Climate averages 1991–2020

Plymouth weather
in June.

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

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

Average high 17.6°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 11.9°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 61 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 16 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Plymouth · average highYear overview

June is a mild month in Plymouth: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 11.9°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 (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 21 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Exeter (59 km away). In June its highs average 18.0°C, about as warm as Plymouth, with 61 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Plymouth ranks joint 91st 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; Plymouth is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 61 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. 0510152025 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 1500

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

Every month, side by side

Plymouth climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Plymouth, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 8.7°C4.9°C4.9°C10215.58.69 h
February 8.7°C4.4°C4.4°C7712.010.010 h
March 10.2°C5.2°C5.2°C6711.911.812 h
April 12.3°C6.5°C6.5°C6311.513.814 h
May 15.0°C9.2°C9.2°C6110.715.415 h
June, selected 17.6°C11.9°C11.9°C6110.616.316 h
July 19.4°C13.9°C13.9°C6110.516.016 h
August 19.4°C14.1°C14.1°C6911.214.515 h
September 17.4°C12.5°C12.5°C6110.312.713 h
October 14.4°C10.3°C10.3°C10414.510.811 h
November 11.3°C7.6°C7.6°C11215.49.19 h
December 9.3°C5.6°C5.6°C10915.18.18 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 Plymouth

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