Climate averages 1991–2020
Bern 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.
June is a mild month in Bern: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes June a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 49 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luzern (66 km away). In June its highs average 21.2°C, 1.4°C warmer than Bern, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Bern ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest June highs and joint 1st of 8 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 8 cities is 21.0°C; Bern is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 106 mm to 104 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
Bern climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 80 | 12.8 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.9°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 73 | 11.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 8.8°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 84 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 90 | 13.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 16.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 117 | 15.4 | 15.015 h |
| June, selected | 19.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 106 | 14.7 | 15.816 h |
| July | 21.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 104 | 13.5 | 15.515 h |
| August | 21.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 101 | 13.3 | 14.214 h |
| September | 17.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 88 | 11.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 84 | 11.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.1°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 90 | 12.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 4.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 93 | 13.5 | 8.69 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
- Luzern in JuneSwitzerland · 66 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Basel in JuneSwitzerland · 69 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Lausanne in JuneSwitzerland · 79 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Mulhouse in JuneFrance · 90 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Zürich in JuneSwitzerland · 95 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Besançon in JuneFrance · 113 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Winterthur in JuneSwitzerland · 115 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.3°C · 113 mm rain
- Freiburg in JuneGermany · 120 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 89 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 Bern) is explained once on the Bern year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.