{"id":83008,"date":"2025-05-07T22:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T22:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/83008\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T22:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T22:39:12","slug":"edinburgh-will-be-as-hot-as-rome-this-week-with-scorching-temperatures-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/83008\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh will be &#8216;as hot as Rome&#8217; this week with scorching temperatures ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edinburgh residents are in for a searing spate of weather this coming week as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:temperatures climb;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">temperatures climb<\/a>, reaching Mediterranean temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>The capital has seen increasingly pleasant temperatures as the days lengthen and the Met Office forecast predicts another scorching few days for the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning on Friday, May 9, locals can expect a balmy start to what will be a delightfully sun-filled weekend.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/edinburgh-woman-32-missing-weeks-192953275.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh woman, 32, missing for weeks after vanishing from city street;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edinburgh woman, 32, missing for weeks after vanishing from city street <\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/edinburgh-motorcyclist-hospitalised-collision-car-122744108.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh motorcyclist hospitalised after collision with car on busy road;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edinburgh motorcyclist hospitalised after collision with car on busy road<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friday will see a peak of 19C at 4pm as temperatures rise throughout the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The following days bring even more sun and heat. Saturday, May 10 is forecast to reach a high of 20C, matching peak temperatures this week in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>Edinburgh locals can expect to wake up to pleasant 16C weather by 10am which will rise to 19C by 1pm.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, May 11 rounds out the weekend with sustained sunshine and another high of 20C.<\/p>\n<p>Sunbathers can enjoy warm weather as early as 10am with 17C temperatures, which will rise steadily as the day wears on.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures begin to decrease after this coming weekend, but will remain balmy in the following days. Monday, May 12 peaks at 18C while Tuesday and Wednesday see highs of 17C.<\/p>\n<p>These temperatures come after last week&#8217;s &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/mini-heatwave-return-edinburgh-temperatures-140259543.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:mini heatwave;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mini heatwave<\/a>&#8216; which brought weekend temperatures reaching highs of 19C.<\/p>\n<p><b>Join<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/DBFongo3zQS6P8RfPA1ryO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live&#039;s Whatsapp Community here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> <b> Edinburgh Live&#8217;s Whatsapp Community here <\/b> <\/a> <b>and get the latest news sent straight to your messages.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edinburgh residents are in for a searing spate of weather this coming week as temperatures climb, reaching Mediterranean&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,40123,4884,40122,712,6467,40121,16,15,40124],"class_list":{"0":"post-83008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-edinburgh-locals","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-peak-temperatures","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-temperatures","15":"tag-temperatures-rise","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-weekend-temperatures"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114468956826922286","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}