Oban climate — normals and trends
Oban (United Kingdom) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 2,119 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (13.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Oban averages 37 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 224 rainy days per year.
Oban has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 54 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 25.5 °C (on 4 August 1975) and the coldest -16.1 °C (on 1 March 1947).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
ObanScotland
- coords
- 56.42°, -5.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
10.3°C
Average daily low
5.9°C
Annual rainfall
2,119mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
21.4km/h
Seasonal range
9.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
37 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
224 d/yr
Annual snowfall
56.6 cm
Average feels-like high
7.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
45.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
25.5 °C
4 August 1975
Coldest day
-16.1 °C
1 March 1947
Wettest day
83 mm
27 December 1983
Windiest day
69.9 km/h
15 January 1968
Strongest gust
165.2 km/h
13 February 1989
Hottest feels-like
28.3 °C
29 July 1948
Coldest feels-like
-20.2 °C
1 March 1947
Snowiest day
16.0 cm
25 February 2010
Sunniest day
17.0 h
12 June 2015
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 105 mm | -111 mm |
| Feb | 7.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 190 mm | +20 mm |
| Mar | 9.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 120 mm | -45 mm |
| Apr | 12.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 63 mm | -58 mm |
| May | 14.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 130 mm | +11 mm |
| Jun | 14.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 209 mm | +83 mm |
| Jul | 17.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 163 mm | +19 mm |
| Aug | 17.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 157 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 14.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 239 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 264 mm | +29 mm |
| Nov | 8.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 254 mm | +41 mm |
| Dec | 7.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 298 mm | +60 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Oban?
Oban has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 2,119 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Oban?
The hottest day measured in Oban between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1975, reaching 25.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Oban?
The coldest day measured in Oban between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1947, at -16.1 °C.
Does it snow in Oban?
Yes. Oban gets on average 56.6 cm of snow per year and has around 37 frost days.
Has the climate of Oban warmed?
Yes: Oban warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Oban?
The wettest day measured in Oban between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1983, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Oban?
The windiest day measured in Oban between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1968, with winds reaching 69.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Oban?
The warmest month in Oban is July (13.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Oban?
Oban receives on average 2,119 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 224 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Oban?
Oban gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Oban?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Oban between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2010, with 16.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Oban?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Oban.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Oban?
In Oban, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.3 °C on 29 July 1948, and the lowest was -20.2 °C on 1 March 1947.
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