Climate averages 1991–2020

Colchester weather
in June.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 18.2°C Daytime mean, June

Average low 11.9°C Night-time mean, June

Rainfall 57 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 17 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

June is a mild month in Colchester: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 37 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ipswich (26 km away). In June its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Colchester, with 53 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Colchester ranks joint 61st of 143 for the warmest June highs and joint 37th of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 17.9°C; Colchester is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 58 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Colchester climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Colchester, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	7.1°C3.0°C	3.0°C	57	12.1	8.38 h
February	7.4°C2.8°C	2.8°C	47	9.8	9.910 h
March	9.5°C4.0°C	4.0°C	43	10.2	11.812 h
April	12.2°C5.9°C	5.9°C	45	10.4	13.914 h
May	15.3°C8.9°C	8.9°C	53	10.0	15.616 h
June, selected	18.2°C11.9°C	11.9°C	57	10.8	16.617 h
July	20.7°C14.2°C	14.2°C	58	11.8	16.216 h
August	20.7°C14.4°C	14.4°C	64	10.7	14.715 h
September	18.1°C12.3°C	12.3°C	52	10.3	12.713 h
October	14.3°C9.5°C	9.5°C	64	11.4	10.711 h
November	10.3°C6.0°C	6.0°C	61	11.1	8.99 h
December	7.6°C3.7°C	3.7°C	62	11.6	7.98 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 Colchester

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