Gainsborough weather in June

In June, Gainsborough sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 67 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 16.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-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 10% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 24 min at the start of June to 16 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Gainsborough's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gainsborough's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
11°
10th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
16 h 42 min
3:42 AM – 8:25 PM
Cloud cover
74%
12th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Gainsborough is town and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England.

Density
3,055/km²
people per km²

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 Gainsborough 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 14°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 3°C warmer than May and about 2°C cooler than July.

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How June really feels in Gainsborough

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.

Gainsborough weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 4811.31.17.80.9
Feb / 409.71.19.41.2
Mar10° / 4310.20.811.52.2
Apr13° / 5211.10.213.73.4
May16° / 5410.9015.64.6
Jun19° / 11°6711.6016.65.5
Jul21° / 13°6711.7016.26.1
Aug21° / 13°6711.2014.66.1
Sep18° / 11°549.9012.55.6
Oct14° / 5811010.33.9
Nov10° / 5611.30.28.42.1
Dec / 5310.80.77.31.0

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in June, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Gainsborough gets around 67 mm of rain over 11.6 wet days in June, the wettest month. 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 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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2679174
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2878184
2977194
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Wind in June

Winds average 14 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in June

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Daylight runs from about 16 h 24 min at the start of June to 16 h 42 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 3:50 AM to 3:45 AM, and sunset from 8:11 PM to 8:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.43:508:11
216.43:498:12
316.43:488:14
416.53:478:15
516.53:478:16
616.53:468:17
716.53:458:18
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.03 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.56 kWh/m² to a high of 5.03 kWh/m² in June across the year — June's 5.03 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Gainsborough?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Gainsborough for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gainsborough in June

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

In June, Gainsborough sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Gainsborough in June

The nearest coast averages about 12°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 65 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

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

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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UV index in Gainsborough in June

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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 Gainsborough peaks around August 12 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 6 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
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Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Gainsborough?

Gainsborough sits at 53.4°N, 0.8°W, 11 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Retford, 14 km away.

Topography around Gainsborough

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gainsborough has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 694 m.

The land around Gainsborough is covered by grassland (32%), cropland (31%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
109 m
80 km
694 m
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June weather nearby: Retford 14 km · Scunthorpe 23 km · Lincoln 23 km · Worksop 25 km · Thorne 28 km · Doncaster 29 km · Dinnington 29 km · Maltby 29 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

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 Gainsborough (53.3833°, -0.7667°, elevation 11 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).