Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunkirk weather
in June.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Dunkirk: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 28 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Calais (38 km away). In June its highs average 18.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Dunkirk, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Dunkirk ranks 54th of 57 for the warmest June highs and joint 40th of 57 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 57 cities is 22.5°C; Dunkirk is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
June in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Dunkirk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 56 | 11.5 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 48 | 10.0 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 48 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 48 | 10.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 16.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 59 | 11.0 | 15.516 h |
| June, selected | 19.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 62 | 10.4 | 16.516 h |
| July | 21.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 57 | 11.0 | 16.116 h |
| August | 21.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 69 | 10.9 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 57 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 63 | 11.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 64 | 12.5 | 9.09 h |
| December | 7.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 68 | 12.3 | 8.08 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
June in nearby cities
- Calais in JuneFrance · 38 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Brugge in JuneBelgium · 62 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Lille in JuneFrance · 65 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Kortrijk in JuneBelgium · 66 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Roubaix in JuneFrance · 68 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Saint Peters in JuneUnited Kingdom · 76 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Gent in JuneBelgium · 94 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Aalst in JuneBelgium · 117 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 63 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Dunkirk) is explained once on the Dunkirk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.