Climate averages 1991–2020

Groningen weather
in June.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 18.8°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 11.6°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 74 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 17 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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June is a mild month in Groningen: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 53 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Leeuwarden (50 km away). In June its highs average 17.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Groningen, with 65 mm of rain.

Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Groningen ranks 34th of 44 for the warmest June highs and joint 43rd of 44 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 44 cities is 19.5°C; Groningen is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 87 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 1000

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

Every month, side by side

Groningen climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Groningen, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 4.9°C0.8°C0.8°C6312.68.18 h
February 5.7°C0.7°C0.7°C4910.59.810 h
March 8.7°C2.3°C2.3°C4910.911.812 h
April 12.7°C5.0°C5.0°C4810.713.914 h
May 16.2°C8.7°C8.7°C6011.815.816 h
June, selected 18.8°C11.6°C11.6°C7412.216.917 h
July 20.9°C14.0°C14.0°C8714.316.416 h
August 20.9°C14.1°C14.1°C8314.014.815 h
September 17.8°C11.7°C11.7°C6812.112.713 h
October 13.4°C8.1°C8.1°C6312.510.611 h
November 8.7°C4.5°C4.5°C5712.28.79 h
December 5.6°C1.7°C1.7°C6312.47.68 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 Groningen

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 Groningen) is explained once on the Groningen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.