Aberdeen

8°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 6° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:28Sunset 16:15

8h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Union Street Roadside, United Kingdom

123 reported road collisions (2025)

83 killed or seriously injured · 187 casualties · 4.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

56 food businesses within 2 miles

• 37 passed
• 5 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Portlethen (3.2 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£200,965 average▼ 2% YoY

Across Aberdeenshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (3.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (4.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

55 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Kca Deutag Drilling LTD (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

264,640 residents in Aberdeenshire

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

1% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 3% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

14,335 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,544 jobs advertised · £43,886 avg

e.g. Beauty Therapist, Dual Fuel Smart Meter Engineer, Mobile Vehicle Technician

Source: Adzuna

£825 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,395 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine:

• Hold a referendum on abolishing the Scottish Parliament & Government330 local signatures · 17,029 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills185 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately174 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth145 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK114 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• 
  Loirston Loch · 1.5 km

  Loirston Loch is a freshwater loch in the Cove Bay area of Aberdeen. It is bordered by Wellington Road on its eastern shore, and agricultural fields on its west.

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  Hare Ness · 1.5 km

  Hare Ness is a headland landform along the North Sea coastline a few miles south of Aberdeen, Scotland.

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  Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency) · 1.8 km

  Aberdeen South is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

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  Findon, Aberdeenshire · 2.1 km

  Findon or Finnan is a fishing village eight miles south of Aberdeen, famous for originating the smoked haddock known as Finnan haddie. The Findon moor has a number of paths through it, many of which run along the clif…

• St Mary's Church, Cove Bay · 2.2 km

  St Mary the Virgin was an Episcopal Church in Cove Bay, Aberdeen, Scotland. It was part of the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney in the Scottish Episcopal Church until its closure in April 2020.

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  Cove Bay · 2.2 km

  Cove Bay, or simply Cove, is a suburb on the south-east edge of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)