Harrogate weather in June

In June, Harrogate sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 70 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 16.8 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 30 min at the start of June to 16 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Harrogate's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Harrogate's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
10°
10th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
16 h 48 min
3:41 AM – 8:32 PM
Cloud cover
74%
8th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Harrogate is town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

Founded
1330

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 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical June day in Harrogate reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 22°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)
1169
2169
3169
4169
5179
6179
7179
8179
9179
10179
111710
121710
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291911
301911

How June really feels in Harrogate

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.

Harrogate weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6212.827.70.6
Feb / 5511.52.39.40.8
Mar / 5111.71.511.51.7
Apr12° / 5711.10.513.72.9
May15° / 5410.9015.74.1
Jun17° / 10°7012.1016.85.1
Jul20° / 12°6512.1016.35.7
Aug19° / 12°7112014.65.7
Sep17° / 10°6010.2012.55.0
Oct13° / 64120.110.23.3
Nov / 6412.50.48.31.7
Dec / 6912.51.67.20.7

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
22872
32773
42773
52674
62575
72575
82575
92575
102476
112377
122377
132377
142278
152377
162278
172278
182278
192278
202278
212476
222575
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292773
302872

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Harrogate gets around 70 mm of rain over 12.1 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 42% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
141
241
341
442
542
642
742
841
941
1041
1140
1240
1339
1439
1539
1639
1738
1838
1938
2038
2138
2238
2338
2438
2538
2639
2739
2839
2939
3039

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 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19550
29550
39550
49550
59550
69550
79460
89460
99460
109271
119271
129181
139181
149091
159091
169091
1789101
1889101
1988111
2088111
2188111
2286122
2386122
2485132
2585132
2684142
2783152
2882162
2982162
3081172

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
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
1514light breeze
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1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2114light breeze
2214light breeze
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2914light breeze
3014light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 30 min at the start of June to 16 h 48 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 3:44 AM, and sunset from 8:18 PM to 8:34 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.53:508:18
216.53:498:19
316.53:488:20
416.63:478:21
516.63:468:22
616.63:458:23
716.73:458:24
816.73:448:25
916.73:448:26
1016.73:438:27
1116.83:438:28
1216.83:428:29
1316.83:428:30
1416.83:428:30
1516.83:418:31
1616.83:418:32
1716.93:418:32
1816.93:418:33
1916.93:418:33
2016.93:418:34
2116.93:418:34
2216.93:418:34
2316.93:418:34
2416.93:428:34
2516.93:428:35
2616.93:428:35
2716.93:438:35
2816.93:438:35
2916.83:448:34
3016.83:448:34

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.49 kWh/m² to a high of 4.77 kWh/m² in May across the year — June's 4.76 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.8Bright
34.8Bright
44.8Bright
54.8Bright
64.8Bright
74.8Bright
84.8Bright
94.7Bright
104.7Bright
114.7Bright
124.7Bright
134.7Bright
144.7Bright
154.7Bright
164.8Bright
174.8Bright
184.8Bright
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214.8Bright
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234.8Bright
244.8Bright
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264.8Bright
274.8Bright
284.8Bright
294.8Bright
304.8Bright
Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Harrogate?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
1.4
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Harrogate for sightseeing.

What to pack for Harrogate in June

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

In June, Harrogate sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Harrogate in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Harrogate peaks around August 11 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 11UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Harrogate?

Harrogate sits at 54.0°N, 1.5°W, 127 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Ripon, 16 km away.

Topography around Harrogate

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Harrogate has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m around an average of 111 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 322 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 741 m.

The land around Harrogate is covered by trees (34%), grassland (34%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, grassland (53%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
135 m
16 km
322 m
80 km
741 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
June weather nearby: Ripon 16 km · Yeadon 17 km · Guiseley 17 km · Horsforth 18 km · Chapel Allerton 18 km · Leeds 22 km · Baildon 23 km · Shipley 23 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 Harrogate (53.9908°, -1.5373°, elevation 127 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).