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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 10–18 °C (50–64 °F)
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Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Water of Leith Walkway is a local hiking route of about 21 km (13 mi) in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. It lies about 3.0 km northeast of Edinburgh. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Apr–Oct.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 21 km · 13 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 21 km · 13 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Stream
- Water of Leith (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 3.0 km NE of Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh, Scotland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Edinburgh
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- From / to
- Balerno → Leith
- Route centre
- 55.9332, -3.2541
- Route start
- 55.9751, -3.1719
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 31454
- Wikidata
- Q7973563
- Official info
- waterofleith.org.uk/walkway/
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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