Climate averages 1991–2020

Leicester weather
in June.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 18.5°C Daytime mean, June

Average low 10.6°C Night-time mean, June

Rainfall 61 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 17 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

June is a mild month in Leicester: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 10.6°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 joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 46 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nuneaton (26 km away). In June its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Leicester, with 64 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Leicester ranks joint 47th of 143 for the warmest June highs and joint 65th of 143 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 143 cities is 17.9°C; Leicester is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 65 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

Leicester climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Leicester, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	6.8°C2.0°C	2.0°C	50	12.0	8.28 h
February	7.5°C1.8°C	1.8°C	41	9.7	9.810 h
March	9.8°C2.9°C	2.9°C	44	10.1	11.812 h
April	12.6°C4.6°C	4.6°C	52	11.4	13.914 h
May	15.7°C7.6°C	7.6°C	55	10.5	15.716 h
June, selected	18.5°C10.6°C	10.6°C	61	11.0	16.817 h
July	20.8°C12.8°C	12.8°C	65	11.5	16.316 h
August	20.5°C12.8°C	12.8°C	61	10.7	14.715 h
September	17.8°C10.6°C	10.6°C	54	9.8	12.713 h
October	13.8°C7.9°C	7.9°C	61	10.8	10.711 h
November	9.7°C4.6°C	4.6°C	58	11.4	8.89 h
December	7.0°C2.5°C	2.5°C	57	11.2	7.78 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.

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June in nearby cities

Distance from Leicester

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