Climate averages 1991–2020
Leeuwarden weather
in June.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Leeuwarden: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 52 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Groningen (50 km away). In June its highs average 18.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Leeuwarden, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Leeuwarden ranks 42nd of 44 for the warmest June highs and joint 18th of 44 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 44 cities is 19.5°C; Leeuwarden is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 78 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
Leeuwarden climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 65 | 12.9 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 50 | 10.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 48 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 | 9.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 57 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| June, selected | 17.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 65 | 11.7 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 78 | 13.2 | 16.416 h |
| August | 20.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 84 | 13.9 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 75 | 12.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 75 | 13.8 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 66 | 13.8 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 71 | 13.4 | 7.68 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
- Groningen in JuneThe Netherlands · 50 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Zwolle in JuneThe Netherlands · 79 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Lelystad in JuneThe Netherlands · 80 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Alkmaar in JuneThe Netherlands · 95 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Purmerend in JuneThe Netherlands · 96 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Almere Stad in JuneThe Netherlands · 101 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Zaanstad in JuneThe Netherlands · 107 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Zaandam in JuneThe Netherlands · 108 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 12.6°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 Leeuwarden) is explained once on the Leeuwarden year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.