Climate averages 1991–2020

Derry 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 15.9°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 10.2°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 87 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 17 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Derry · average highYear overview

June is a mild month in Derry: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 16 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lisburn (97 km away). In June its highs average 16.2°C, about as warm as Derry, with 75 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Derry ranks joint 138th of 143 for the warmest June highs and 139th of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 17.9°C; Derry is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 93 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. 05101520 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

Derry climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Derry, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.1°C3.0°C3.0°C8716.47.88 h
February 7.5°C3.0°C3.0°C7615.19.610 h
March 9.0°C3.7°C3.7°C7515.611.812 h
April 11.1°C5.1°C5.1°C7415.414.114 h
May 13.8°C7.6°C7.6°C7815.116.116 h
June, selected 15.9°C10.2°C10.2°C8715.517.317 h
July 17.3°C11.9°C11.9°C9316.816.817 h
August 17.1°C11.9°C11.9°C9416.715.015 h
September 15.4°C10.4°C10.4°C7514.212.813 h
October 12.3°C8.0°C8.0°C8815.510.511 h
November 9.3°C5.4°C5.4°C9016.68.58 h
December 7.4°C3.4°C3.4°C9015.87.37 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 Derry

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