Ben Nevis (Highland) weather

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    7 day forecast for Ben Nevis

    Today (31 August 2025)
    Time
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
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    13:00
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    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Fog Fog Fog Fog Fog Fog Fog Fog Light shower day Fog Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Heavy shower night Heavy shower night Heavy shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    40%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    70%
    80%
    90%
    90%
    ≥95%
    Temperature
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    -3°
    -4°
    -5°
    -5°
    -6°
    -5°
    -5°
    -5°
    -4°
    -3°
    -3°
    -2°
    -2°
    -1°
    -1°
    -1°
    -2°
    -3°
    -3°
    -4°
    -3°
    -4°
    Wind direction and speed
    SSW
    50
    S
    52
    S
    54
    S
    59
    S
    64
    SSE
    59
    SSE
    60
    S
    60
    SSE
    57
    S
    59
    SSE
    62
    S
    66
    S
    66
    S
    66
    SSE
    64
    SSE
    62
    SSE
    63
    SSE
    72
    SSE
    74
    SSE
    75
    SSE
    75
    SSE
    75
    Wind gust (mph)
    57
    59
    65
    71
    71
    66
    66
    66
    64
    68
    73
    73
    73
    72
    70
    69
    79
    82
    83
    83
    83
    83
    Visibility
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    P
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    Humidity
    97%
    96%
    96%
    95%
    95%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    93%
    90%
    84%
    77%
    76%
    75%
    78%
    79%
    82%
    85%
    89%
    93%
    96%
    97%
    UV - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Monday (1 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Heavy shower night Heavy shower night Heavy shower night Heavy shower night Heavy shower night Light shower night Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Heavy shower day Heavy shower day Heavy shower day Heavy shower day Heavy shower day Heavy shower day Heavy shower day Heavy shower day Heavy shower day Heavy shower night Heavy shower night Heavy shower night Heavy shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    90%
    90%
    80%
    70%
    70%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    ≥95%
    90%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    -3°
    -3°
    -2°
    -2°
    -3°
    -3°
    -3°
    -3°
    -3°
    -3°
    -3°
    -3°
    -3°
    -3°
    -2°
    -2°
    -2°
    -2°
    -3°
    -3°
    -3°
    -2°
    -2°
    -3°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    73
    SSE
    59
    SSE
    56
    SSE
    55
    SSE
    54
    SSE
    53
    SSE
    53
    SSE
    53
    SSE
    52
    S
    51
    S
    51
    S
    51
    S
    50
    SSW
    56
    SSW
    55
    SSW
    53
    SSW
    52
    SW
    52
    SW
    52
    SW
    53
    SW
    52
    SW
    50
    SW
    50
    SW
    50
    Wind gust (mph)
    81
    65
    62
    61
    59
    59
    59
    59
    57
    57
    57
    56
    62
    62
    60
    59
    58
    57
    58
    58
    57
    55
    55
    55
    Visibility (description)
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    Humidity
    97%
    98%
    98%
    98%
    97%
    98%
    97%
    97%
    98%
    97%
    98%
    97%
    98%
    97%
    96%
    97%
    98%
    98%
    99%
    99%
    99%
    99%
    99%
    99%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Tuesday (2 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Heavy shower night Heavy shower night Heavy shower night Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    90%
    60%
    60%
    90%
    80%
    70%
    60%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    -3°
    -3°
    -3°
    -3°
    -3°
    -2°
    -1°
    -1°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    49
    SW
    42
    SSW
    40
    SSW
    36
    S
    36
    S
    40
    S
    34
    S
    28
    S
    22
    Wind gust (mph)
    54
    46
    44
    40
    44
    44
    38
    31
    24
    Visibility (description)
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    P
    VP
    Humidity
    99%
    99%
    99%
    99%
    95%
    90%
    93%
    95%
    98%
    UV - - - 1 2 3 2 1 -
    Wednesday (3 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Light shower night Fog Fog Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    50%
    50%
    70%
    80%
    70%
    60%
    60%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    -1°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    17
    SW
    16
    SW
    19
    SW
    22
    SW
    28
    SW
    29
    SSW
    27
    S
    28
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    20
    24
    31
    32
    32
    30
    35
    Visibility (description)
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    P
    P
    P
    Humidity
    98%
    98%
    98%
    94%
    88%
    86%
    91%
    96%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Thursday (4 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Light shower night Light shower night Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    50%
    60%
    80%
    90%
    80%
    60%
    60%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    -2°
    -2°
    -1°
    -2°
    -3°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    32
    S
    34
    S
    26
    S
    26
    SW
    28
    SW
    28
    SW
    35
    SW
    28
    Wind gust (mph)
    37
    37
    29
    31
    32
    38
    38
    31
    Visibility (description)
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    P
    P
    P
    VP
    Humidity
    97%
    97%
    96%
    93%
    89%
    89%
    92%
    94%
    UV - - 1 2 3 1 1 -
    Friday (5 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Light rain Light rain Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Fog Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    50%
    70%
    80%
    70%
    60%
    40%
    50%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    -3°
    -4°
    -4°
    -1°
    -1°
    -1°
    -2°
    -3°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    18
    SW
    26
    SW
    28
    SW
    26
    SW
    33
    SW
    32
    SW
    25
    SSW
    24
    Wind gust (mph)
    29
    30
    30
    36
    36
    35
    28
    26
    Visibility (description)
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    P
    M
    P
    VP
    Humidity
    94%
    94%
    94%
    92%
    86%
    85%
    87%
    92%
    UV - - 1 2 3 2 1 -
    Saturday (6 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light shower day Drizzle Mist Fog
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    60%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    -2°
    -2°
    -2°
    -1°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    21
    S
    23
    S
    27
    S
    23
    SSW
    27
    SSW
    28
    SSW
    22
    S
    15
    Wind gust (mph)
    25
    29
    29
    30
    30
    30
    24
    17
    Visibility (description)
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    P
    VP
    P
    Humidity
    93%
    94%
    94%
    92%
    91%
    85%
    87%
    91%
    UV - - 1 1 3 2 1 -

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    Highlands & Eilean Siar weather forecast

    Headline:

    Showery on Sunday, brightest in east. Windy.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Occasional rain for all this evening, some heavy. Clearer weather with a few showers reaching southwest around dusk extending to all by or soon after midnight then mainly dry and clear overnight. Windy at times. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

    Sunday:

    Mainly dry sunny start, then scattered showers developing from mid-morning, becoming frequent in west, with best of sunshine in east. Windy, with gales over Barra and the Uists. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

    Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

    A showery picture with Monday in the west wettest where showers merge to longer periods of rain most readily. Best of temperatures and brightness towards Inverness.

    Updated:

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