Climate averages 1991–2020
Geneva weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Geneva: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes June a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 43 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lausanne (51 km away). In June its highs average 20.5°C, 1.5°C cooler than Geneva, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Geneva ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest June highs and 5th of 8 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 8 cities is 21.0°C; Geneva is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 123 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
Geneva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 115 | 12.5 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 100 | 11.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 10.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 109 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 109 | 13.5 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 144 | 15.9 | 14.915 h |
| June, selected | 22.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 123 | 14.7 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 123 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 117 | 12.7 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 109 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 112 | 12.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 125 | 13.5 | 9.59 h |
| December | 5.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 131 | 13.4 | 8.79 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
- Lausanne in JuneSwitzerland · 51 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in JuneFrance · 109 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Lyon in JuneFrance · 112 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Besançon in JuneFrance · 117 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Grenoble in JuneFrance · 119 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 127 mm rain
- Bern in JuneSwitzerland · 130 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Dijon in JuneFrance · 151 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in JuneFrance · 161 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.4°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 Geneva) is explained once on the Geneva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.