest, and average water temperatures are for Leith over the past 10 years.

Average water temperature in Leith for May

The average, high, and low temperatures below should help you if you can swim in the water in Leith in May.

9.9° C

(49.82° F)

  • highest: 14.03° C (57.25° F)
  • lowest: 7.33° C (45.19° F)

This water is very cold and can cause pain. We don't recommend you swim in this temperature for anything other than very short swims of 5 to 10 minutes unless you are a very experienced cold water swimmer.

Water temperature range by day in May in Leith

The chart below shows the range of low and high temperatures by day for the month of May in Leith.

Water temperatures for May in Leith in recent years

Day 2024 2023 2022 2021
1 9.37° C 9.11° C 9.92° C 8.35° C
2 9.43° C 8.68° C 9.99° C 8.45° C
3 8.97° C 8.45° C 10.16° C 8.36° C
4 9.05° C 8.52° C 10.15° C 8.19° C
5 9.09° C 8.82° C 10.14° C 8.11° C
6 0° C 9.16° C 10.33° C 8.13° C
7 0° C 9.52° C 10.51° C 8.16° C
8 0° C 9.69° C 10.72° C 8.17° C
9 0° C 9.79° C 10.53° C 8.23° C
10 0° C 10.07° C 10.48° C 8.67° C
11 0° C 10.28° C 10.36° C 9.02° C
12 0° C 10.17° C 10.37° C 9.05° C
13 0° C 10.06° C 10.32° C 9.07° C
14 0° C 10.21° C 10.17° C 9.09° C
15 0° C 10.34° C 10.25° C 9.39° C
16 0° C 10.28° C 10.23° C 9.51° C
17 0° C 10.53° C 10.24° C 9.55° C
18 0° C 10.59° C 10.21° C 9.61° C
19 0° C 10.76° C 10.36° C 9.78° C
20 0° C 10.79° C 10.4° C 9.83° C
21 0° C 11.64° C 10.31° C 9.88° C
22 0° C 11.07° C 10.33° C 9.9° C
23 0° C 11.08° C 10.4° C 9.93° C
24 0° C 10.97° C 10.52° C 9.77° C
25 0° C 11.24° C 10.32° C 9.53° C
26 0° C 11.39° C 10.03° C 9.55° C
27 0° C 11.41° C 9.95° C 9.58° C
28 0° C 11.51° C 10.28° C 9.74° C
29 0° C 11.75° C 10.42° C 9.89° C
30 0° C 11.91° C 10.38° C 10.07° C
31 0° C 12.05° C 10.49° C 10.19° C

Water temperature in May for locations near Leith

Edinburgh

United Kingdom, Europe

1.75 miles away

Portobello

United Kingdom, Europe

2.85 miles away

Musselburgh

United Kingdom, Europe

4.93 miles away

Burntisland

United Kingdom, Europe

6.32 miles away

Kinghorn

United Kingdom, Europe

6.62 miles away

Aberdour

United Kingdom, Europe

7.59 miles away

Data source and citation

Raw data for the calculations made to find the sea surface temperature in Leith comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and their 1/4° daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature.

The water temperature data is constructed by combining observations from different platforms (satellites, ships, buoys, and Argo floats) on a regular global grid. A spatially complete sea surface temperature map is then built by interpolating to fill in gaps in the data.

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