AIBU to consider moving to Scotland because I cannot cope with heat?

Multiple weeks of 30?
I'm near Glasgow and there hasn't.

...but if your live is there with friends and family and work etc etc etc it's not that easy.... People are allowed to have a good moan

I just put rainiest places in UK and it was the top one. The south west is the region with the most cities for highest annual rainfall with 5. Plymouth, Exeter, Bournemouth, Cheltenham and Bristol.

It's Scotland not the fucking Arctic Circle! 🤣

It does seem very nice - to be honest I don't know a huge amount about it as really we've just stopped off there on the way further north and it's the ease of getting to lots of the highlands that's attracting us as much as the town itself. But it's got more amenities that the small town/big village we're in now and I like the cold so I reckon I'll love it! Aberfeldy is an option too. People go on about higher tax but I really couldn't care less.

The weather isn't really that different. We've had multiple weeks of 30° weather in central Scotland this year, although the average is much cooler.
Don't just move somewhere for the climate, the culture up here is very different and it's a big move going to a new country.
But if you've thought it all through properly and still want to move here, go for it!!
People will say about winters but honestly I haven't noticed any difference to England except it's dark until about 8.30am in midwinter.
Oh and you might be taxed a tiny amount more but eye tests, dentist checkups, prescriptions are all free plus we have free bus passes for students, council tax is less and includes your water bills, so the savings potentially outweigh the costs.

I would really advise anyone contemplating moving to Scotland to put their salary through money savings expert income tax calculator to see the difference in tax you may face. It’s good to fully understand the financial implications before making the move.

That's not a fair comparison. England doesn't = London which is a large capital city with a large transient population. It's not a village or small town which would be a more appropriate comparison, how do you know the people you're seeing in the street/gardens are even English? It's London, so a very high likelihood you are meeting people from all over the globe.

You would get the same problem if you were in Paris, New York or Aberdeen city! In the small town I lived in in England, people would always greet each other and would stop to talk to people. It's a completely different environment being in a small population area versus a highly dense populated area, fewer people and pressures tend to foster easier relations.

higher rates of income tax in scotland https://uksalarytakehome.co.uk/blog/scottish-vs-english-tax

Pitlochry is beautiful! Lucky you! Definitely chilly in winter but stunning scenery and a gorgeous town, and friendly. I make regular trips from Edinburgh to its gem of a theatre - i could rave all day it. And close to Hermitage, Dunkeld and Birnam etc.

not everywhere in Scotland has long wet miserable winters! I’m on the east coast and honestly it rains much less than it did when I lived in London (for 20 yrs so plenty of winters there).

Just a thought OP, as you can work anywhere, have you thought about house swapping for the hottest month of the year? I’ve had friends do it (swapped with families in California and Australia but you could of course swap with a family in a colder country)…

I moved to Scotland 10 years ago (East coast, highlands) and it's the best thing I've ever done. The whole lifestyle is just different. The east coast is fairly dry, it's absolutely beautiful, everyone is just so friendly and it's much cheaper to live. You can buy a beautiful 5 bed house with plenty of land for £400k. My kids surf, hike, mountain bike, kayak, rock climb. It feels very safe too. the only downside is the schools are not great, especially secondary. And there's nowhere to go shopping for nice clothes if you're that way inclined, which I am now.

That’s a ‘London v anywhere else in the UK’ thing though, not a Scotland v England thing!

We are very different. I'm living in SW London but come from north of Scotland. Where I live now is SO unfriendly. I go out walking early most mornings, meet the same people, their faces turned to the pavement. They jump out of their skin when I say "good morning". They don't want to interact. If I'm passing someone working in their garden and speak to them, they're (mostly) not interested. Not interested in communicating at all.

Can you imagine this in Scotland ?

No you don’t. Health is widely to acknowledged to cost much more and give a far worse outcome. Educational attainment has failen off a cliff and is getting worse year on year. Google the PISA statistics to see how bad. On top of this violence within schools is soaring due to the Scottish government’s policy of inclusion. But instead of actually admitting and tackling these issues, the SNP have the audacity to deny there’s an issue. And yet they get voted in year after year because the bigots love them.

am near arthers seat so could be the ponds causing midges any temp over 15 % is warm to me lol

Or the north of England perhaps? North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Cumbria, Durham, much cooler than the South and Wales.

Are you aware of the public services advantages over England? You get much better value for money.

It wasn’t just for a few weeks here in the SE though and it’s going to get worse with longer “summers” which start earlier and warmer, wetter “winters”

Dark too. But a beautiful country.

I wouldn’t have an issue if the SNP put it to good use.

I’d love to move but my husband wouldn’t and we do have a lot of ties to London, a city we make a lot of use of and which we love. I’m very scared of the future re CC but you can’t drag unwilling people with you and moving is a huge task and decision.

We have been going north for our summer breaks for a long time, mainly because we prefer it there!

I agree, homesickness is definitely real.

We're originally from the south coast of England but moved away a few years back, moving around the UK renovating houses in Essex, Wiltshire, West Midlands and finally SW Wales. I hadn't really felt homesick till we purchased an old mill in rural Carmarthenshire in 2018 and for me, at least, the weather was a huge part of that. We created a 0.5 acre garden from scratch but it was often too wet/chilly to enjoy it, so stayed indoors feeling miserable instead.

Like a previous poster, I had hardly any summer clothes in Wales as they were worn so rarely it seemed a waste of money.

Now we're back on the south coast (sold in Wales and bought here in Sept 2024), I've had to buy a whole new summer wardrobe. I'm not a fan of excessive heat - but thankfully our cottage is old and stays fairly cool - but imo it beats Welsh summers! It's funny as we actually considered moving to Scotland but ruled it out for being too cold.

But also at how superior our NHS facilities are for it, free prescriptions at point of use, free sight tests, wait times at a and e are nowhere near as bad, ambulances faster response time etc. less of our NHS has been sold off to private companies through he back door too

We'll likely be moving to Scotland - bottom end of the Highlands so Pitlochry or thereabouts - when we jack in work and I can't wait tbh. Though we are in North Yorkshire now so it wouldn't be quite as big a deal as it would be for some. I'm pretty sure I'll prefer winters up there anyway - at least you've got snow on the tops a lot of the time which I love, as opposed to much of England where it's just a bit wet and shite.