Diest weather in June

In June, Diest sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 69 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 16.2 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 hours at the start of June to 16 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Diest's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Diest's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
12°
10th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
16 h 18 min
4:32 AM – 8:48 PM
Cloud cover
69%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Diest is town in Diest municipality, Belgium.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical June day in Diest reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 3°C warmer than May and about 2°C cooler than July.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How June really feels in Diest

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

June sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Diest weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6512.11.18.20.4
Feb / 5810.91.69.70.8
Mar11° / 5812.10.811.52.4
Apr15° / 4710.5013.54.2
May18° / 6112.2015.35.5
Jun21° / 12°6911.7016.26.0
Jul23° / 14°7412.4015.86.4
Aug23° / 14°7511.8014.36.4
Sep19° / 11°5510.5012.45.9
Oct15° / 6111.2010.44.2
Nov10° / 64120.48.71.9
Dec / 7713.21.57.80.6

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33169
43169
53169
63169
72971
82971
92971
102971
112872
122872
132872
142872
152872
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193070
203169
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223268
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303466

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Diest gets around 69 mm of rain over 11.7 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 40% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
144
244
344
444
545
644
744
844
944
1043
1142
1242
1341
1440
1539
1638
1738
1837
1936
2036
2135
2235
2335
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2535
2636
2736
2836
2937
3037

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 68% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1742060
2722170
3722170
4702280
5702280
6702280
7692380
8692380
9692380
10692371
11692371
12682471
13692371
14692371
15702361
16702361
17702361
18712261
19712261
20702271
21692371
22692371
23682381
24672481
25652591
266325102
276226102
286027112
295928112
305729122

Wind in June

Winds average 12 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
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912calm
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 hours at the start of June to 16 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 4:39 AM to 4:35 AM, and sunset from 8:36 PM to 8:51 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.04:398:36
216.04:388:37
316.04:378:38
416.04:368:39
516.14:368:40
616.14:358:41
716.14:358:42
816.14:348:43
916.24:348:44
1016.24:338:45
1116.24:338:45
1216.24:328:46
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1416.34:328:47
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3016.34:358:51

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.27 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.62 kWh/m² to a high of 5.27 kWh/m² in June across the year — June's 5.27 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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45.2Bright
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285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Diest?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.0
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Diest for sightseeing.

What to pack for Diest in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Diest sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Diest in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Diest peaks around July 13 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Diest in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Diest is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1216 µg/m³Dec 1311 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Diest?

Diest sits at 51.0°N, 5.1°E, 22 m above sea level, in Belgium. The nearest listed city is Tessenderlo, 9.0 km away.

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Topography around Diest

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Diest.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Diest has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 629 m.

The land around Diest is covered by trees (38%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, trees (37%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (33%), cropland (29%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
114 m
80 km
629 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
June weather nearby: Tessenderlo 9.0 km · Beringen 14 km · Westerlo 15 km · Aarschot 15 km · Heusden 17 km · Koersel 17 km · Zolder 19 km · Geel 20 km

Belgium travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 81% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,750
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
5.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 608
Religion
Roman Catholic 57%nonbeliever/agnostic 20%atheist 9%Muslim 7%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Diest (50.9892°, 5.0506°, elevation 22 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).