Inverness weather in June

In June, Inverness sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 73 mm of rain across 14.9 wet days and about 17.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 12 min at the start of June to 17 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Inverness's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Inverness's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 73 mm; 14.9 wet days
Daylight: 17 h 42 min; 3:27 AM – 9:07 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Inverness is city in the Highlands of Scotland, United Kingdom.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 5.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 2,309/km²; people per km²

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical June day in Inverness reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C warmer than May and about 2°C cooler than July.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	8
2	15	8
3	15	8
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
11	15	8
12	15	9
13	15	9
14	15	9
15	15	9
16	16	9
17	16	9
18	16	9
19	16	9
20	16	9
21	16	9
22	16	9
23	16	10
24	16	10
25	16	10
26	16	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	10
30	17	10

How June really feels in Inverness

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Inverness weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	6° / 1°	91	15.7	4.5	7	0.2
Feb	6° / 1°	74	14	5	9	0.4
Mar	8° / 2°	72	14.5	3.4	11.4	1.2
Apr	11° / 4°	65	14.3	1.8	13.9	2.2
May	13° / 6°	70	14.6	0.2	16.2	3.3
Jun	16° / 9°	73	14.9	0	17.6	4.0
Jul	18° / 11°	72	14.5	0	17	4.8
Aug	17° / 11°	81	15.2	0	15	4.7
Sep	15° / 9°	70	13	0	12.5	4.0
Oct	11° / 6°	88	15.1	0.1	10	2.5
Nov	8° / 3°	77	14.5	1.3	7.7	1.2
Dec	6° / 1°	84	14.6	3.6	6.4	0.3

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14
Cloudier (%)	82	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	85	85	85	85	86	86

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	14	86
30	14	86

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Inverness gets around 73 mm of rain over 14.9 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 49% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	47
3	47
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	48
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	49
14	49
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	50
30	50

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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	92	92
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	98	2	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	98	2	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	97	3	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	96	4	0
26	95	5	0
27	95	5	0
28	94	6	0
29	92	7	1
30	92	7	1

Wind in June

Winds average 11 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 12 min at the start of June to 17 h 36 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 3:39 AM to 3:31 AM, and sunset from 8:50 PM to 9:09 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	17.2	17.2	17.3	17.3	17.4	17.4	17.4	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.6	17.6	17.6	17.6	17.6	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.6
Sunrise (AM)	3:39	3:37	3:36	3:35	3:34	3:33	3:32	3:31	3:31	3:30	3:29	3:29	3:28	3:28	3:28	3:27	3:27	3:27	3:27	3:27	3:27	3:27	3:27	3:28	3:28	3:28	3:29	3:29	3:30	3:31
Sunset (PM)	8:50	8:52	8:53	8:55	8:56	8:57	8:59	9:00	9:01	9:02	9:03	9:04	9:05	9:06	9:06	9:07	9:08	9:08	9:09	9:09	9:09	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:10	9:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	17.2	3:39	8:50
2	17.2	3:37	8:52
3	17.3	3:36	8:53
4	17.3	3:35	8:55
5	17.4	3:34	8:56
6	17.4	3:33	8:57
7	17.4	3:32	8:59
8	17.5	3:31	9:00
9	17.5	3:31	9:01
10	17.5	3:30	9:02
11	17.6	3:29	9:03
12	17.6	3:29	9:04
13	17.6	3:28	9:05
14	17.6	3:28	9:06
15	17.6	3:28	9:06
16	17.7	3:27	9:07
17	17.7	3:27	9:08
18	17.7	3:27	9:08
19	17.7	3:27	9:09
20	17.7	3:27	9:09
21	17.7	3:27	9:09
22	17.7	3:27	9:10
23	17.7	3:27	9:10
24	17.7	3:28	9:10
25	17.7	3:28	9:10
26	17.7	3:28	9:10
27	17.7	3:29	9:10
28	17.7	3:29	9:10
29	17.7	3:30	9:10
30	17.6	3:31	9:09

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.27 kWh/m² to a high of 4.59 kWh/m² in May across the year — June's 4.45 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Inverness?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Inverness for sightseeing.

What to pack for Inverness in June

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

In June, Inverness sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 15 days see rain.

rain geara warm layer

Sea temperature near Inverness 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 26 km away) is warmest in August at about 14°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	7	6	6	7	10	12	14	14	13	12	10	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	7	Bracing
Feb	6	Bracing
Mar	6	Bracing
Apr	7	Bracing
May	10	Bracing
Jun	12	Bracing
Jul	14	Bracing
Aug	14	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	10	Bracing
Dec	8	Bracing

UV index in Inverness 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 Inverness peaks around July 11 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	5	5	5	4	3	1	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	5	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	High
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Inverness?

Inverness sits at 57.5°N, 4.2°W, 15 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Elgin, 57 km away.

Topography around Inverness

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Inverness has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 614 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,309 m.

The land around Inverness is covered by artificial surfaces (29%), water (26%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) within 80 km.

3 km

171 m

artificial surfaces 29%

16 km

614 m

grassland 44%

80 km

1,309 m

grassland 69%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← May Inverness year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Elgin 57 km · Fort William 91 km · Perth 130 km · Aberdeen 133 km · Nigg 134 km · Dundee 135 km · Arbroath 142 km · Peterhead 146 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
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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 Inverness (57.4791°, -4.224°, elevation 15 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	8
2	15	8
3	15	8
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
11	15	8
12	15	9
13	15	9
14	15	9
15	15	9
16	16	9
17	16	9
18	16	9
19	16	9
20	16	9
21	16	9
22	16	9
23	16	10
24	16	10
25	16	10
26	16	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	10
30	17	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	14	86
30	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	47
3	47
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	48
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	49
14	49
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	50
30	50

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	98	2	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	98	2	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	97	3	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	96	4	0
26	95	5	0
27	95	5	0
28	94	6	0
29	92	7	1
30	92	7	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	8
2	15	8
3	15	8
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
11	15	8
12	15	9
13	15	9
14	15	9
15	15	9
16	16	9
17	16	9
18	16	9
19	16	9
20	16	9
21	16	9
22	16	9
23	16	10
24	16	10
25	16	10
26	16	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	10
30	17	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	14	86
30	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	47
3	47
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	48
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	49
14	49
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	50
30	50

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	98	2	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	98	2	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	97	3	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	96	4	0
26	95	5	0
27	95	5	0
28	94	6	0
29	92	7	1
30	92	7	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	8
2	15	8
3	15	8
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
11	15	8
12	15	9
13	15	9
14	15	9
15	15	9
16	16	9
17	16	9
18	16	9
19	16	9
20	16	9
21	16	9
22	16	9
23	16	10
24	16	10
25	16	10
26	16	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	10
30	17	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	14	86
30	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	47
3	47
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	48
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	49
14	49
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	49
23	49
24	49
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	50
30	50

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	98	2	0
13	98	2	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	98	2	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	97	3	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	96	4	0
26	95	5	0
27	95	5	0
28	94	6	0
29	92	7	1
30	92	7	1