Roskilde weather in June

In June, Roskilde sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 69 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 17.1 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 48 min at the start of June to 17 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Roskilde's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Roskilde's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
11°
10th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
17 h 12 min
3:36 AM – 8:48 PM
Cloud cover
62%
4th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Roskilde is city in Denmark.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
~980 CE

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 18°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical June day in Roskilde reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 3°C warmer than May and about 3°C cooler than July.

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How June really feels in Roskilde

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.

Roskilde weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°4710.947.40.0
Feb / -1°3893.99.20.0
Mar / 419.62.411.40.6
Apr11° / 419.60.413.82.8
May16° / 5510.7015.94.8
Jun19° / 11°6911.4017.15.8
Jul21° / 13°7111.8016.66.2
Aug21° / 13°7312.1014.86.1
Sep17° / 10°569.9012.55.3
Oct12° / 5711010.13.1
Nov / 4610.50.981.0
Dec / 4910.92.86.90.0

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34654
44654
54654
64753
74753
84555
94555
104456
114357
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134258
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Roskilde gets around 69 mm of rain over 11.4 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 38% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
134
234
334
434
534
634
734
834
935
1035
1136
1236
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2241
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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 83% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
191810
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22811630
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24781840
25771940
26752041
27732151
28722251
29712351
30692461

Wind in June

Winds average 16 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 48 min at the start of June to 17 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 3:46 AM to 3:39 AM, and sunset from 8:33 PM to 8:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.83:468:33
216.83:448:34
316.93:438:36
416.93:438:37
516.93:428:38
617.03:418:39
717.03:408:40
817.03:398:41
917.13:398:42
1017.13:388:43
1117.13:388:44
1217.13:378:45
1317.23:378:46
1417.23:368:47
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3017.23:398:51

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.75 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.38 kWh/m² to a high of 5.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — June's 5.75 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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45.8Bright
55.8Bright
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305.6Bright
Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Roskilde?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Roskilde for sightseeing.

What to pack for Roskilde in June

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

In June, Roskilde sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Roskilde in June

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in June — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Roskilde 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 Roskilde peaks around June 21 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Roskilde?

Roskilde sits at 55.6°N, 12.1°E, 41 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Taastrup, 14 km away.

Topography around Roskilde

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Roskilde has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 33 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 269 m.

The land around Roskilde is covered by artificial surfaces (30%), grassland (27%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, cropland (38%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and water (52%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
65 m
16 km
124 m
80 km
269 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
June weather nearby: Taastrup 14 km · Solrød Strand 15 km · Greve 15 km · Stenløse 16 km · Ishøj 17 km · Albertslund 18 km · Vallensbæk 19 km · Ballerup 20 km

Denmark travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E / F / K
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 92% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$76,970
2025
Happiness
7.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 611
Religion
Evangelical Lutheran 71%other/none/unspecified 24%Muslim 4%

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 Roskilde (55.6415°, 12.0803°, elevation 41 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).