Climate averages 1991–2020

Gothenburg weather
in June.

A mild, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.5°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 11.3°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 98 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 18 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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June is a mild month in Gothenburg: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 57 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Borås (58 km away). In June its highs average 18.6°C, about as warm as Gothenburg, with 99 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Gothenburg ranks 15th of 21 for the warmest June highs and 20th of 21 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 21 cities is 18.4°C; Gothenburg is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 94 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Gothenburg climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gothenburg, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 2.1°C-1.8°C-1.8°C7112.17.37 h
February 2.5°C-2.2°C-2.2°C5510.29.49 h
March 5.5°C-0.6°C-0.6°C4910.011.812 h
April 10.9°C2.9°C2.9°C5310.214.314 h
May 15.5°C7.5°C7.5°C7211.216.617 h
June, selected 18.5°C11.3°C11.3°C9812.418.018 h
July 20.7°C13.8°C13.8°C9412.817.417 h
August 20.0°C13.8°C13.8°C11814.915.315 h
September 16.2°C10.6°C10.6°C9312.912.913 h
October 10.8°C6.4°C6.4°C9413.810.410 h
November 6.2°C2.8°C2.8°C7112.48.08 h
December 3.2°C-0.3°C-0.3°C7312.66.77 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

Distance from Gothenburg

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gothenburg) is explained once on the Gothenburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.