Climate averages 1991–2020
Edinburgh weather
in June.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Edinburgh: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 29 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, United Kingdom (59 km away). In June its highs average 15.6°C, about as warm as Edinburgh, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Edinburgh ranks 140th of 143 for the warmest June highs and joint 76th of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 17.9°C; Edinburgh is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 17.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 70 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
Edinburgh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 74 | 14.0 | 7.78 h |
| February | 6.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 61 | 11.9 | 9.510 h |
| March | 8.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 59 | 12.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 54 | 11.6 | 14.114 h |
| May | 13.3°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 56 | 12.6 | 16.316 h |
| June, selected | 15.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 64 | 13.1 | 17.517 h |
| July | 17.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 70 | 13.6 | 17.017 h |
| August | 17.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 75 | 13.2 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 59 | 11.1 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 80 | 13.0 | 10.510 h |
| November | 8.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 71 | 13.6 | 8.38 h |
| December | 6.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 76 | 13.4 | 7.17 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
- Dundee, United Kingdom in JuneUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.2°C · 68 mm rain
- East Kilbride in JuneUnited Kingdom · 65 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Glasgow in JuneUnited Kingdom · 67 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Paisley in JuneUnited Kingdom · 78 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Carlisle in JuneUnited Kingdom · 119 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Newcastle upon Tyne in JuneUnited Kingdom · 148 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Aberdeen in JuneUnited Kingdom · 149 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 60 mm rain
- South Shields in JuneUnited Kingdom · 154 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 60 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 Edinburgh) is explained once on the Edinburgh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.