Climate averages 1991–2020
Leiden weather
in June.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Leiden: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 40 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zoetermeer (11 km away). In June its highs average 19.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Leiden, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Leiden ranks joint 37th of 44 for the warmest June highs and joint 5th of 44 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 44 cities is 19.5°C; Leiden is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 77 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
Leiden climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 72 | 13.6 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 57 | 11.6 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.0°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 54 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 45 | 10.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 58 | 10.4 | 15.716 h |
| June, selected | 18.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 61 | 11.0 | 16.717 h |
| July | 20.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 77 | 12.4 | 16.216 h |
| August | 20.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 90 | 13.3 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 87 | 13.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 93 | 14.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 83 | 15.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | 6.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 84 | 14.6 | 7.88 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
- Zoetermeer in JuneThe Netherlands · 11 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Alphen aan den Rijn in JuneThe Netherlands · 12 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 66 mm rain
- The Hague in JuneThe Netherlands · 16 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Delft in JuneThe Netherlands · 19 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Hoofddorp in JuneThe Netherlands · 21 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Gouda in JuneThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Rotterdam in JuneThe Netherlands · 26 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Haarlem in JuneThe Netherlands · 27 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 12.7°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 Leiden) is explained once on the Leiden year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.